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{{Infobox centenarian
 
{{Infobox centenarian
 
|Victor Kallal
 
|Victor Kallal
|status = living-centenarian
 
 
|image = VictorKallal.jpg
 
|image = VictorKallal.jpg
 
|image size = 250
 
|image size = 250
|caption = Victor in 2017, at age of 109, with his great-granddaughter.
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|caption = Victor in 2016, at age of 108, with his great-granddaughter Emma Parker.
 
|status = living-centenarian
 
|birthplace = Jerseyville, Illinois, USA
 
|sex = Male
 
|sex = Male
 
|sort = Kallal, Victor
 
|nationality = American
 
|nationality = American
 
|birthyr = 1908
 
|birthyr = 1908
|birthplace = Jerseyville, Illinois, USA
 
|sort = Kallal, Victor
 
 
}}'''Victor Kallal''' (born 6 December 1908) is an American [[centenarian]].
 
}}'''Victor Kallal''' (born 6 December 1908) is an American [[centenarian]].
   

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Victor Kallal
Victor Kallal
Victor in 2016, at age of 108, with his great-granddaughter Emma Parker.
Centenarian

Victor Kallal (born 6 December 1908) is an American centenarian.

Biography

Victor Charles Kallal ('Vic') was born on 6 December 1908 in Jerseyville, Illinois, USA. He is the oldest child of Joseph Victor Kallal and Teresa Barbara Kroupa. They had 12 children together. Victor graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL in August of 1934.

On December 27, 1934 he married Catherine Marie Murphy. In 1939 they moved to Greenville,IL, where Vic became the first manager of the Southwestern Electric Cooperative. They had 8 children together.

Vic retired in 1978 at age 70. He remained an active member in the St Lawrence Catholic Church of Greenville, and took care of his wife Catherine until she passed away in December of 2006. At the time of her death, they had been married 72 years.

Vic lived in his own house with minimal assistance up to age 103 in 2011. Since that time he has resided at Faith Countryside Homes in Highland, IL.

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