Evangelia Carasova

Evangelia Carasova
Birth:	15 February 1904 Prozvoro, Grevena, Greece
Death:	22 November 2013 Divci Hrad, Czech Republic
Age:	109 years, 280 days
Country:	GRECZE
Centenarian

Evangelia Carasova [Czech: Evangelia Čarasová] (15 February 1904 – 22 November 2013) was a Greek-Czech centenarian who was the oldest living person in the Czech Republic at the time of her death.

Biography

Evangelia Carasova was born in the village Prozvoro, Grevena Region, Greece on 15 February 1904. Carasova was a member of the Greek community which settled in the Post-Communist Czechoslovakia during the period 1948-1949. According to sources, she spoke only her first language.

Evangelia Carasova lived in the village of Divci Hrad since 1950, near the Polish border, and worked in agriculture. Almost 12,000 Greeks were admitted to Czechoslovakia after fleeing the civil war in Greece at the end of the 1940s.

She became the oldest known living person in the Czech Republic, following the death of 107-year-old Marie Tresnakova on 22 July 2011.

Carasova died in Divci Hrad, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic on 22 November 2013 at the age of 109 years, 280 days.

References

• Zemřela Evangelia Čarasová, nejstarší obyvatelka ČR Novinky.cz, 22 November 2013
• Oldest Greek-born Woman in Czech Republic Passes Away at 109 Greek Reporter, 23 November 2013

Czech Republic's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

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