Jozef Caban

Jozef Caban
Caban on his 103th birthday in 2018
Birth:	28 August 1915 Laszew, Lodz Voivodeship, Russian Empire (now Poland)
Death:	14 March 2022 Palowko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Age:	106 years, 198 days
Country:	POL
Centenarian

Jozef Caban [Polish: Józef] (28 August 1915 – 14 March 2022) was a Polish centenarian, social activist, veteran of World War II, and the last surviving member of the pre-war National Party.

Biography

Jozef Caban was born in Laszew, Lodz Voivodeship, Russian Empire (now Poland) on 28 August 1915. When he started going to school, there was only one teacher.

Before the outbreak of World War II, Caban was active in the National Party (near Wielun). In 1937, he was in economic exile in the Third Reich. From March 1938, he performed his basic military service in the 78th Infantry Regiment. During the Invasion of Poland, he fought in the Battle of Mlawa and in the Siege of Warsaw, during which he was wounded in action. After the defeat in September, he was taken prisoner by the Germans, from which he escaped. He spent the German occupation in the poviat Wieluń, where he started gainful employment and was active in the Home Army. In 1945, he left for the Regained Territories, where as a military settler he settled in the Postomino Commune.

He worked as farmer. He retired in 1989. His wife died in the 1990s.

As of August 2018, he lived alone, but his son-in-law Zdzislaw Grochulski (who lived a few villages away), and his friend Lukasz Suchanowski helped him in his daily duties.

Caban died in Palowko, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, on 14 March 2022 at the age of 106 years, 198 days.

Gallery

Cabanin (standing in the center) in the uniform of the National Party in 1930s

Caban (sitting first on the left) in the uniform of the Polish Army in 1938

References

• Pan Józef Caban z Pałówka obchodził 103 urodziny! NaszeMiasto.pl, 28 August 2018
• Gmina Postomino: Józef Caban skończył 104 lata - 28 sierpnia 2019 roku NaszeMiasto.pl, 28 August 2019
• 105 lat - artykuły Dziennik Bałtycki, 31 August 2020
• Mieszkaniec gminy Postomino skończył 106 lat. To były niezwykłe urodziny pana Józefa! Dziennik Bałtycki, 7 September 2021
• Zmarł por. Józef Caban, który miał 107 lat ZDJĘCIA Sławno Nasze Miasto, 15 March 2022