Janosne Kudasz

Janosne Kudasz
Jánosné Kudász at the age of 105.
Birth:	27 April 1902 Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Death:	19 March 2013 Törökbálint, Pest County, Hungary
Age:	110 years, 326 days
Country:	HUN
Validated

Janosne Kudasz (née Ilona Ray, later adopted as Ilona Guba) [Hungarian: Kudász Jánosné Guba Ilona) (27 April 1902 – 19 March 2013) was a Hungarian supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in Hungary at the time of her death. She was also the oldest Hungarian person ever until 12 May 2016, when her age was surpassed by Mária Höffner (1905–2016). Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Jánosné Kudász was born as Ilona Ray in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), on 27 April 1902, to Erzsébet Ray, who was an unmarried woman with French ancestors. Her mother abandoned her as a baby in the hospital. Ilona was adopted by foster parents in Sóskút, and she had four older step-siblings. Her foster father worked in a quarry, and her foster mother was a day laborer. When she was 12 years old, her biological mother married Zsigmond Guba, a blacksmith’s assistant, in Budapest, on 7 June 1914, took her to Pest. Ilona ran away back to Sóskút, but her foster parents could not take her back under the laws of the time. She lived with her biological mother and stepfather in Pest for two years.

After an argument with her mother, she moved to one of her female colleagues. She met János Kudász at a dance party and married him in 1925. They had a daughter, Klára, who died in 2008. During WWII, the family survived because Ilona could speak Russian and was treated well by Soviet soldiers. She worked at many various places, including a pasta factory. She got widowed in 1975.

She moved to the town of Törökbálint as a centenarian. She had a grandchild, 3 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren – the first of them was born on her 99th birthday. She was very healthy in her centenarian years, she could read without glasses and she usually watched the news in the television. According to her, she lived to a long age because she mostly ate vegetables and pasta instead of meat.

On 6 August 2010, following the death of 108-year-old Mária Magirius, she became the oldest known living person in Hungary.

On 27 April 2012, she celebrated her 110th birthday, becoming a supercentenarian. László Kövér, the then-president of Hungary visited her on her 110th birthday.

On 29 October 2012, at the age of 110 years, 185 days, she surpassed the final age of Sándorné Csíki (1894–2004) of 110 years, 184 days, becoming the oldest known person ever to have lived in Hungary.

Jánosné Kudász died in Törökbálint, Pest County, Hungary, on 19 March 2013, at the age of 110 years, 326 days. Following her death, then 109-year-old Rezső Gallai became the oldest known living person in Hungary. She held the title of the oldest person ever to have lived in Hungary until 12 May 2016, when her age was surpassed by Mária Höffner (1905–2016).

Gallery

With her daughter in 2007

Aged 100

Aged 110

Her signature on 07 July 2012, aged 110

References

• [1] Gerontology Research Group
• [2] Bálintinfo, (in Hungarian)
• [3] Demokrata, (in Hungarian)

Hungary's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Lajosne Kovassy • Unknown • Jozsefne Laki • Imre Gacsal • Unknown • Istvanne Madarassy • Ferencne Berente • Andrasne Berdo • Alajosne Duronelly • Istvanne Vojcek • Gizella Bartha • Imrene Szaloczy • Mihalyne Bognar • Mihalyne Gneisz • Sandorne Nemeth • Sandorne Fegyver • Imrene Vajda • Sandor Zana • Emilne Flochel • Karolyne Nemeth • Karoly Burjan • Istvanne Gyurica • Henrik Havasi • Sandorne Sarkozi • Istvanne Ladi • Janosne Ando • Antalne Banga • Janosne Kemeny • Ilka Zolnai • Gyulane Greskovics • Istvanne Morocz • Ferencne Lazar • Jozsefne Szucs • Imrene Wessely • Sandorne Csiki • Janosne Varga • Gergely Molnar • Lajosne Buzaky • Janosne Szentirmay • Ferencne Kustos • Margit Ambrus • Matyasne Kovesdi • Gyorgyne Toth • Maria Magirius • Janosne Kudasz • Rezso Gallai • Maria Hoffner • Dezsone Kovacs • Janosne Belik • Veronika Zsilinszki • Istvanne Fejes • Arpadne Juhasz