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Safa Dedic
Birth: 1 April 1900
Podorasje, Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Death: 1 March 2006
Podorasje, Srebrenik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Age: 105 years, 335 days
Country: Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
Centenarian

Safa Dedic [Bosnian; Safa Dedić] (1 April 1900 – 1 March 2006) was a Bosnian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Safa Dedic was born in the village of Podorasje near Srebrenik, Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 April 1900. She married her husband Sacir Dedic at the age of 14, with whom she had six children.

During her long life, she very rarely visited a doctor, and almost until her death, she was able to leave the house and walk without anyone's help.

At the time of her death, she had 19 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

She became the oldest known living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the death of 105-year-old Milusa Andjelic on 10 November 2005.

Dedic died in the village of Podorasje, Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 1 March 2006 at the age of 105 years, 335 days. Following her death, then 105-year-old Anica Radmilovic, became the oldest known living person in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References[]


Bosnia and Herzegovina's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Luca BulicMilusa Andjelic • Safa DedicAnica RadmilovicMara Kvrgic • Jovan JovanovicDragoljub GalicMuska PorobicAjka LokmicAnonymous of Tuzla

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