| Marija Bibulic | |
 Marija Bibulic at the age of 100. | |
| Birth: | 5 June 1913 Vabriga, Istria County, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Death: | 16 April 2021 Poreč, Istria County, Croatia |
| Age: | 107 years, 315 days |
| Country: |  CRO
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| Centenarian | |
Marija Bibulic [Croatian: Bibulić] (née Paris; 5 June 1913 – 16 April 2021) was a Croatian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Croatia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Marija Bibulic was born in Vabriga, Istria County, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) on 5 June 1913. Her father was killed in the World War I in 1916, after which her mother remarried. One of her sisters died at age 19.
She married Josip Bibulić in 1933. The couple had two children: Antonija (born 1935) and Ivan (1941–1985).
In 1943, during the World War II, the germans took her husband, first to Trieste to the infamous Coroneo prison, and from there to the German camp of Dachau where he died in 1945. He died, according to survivors, a few days before the americans entered the camp on 29 April.
After her husband died, she worked as farmer. In 1962, she was awarded the Medal of Merit for the People by the President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito. In 1985, her son Ivan died at the age of 44 in a car accident. She also outlived her grandson Olijan.
Until the age of 93, she cooked on her own and went to the grocery store in a boutique. She went to the hospital for the first time at the age of 97 due to pneumonia. Until the age of 102, she slept on the first floor of the house, until when she could still climb the stairs. She lived independently until age 104, when she fell and felt slowly fainting.
As of March 2019, she had one living daughter Antonija, four living grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
She became the oldest known living woman in Croatia following the death of 107-year-old Josipa Talan on 2 April 2019 and became the oldest living person in Croatia on 5 March 2021 following the death of 109-year-old Josip Krsul.
In her later years, Bibulic lived with her daughter-in-law Slavica and her granddaughter Vesna in Poreč, Istria County, Croatia where she died on 16 April 2021 at the age of 107 years, 315 days. Following her death, then 107-year-old Andjela Sostaric became the oldest known living person in Croatia.
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References[]
- Noni Mariji sto je godina tek! Parentium, 6 June 2013 (Archived)
- Gradsko društvo Crvenog križa Poreč povodom Dana žena darivalo najstarije sugrađanke Grad Poreč, March 2015
- Nona Marija Bibulić (103): Pustite da stari istarski coki žive Istarski, 8 July 2016
- teta marija bibulić iz vabrige proslavila svoj 104. rođendan! Poreština info, 7 June 2017
- NONA MARIJA IZ VABRIGE IMA 106 GODINA: Otkrivamo tajnu dugog života Istra Terra Magica, 18 March 2019
- 107 ♥️ Crveni križ Poreč (Facebook), 6 March 2020
- Najstarija Vabrižanka ima 107 godina: Dobila je cvijeće za Dan žena Istarski, 7 March 2020
- MARIJA BIBULIĆ IZ VABRIGE IMA 107 GODINA Glas Istre, 22 March 2020
- U 108. GODINI PREMINULA NAJSTARIJA ISTRANKA MARIJA BIBULIĆ Glas Istre, 16 April 2021
- Nona Marija preminula u 108. godini FoNet, 16 April 2021
| 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 |