Rudolf Kosa | |
Birth: | 14 December 1911 Nyekvarkony, Austria-Hungary (now Vrakun, Slovakia) |
Death: | 6 December 2017 Vrakun, Slovakia |
Age: | 105 years, 357 days |
Country: | ![]() |
Centenarian |
Rudolf Kosa [Hungarian: Kósa Rudolf; Slovakian: Rudolf Kóša] (14 December 1911 – 6 December 2017) was a Slovakian centenarian. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living ethnic Hungarian person in Slovakia and probably the oldest living man in Slovakia.
Biography[]
Rudolf Kosa was born in Nyekvarkony, Austria-Hungary (now Vrakun, Slovakia) on 14 December 1911. His parents were farmers. He married a woman named Erzsébet on 28 January 1947. He and his wife had five sons. He was widowed in 2013.
He became the oldest known living man in Slovakia, following the death of 105-year-old Jozef Daniska on 23 September 2014.
Kosa died in Vrakun, Slovakia on 6 December 2017 at the age of 105 years, 357 days. Following his death, then 104-year-old Jozef Lukovic became the oldest known living man in Slovakia.
References[]
- A nyékvárkonyi Kósa Rudi bácsi 105. húsvétja Vasárnap Magazin, 1 April 2016
- Elhunyt a legidősebb csallóközi, Kósa Rudi bácsi Paraméter, 6 December 2017
Slovakia's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Stefan Novotny • Michal Kruzic • Anton Dobrota • Jozef Daniska • Rudolf Kosa • Jozef Lukovic • Juraj Gabura • Frantisek Bohacik • Jan Palovsky • Jozef Krizek • Frantisek Marek • Jan Slavik |