| Ruza Sertic | |
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| Birth: | 16 May 1893 Podlapaca, Lika-Senj County, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Death: | 4 October 2002 Donji Andrijevci, Brod-Posavina County, Croatia |
| Age: | 109 years, 141 days |
| Country: |  CRO
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| Centenarian | |
Ruza Buncic-Sertic [Croatian: Ruža Bunčić-Sertić] (16 May 1893 – 4 October 2002) was a Croatian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Croatia at the time of her death.
Biography
Ruza Buncic was born in Podlapaca, Lika-Senj County, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia) on 16 May 1893. In 1943, she moved to the village of Donji Andrijevci. She married Stjepan Sertic and had two daughters: Marica and Katica. At the age of 103, she had surgery on her hip. On her 109th birthday, she lived with her daughter, Marica.
She became the oldest known living person in Croatia, following the death of 108-year-old Jela Kranjcic on 9 December 2001.
Ruza Sertic died in Donji Andrijevci, Brod-Posavina County, Croatia in the morning of 4 October 2002 at the age of 109 years, 141 days. At the time of her death, she had two daughters, 6 grandchildren (Spomenka, Renata, Cedomir, Zlatko, Visnja and Mandica), 12 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
References
- 109. nova godina bake Ruže Sertić Večernji list, 2 January 2002
- RUŽA SERTIĆ - NAJSTARIJA HRVATICA Večernji list, 22 May 2002
- Preminula najstarija Hrvatica Večernji list, 5 October 2002
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