| Viorica Hogas | |
 Viorica Hogas on her 105th birthday in 2020 | |
| Birth: | 9 February 1915 Udesti, Suceava County, Romania |
| Death: | 25 November 2023 Suceava, Suceava County, Romania |
| Age: | 108 years, 289 days |
| Country: |  ROU
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| Centenarian | |
Viorica Hogas [Romanian: Viorica Hogaș] (9 February 1915 – 25 November 2023) was a Romanian centenarian who was the oldest known living woman in Romania as well as the second-oldest known living person in Romania, behind Ilie Ciocan at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Viorica Hogas was born in Udesti, Suceava County, Romania on 9 February 1915. Her father was a teacher. After finishing school she worked as a teacher. She married on 3 March 1937 to Ion Hogas. Her husband was also a teacher. The two did not spend much time together after the wedding, because the husband was called to the front to fight in world war II, and never returned home. Viorica Hogas did not remarry. She raised her daughter Adriana alone and had a hard life.
In February 2015, she celebrated her 100th birthday and became a centenarian.
She became the oldest known living woman in Romania, following the death of 109-year-old Maria Mihai on 2 February 2022.
Viorica Hogas died in Suceava, Suceava County, Romania on 25 November 2023 at the age of 108 years, 289 days. Following her death, then 108-year-old Noja Paladia became the oldest known living woman in Romania.
References[]
- Patimile unei văduve de război. Are 104 ani şi supravieţuieşte cu o pensie de 290 de lei Adevărul, 9 December 2018
- Fosta învăţătoare Viorica Hogaş, sărbătorită duminică la împlinirea vârstei de 105 ani Monitorul de Suceava, 10 February 2020
- Văduvă de război ajunsă la venerabila vârstă de 107 ani: „Vă rog, ca pe copiii mei, să fiţi iubitori de familie!” Adevărul, 11 February 2022
- Cea mai în vârstă persoană din județul Suceava are 108 ani Monitorul de Suceava on YouTube, 9 February 2023
- Cea mai în vârstă persoană din județ, Viorica Hogaș, a împlinit 108 ani Monitorul de Suceava, 9 February 2023
- Cea mai în vârstă suceveancă a murit cu mai puțin de trei luni înainte de a împlini 109 ani Monitorul de Suceava, 25 November 2023
- A murit cea mai în vârstă femeie din România. Născută în Suceava, ea a fost învăţătoare Ziarul de Iași, 26 November 2023