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Mihael Jersic
Mihael Jersic
Michael Jersic likely on his 105th birthday.
Birth: 28 Septemer 1913
Rovte, Austria-Hungary (present-day Slovenia)
Death: October 2020
Rovte, Slovenia
Age: 107 years, 15+ days
Country: SloveniaSVN
Centenarian

Mihael Jersic (Slovenian: Jeršič) (28 September 1913 – October 2020) was a Slovenian centenarian who, at the time of his death, was the oldest known living man in Slovenia.

Biography[]

Mihael Jersic was born in the village of Rovte near Logatec, Austria-Hungary (present-day Slovenia) on 28 September 1913. He was the youngest child in the family. He lost his mother at the age of four and his father remarried, but died when Mihael was eight years old.

With the help of his older brother, he trained as a toolmaker and went to Germany to improve his professional skills. After returning to present-day Slovenia, he induced plumbing and central heating systems until retirement. In his professional career he often led projects on large buildings in present-day Slovenia and abroad.

He married his wife Zlata at the age of 28. The couple had three children, all sons (two of them alive at his 105th birthday in 2018). After retiring, he moved back to his birth house in Rovte. At the age of 105, he still lived independently. At that time, he had two children, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

In September 2013, he celebrated his 100th birthday and became a centenarian.

Jersic became the oldest known living man in Slovenia following the death of 107-year-old Rafael Merkelj on 14 July 2020. At the age of 106, he was also believed to have been the oldest to accede to that position.

He died of Covid-19 sometime between 28 September and 25 October 2020, at the age of 107 years. He was buried in Brezice cemetery. Following his death, then-104-year-old Joze Pogacnik became the oldest known living man in Slovenia.

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Slovenia's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Ivan Likavec • Niko DragosRafael MerkeljMihael JersicJoze PogacnikAleksander Lestan

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