Paz Mendiola Sablan | |
Paz Mendiola Sablan in May 2018 at the age of 100 | |
Birth: | 30 September 1917 Piti, Guam |
Death: | 19 April 2021 Yigo, Guam |
Age: | 103 years, 201 days |
Country: | GUM,USA |
Centenarian |
Paz Mendiola Sablan (30 September 1917 – 19 April 2021) was a Guamanian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Guam for the final ten months of her life.
Biography[]
Paz Mendiola Sablan was born in Piti, Guam on 30 September 1917. Her husband Pedro Chargualaf Sablan died in 1973.
On 24 May 2018, local centenarians were celebrated at a Senior Citizens Month celebration on at an event organized by the Department of Public Health and Social Services Division of Senior Citizens. Besides Paz Mendiola Sablan (aged 100 at that time), centenarians at event were Josefina Blas (aged 103) and Hae Im Yu Shim (aged 101).
Mendiola Sablan became the oldest known living person in Guam following the death of 105 year-old Josefina Blas on 24 June 2020.
She died in Yigo, Guam on 19 April 2021 at the age of103 years, 201 days.
References[]
- Pedro Chargualaf Sablan Find A Grave
- Guam's centenarians recognized at Senior Citizens Month event Guam PDN, 24 May 2018
- Love, faith, active lifestyle: Meet some of Guam's most senior citizens aged 101 to 104 Guam PDN, 8 May 2019
- Relative to recognizing Paz Mendiola Sablan as a recipient of the 2020 Centenarian pdf, 21 December 2020
- Faith, love, cooking may be key to living to 100 The Guam Daily Post, 5 January 2021
- Paz Mendiola Sablan Obituary The Guam Daily Post, 30 April 2021
Guam's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
Martin Mellian Oliva • Rita Perez Aflleje • Tomasa Tenorio • Maria Santos Cruz • Cresencia Lujan Acfalle • Rita Toves Duenas • Maria Cruz Perez • Felicita Torre Munoz • Monico de Guia Angeles • Eleuteria D. Carpela • Florentina M. Guarin • Magdalena Blas Lizama • Maria Naputi Mantanona • Preciosa Castro • Olivia Arroyo • Irene Laygo • Rita Calvo Artero • Joaquina Roberto • Maura Robeniol • Josefina Blas • Paz Mendiola Sablan • Yuk Lan Moylan • Felecisema Montalban • Rosario Flores Leon Guerrero |