| Paulina Prodan | |
 Paulina Prodan on her 100th birthday in 2007 | |
| Birth: | 20 August 1907 Blatna Vas, Istria County, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Death: | 5 November 2012 Poreč, Istria County, Croatia |
| Age: | 105 years, 78 days |
| Country: |  CRO
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| Centenarian | |
Paulina Prodan (née Benčić: 20 August 1907 – 5 November 2012) was a Croatian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Croatia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Paulina Prodan was born in Blatna Vas, Istria County, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia), on 20 August 1907, as the third of eight children in the family of Toni Benčić, and Franica (née Gržinić) Benčić.
In 1933, she married Emilio Prodan (1905–1982) from Nova Vasi, Poreč, who was a colonel at the Bašarinka station. The couple had three children: Alma, Steli, and Aldo. In the second half of the 1930s, they moved to the Poreč station Žatika, and in the early 1940s to the city of Poreč. Her husband died on 27 August 1982, at the age of 77.
On 20 August 2007, she celebrated her 100th birthday, becoming a centenarian. Five generations of her family were present at her birthday. A delegation from the City of Poreč presented the congratulatory letter personally signed by the then mayor Edi Štifanić.
At the age of 100, she had one living sister, Aneta, who lived in Rijeka. At the age of 105, in addition to her daughter Alma, she had a son Stelio, while the youngest son Aldo died in 2007. There were six more grandchildren: Goran, Annie, Đei, Ado, Katja and Marina, (while grandson Terri died earlier), nine great-grandchildren: Jurica, Vinko, Ema, Miha, Toni, Juraj, Gregory, Paola and Vito, and two great-great-grandchildren: 6-year-old Sara, and 3-year-old Ena.
On 9 May 2012, following the death of 106-year-old Lina Miljan, she became the oldest known living woman in Croatia.
On 15 September 2012, following the death of 106-year-old Mateo Palaveršić, she became the oldest known living person in Croatia.
Paulina Prodan died in Poreč, Istria County, Croatia, on 5 November 2012, at the age of 105 years, 78 days. Following her death, then 105-year-old Izolda Krmpotić became the oldest known living person in Croatia.
References[]
- Pet generacija na obiteljskom skupu - jedno stoljeće tete Pauline Prodan Parentium, 21 August 2007 (Archived)
- U 106. godini umrla najstarija Porečanka Glas Istre, 5 November 2012 (Archived)
- U 106. godini umrla najstarija Porečanka Parentium, 5 November 2012 (Archived)
- Na današnji dan 1982. umro vinar-podrumar, boćar, kuglač, sportski i društveni aktivist Emilio Prodan Parentium, 27 August 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 • Hilda Hecej |