| Margit Szemenyei | |
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| Birth: | 15 August 1907 Chisineu-Cris, Arad County, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) |
| Death: | 26 May 2016 Caransebes, Caras-Severin County, Romania |
| Age: | 108 years, 285 days |
| Country: |  ROU
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| Centenarian | |
Margit Szemenyei (15 August 1907 – 26 May 2016) was a Romanian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Romania at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Szemenyei was born in Chisineu-Cris, Arad County, Austria-Hungary (present-day Romania) on 15 August 1907. Her father died at the age of 92 and mother at the age of 52. She had three siblings. She was born as Roman Catholic of the Hungarian nationality. In 1933, she moved to Caransebes and started working in Mundus, a furniture-manufacturing company. During World War II, her husband was imprisoned in Soviet Union (present-day Russia). They had one son who died around 2002.
In 2015, she had 2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She became the oldest known living person in Romania, following the death of 112-year-old Maria Tudor on 22 March 2016.
Szemenyei died in Caransebes, Caras-Severin County, Romania on 26 May 2016 at the age of 108 years, 285 days. Following her death, then 108-year-old Elena Siriteanu became the oldest known living person in Romania.
References[]
- FOTO VIDEO Tanti Margit, cea mai bătrână femeie din Caransebeş, a aniversat împlinirea a 106 ani alături de primar Adevarul, 10 August 2013
- Tanti Margit, din Caransebeş, sărbătorită la 107 ani 7 Zile, 14 August 2014
- VIDEO A murit cea mai batrana femeie din Romania – Tanti Margit din Caransebeș InFocus, 26 May 2016
- 109 éves korában meghalt Szemenyei Margit Media Tica, 26 May 2016
| Romania's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Marton Mihaly • Maria Tudor • Margit Szemenyei • Elena Siriteanu • Sofia Vrabie • Dumitru Comanescu • Vasile Stamateanu • Ioan Lascau • Maria Mihai • Ilie Ciocan |