| Mara Gabelica | |
 Mara Gabelica (aged 106) in April 2021 | |
| Birth: | 8 September 1914 Ivanbegovina, Split-Dalmatia County, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Death: | 27 May 2024 Zmijavci, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia |
| Age: | 109 years, 262 days |
| Country: |  CRO
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| Centenarian | |
Mara Gabelica (née Kujundžić; 8 September 1914 – 27 May 2024) was a Croatian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Croatia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Mara Gabelica was born in the village of Ivanbegovina, Split-Dalmatia County, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia) on 8 September 1914. She married in 1932 at the age of 17 in the village of Podbablje to Ante Gabelica, who was 12 years older than her. In 1953 they moved to the village of Zmijavci, also Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. Her husband Ante died in 1955 and she was left a widow with four children, two sons and two daughters.
In April 2021, at the age of 106, she received Astra Zeneca's vaccine against Covid-19.
She became the oldest known living person in Croatia, following the death of 108-year-old Andjela Sostaric on 8 May 2022. Following the death of 110-year-old Marija Ruljancich of Australia on 18 May 2024, she became the oldest living Croatian-born person.
Mara Gabelica died in the village of Zmijavci, municipality of Zmijavci, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia on 27 May 2024 at the age of 109 years, 262 days. Following her death, then 109-year-old Marija Herman became the oldest living person in Croatia, and then 109-year-old Milka Baukovic became the oldest living Croatian-born person.
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References[]
- 100 godina bake Mare Ante Cvitanović on YouTube, 8 September 2015
- Baka Mara je rođena 1914. i najstarija je Hrvatica koja je primila cjepivo: ‘U 107. sam se cipila onom Astrom i evo me žive i zdrave. Jedva čekam drugu dozu!‘ Slobodna Dalmacija, 24 April 2021
- Sjećate se bake Mare iz Zmijavaca, najstarije Hrvatice koja je primila cjepivo protiv Covida? Upravo je proslavila svoj 108. rođendan, vedra, vesela i zdrava Slobodna Dalmacija, 9 September 2022
- Mara Gabelica ručno plete i u 109-oj godini❤️ Anita Hrstić on Facebook, 20 June 2023
- Imoćanka je najstarija Hrvatica: Baka Mara Gabelica danas slavi 109. rođendan Radio NU Imotski, 8 September 2023
- Mara Gabelica iz Zmijevaca je na Malu Gospu proslavila 109. rođendan i zagazila u 110. godinu Antonija Lončar on Facebook, 23 September 2023
- Mara Gabelica, Croatia’s oldest living person, dies at 109 Gerontology Research Group, 29 May 2024
- U 110. godini života otišla je najstarija Hrvatica, preživjela je dva svjetska rata, ništa joj nije mogla ni korona Slobodna Dalmacija, 29 May 2024
| Croatia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Ivan Jaklic • Kata Cavic • Dora Sukanec • Ljubica Loncar • Lina Miljan • Mateo Palaversic • Paulina Prodan • Izolda Krmpotic • Nina Valjalo • Andja Peric • Josip Krsul • Marija Bibulic • Andjela Sostaric • Mara Gabelica • Marija Herman • Zita Tomasic |