The Oldest Hungarian Passes Away at the Age of 113

The oldest person in Hungary, Veronika Zsilinszki, died this week at the age of 113, the national news site telex.hu reports quoting the website of the southern Hungarian town of Baja.

Veronika Zsilinszki was born on 4 February 1908 in Kevevara, Vojvodina (then Austria-Hungary, now Serbia), from where she moved to the town of Baja with her parents and two siblings when she was still a small child.

"During her long life, she worked mostly as a manual laborer and had several accidents, but her luck never ran out. She raised her only son and then his grandson with honor. She was a very sociable person in her youth, she loved to dance and talk, but she also enjoyed gardening and reading. Nowadays, her health prevents her from doing most of these activities, but, as she pointed out, she still feels the love she receives,” baja.hu wrote about her in an earlier article.

In February 2019, the Ministry of Interior confirmed to baja.hu that Veronika Zsilinszki from Baja was the eldest person, and after the news of her death, the local website received the information that "she was the first Hungarian person in history to reach the age of 113 years."

Veronika Zsilinszki will be laid to rest on April 27 at the cemetery in the village of Bajaszentistván.