| Eva Grafunder | |
 Grafunder on her 110th birthday in 2013 | |
| Birth: | 17 June 1903 Stolzenfeld, East Prussia, Germany (now Stopki, Warmia-Masuria, Poland) |
| Death: | 14 July 2013 Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
| Age: | 110 years, 27 days |
| Country: |  GER CAN
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| Validated | |
Eva Grafunder (17 June 1903 – 14 July 2013) was a German-Canadian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Eva Grafunder was born in Stolzenfeld, East Prussia, Germany (now Stopki, Warmia-Masuria, Poland), on 17 June 1903. She married and had a daughter, Hannelore, born in 1933. By the end of World War II, Grafunder was widowed and, fearful of the advancing Soviet Army, fled her home together with her mother, sister and daughter. Reportedly, their journey was very harsh. Grafunder contacted typhoid and became ill, but fortunately recovered. Soon after, she and her family, hitched a ride with a German minesweeper that was on its way to Denmark. The conditions at the refugee camp in Denmark were equally harsh. The family lived in crammed barracks surrounded by barbed wire with 40 others and slept on straw mattresses infested with bugs. Respite came two years later when Grafunder reunited with her brother, a soldier who had been desperately trying to find his family. The family relocated to Kassel, West Germany, where they slowly rebuilt their lives.
At the age of 95, Grafunder immigrated to Brampton, Ontario, Canada to live with her daughter and son-in-law. She died on 14 July 2013 at the age of 110 years, 27 days.
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References
- 2017 validations Gerontology Research Group
- At 110, Eva may be the oldest in Peel
- Death announcement