Pilar Prieto Rubio

Pilar Prieto Rubio
Pilar Prieto Rubio on her 108th birthday in 2011
Birth:	29 November 1903 Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
Death:	27 January 2015 Palencia, Castile and Leon, Spain
Age:	111 years, 59 days
Country:	ESP
Validated

Pilar Prieto Rubio (29 November 1903 – 27 January 2015) was an Spanish supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2022. At the time of death, she was the oldest known living person in Castile and Leon.

Biography

Pilar Prieto Rubio was born in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain on 29 November 1903. She had three siblings: Manuel, Mariano and Maria (all deceased). As a child, her family moved from Bilbao to Villaviudas, where her father practiced the profession of saddler. In her youth, she worked as a maid in Palencia, where she married and had one child Pascua Prieto (now deceased).

Pilar Prieto Rubio died in Palencia, Castile and Leon, Spain on 27 January 2015 at the age of 111 years, 59 days. Coincidentally another Spanish supercentenarian, Claudia Martin Garcia (1904–2015), who was born on the same community as her also died on the same day as her. She was survived by her nieces Tina, Presten, Gloria, Carmina and others relatives.

References

• 108 años bien merecen un homenaje rtvcyl.es, 29 November 2011
• Homenaje a una centenaria El Norte de Castilla, 30 November 2011
• Obituary Esquela en El Norte de Castilla, 28 January 2015