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Zdenka Kasparova
Zdenka Kasparova
Zdenka Kašparová on her 108th birthday in 2021.
Birth: 3 April 1913
Pečky, Central Bohemian Region, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Death: 13 March 2023
Úvaly, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Age: 109 years, 344 days
Country: Czech RepublicCZE
Centenarian

Zdenka Kasparova [Czech: Zdenka Kašparová] (née Hoznauerová) (3 April 1913 – 13 March 2023) was a Czech centenarian who was the oldest known living person in the Czech Republic at the time of her death.

Biography[]

Zdenka Kašparová was born as Zdenka Hoznauerová in Pečky, Central Bohemian Region, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic), on 3 April 1913. She trained as a ladies' tailor, and then devoted her life to sewing and fashion.

In 1938, she married and had three children, Karel, Alena, and Zdenka. Since October 1938, she lived in the family house on U Výmoly Street in Úvaly.

On 3 April 2013, she celebrated her 100th birthday, becoming a centenarian.

On 26 August 2022, following the death of 109-year-old Lidmila Junková, she became the oldest known living person in the Czech Republic.

Zdenka Kašparová died in Úvaly, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, on 13 March 2023, at the age of 109 years, 344 days, three weeks before her 110th birthday. Following her death, then 109-year-old Bedřiška Adamičková became the oldest known living person in the Czech Republic.

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Czech Republic's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Marie Bernatkova • Unknown • Bohumila Rosova • Unknown • Ludvik PetrujEmilie DolezalovaMarie BerankovaFrantiska NovotnaMarie KraslovaMarta PokornaJosef FlanderaJuliana Vasickova • Marie SmejkalovaFrantiska KoznarovaMarie TresnakovaEvangelia CarasovaVlastimila Ceskova • Marie BehenskaBedriska KohlerovaAnonymousKvetoslava HranosovaMarie Schwarzova • Magdalena Kytnerova • Marie HolikovaAnna KoudelkovaLidmila JunkovaZdenka KasparovaBedriska AdamickovaFilomena KolomaznikovaBlazena StrachotovaKarla Kockova