| Marianna Misiewicz | |
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| Birth: | 26 January 1902 Srebrna, Russian Empire (now Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland) |
| Death: | 28 June 2012 Zambrow, Podlaskie, Poland |
| Age: | 110 years, 154 days |
| Country: |  POL
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| Validated | |
Marianna Misiewicz (26 January 1902 – 28 June 2012) was a Polish supercentenarian who is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography
Marianna Misiewicz was born in the village of Srebrna in the Russian Empire. Presently the village is located in Szumowo Municipality, Zambrów County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. Misiewicz came to Zambrow in 1929 and spent her whole life there ever since. She widowed in 1952.
Reportedly, Misiewicz was still able to go out for a walk at the age of 108. She was physically strong and didn't take any medications at the time. She was cared by her daughter Celina Myszyńska. Each year, she was visited by the mayor of Zambrow, Kazimierz Dąbrowski.
Marianna Misiewicz had been the oldest living person in Poland since the passing of Wanda Wierzchleyska on 14 January 2012. What is more, she was the oldest person in the history of Podlaskie Voivodeship until her record was broken by Czeslawa Lasiewicz in 2017.
On the day of her 110th birthday in 2012, the family of Marianna Misiewicz enclosed that the secret of her longevity was optimism, faith in the sense of life, hard work, healthy nutrition and kindness towards her family and neighbours.
Misiewicz died in Zambrow, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, on 28 June 2012, at the age of 110 years, 154 days. After her death, Jozefa Karczewska became the oldest living person in Poland as well as the last surviving person in Poland born in 1902.
References
- Gerontology Research Group
- (Podlaskie Voivodeship) - Najstarsi Polacy
- Najstarsza mieszkanka Zambrowa ukończyła 110 lat! Zambrow.org. 26 January 2012
- Żyje już 108 lat! Zambrow.org. 27 January 2010
- Najstarsza mieszkanka Zambrowa wczoraj skończyła 107 lat Zambrow.org. 27 January 2009
- Marianna Misiewicz kończy dziś 106 lat Zambrow.org. 26 January 2008
- 100 lat to za mało! Zambrow.org. 26 January 2007
| Poland's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Rozalia Obrebski • Katarzyna Kosiorowska • Stanislawa Sobecka • Marianna Tetkowska • Stefania Bartkowska • Michal Zatorski • Katarzyna Swider • Anna Lamacz • Filipina Niewiadomska • Rozalia Milczarek • Maria Basta • Rozalia Dyrcz • Katarzyna Wilkowa • Klara Spitzenfeil • Anna Wolanska • Jan Michalski • Frument Jaroszynski • Beata Bryl • Anna Tomecka • Wlodzimierz Rogosz • Jan Szarpala • Karolina Lucko • Zofia Martyniak • Maria Unijewska • Marta Piekarska • Wladyslaw Ratman • Agnieszka Wojcik • Helena Konowal • Stefania Grabala • Jozefa Mordacz • Jadwiga Zolotucho • Anna Klim • Franciszek Karwowski • Marianna Smolarczyk • Ludwika Kosztyla • Michalina Wasilewska • Wanda Wierzchleyska • Marianna Misiewicz • Jozefa Karczewska • Jozefa Stanislawa Szyda • Marianna Mroz • Aleksandra Dranka • Jozefa Bak • Ludwika Wasowicz • Jadwiga Mlynek • Jadwiga Szubartowicz • Tekla Juniewicz • Wanda Szajowska • Jozefa Ciesielska • Jadwiga Zak-Stewart • |