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27/02/2025 11:44 pm
Lithuania lost its oldest living man on 19 Jan 2025, Simonas Laukaitis was born on 18 Feb 1921 and died in Kaunas
Last year the country lost the oldest man living there 4 times
Juozas Merecka 26 Jan 1914 - 7 Jan 2024
Antanas Tilvikas 22 Jan 1920 - 6 July 2024
Feliksas Citavicius 11 Mar 1920 - 1 Aug 2024
Jonas Vaitkus 14 Sept 1920 - 9 Oct 2024
All living in Kaunas
Simonas Laukaitis spent 102 days in post, the longest time since Antanas Tilvikas (181 days) and died at 103 years, 335 days, the youngest since the uprising began in the country and was the 7th from Kaunas to be considered the oldest there
We have seen a huge drop in the age of older men there since Juozas Merecka, who was 109 years old at the beginning of 2024 and since then this age has been no more than 104 years old
Either there is a lack of more research there, or the war really was brutal for them, which is very sad
Does anyone know who is the oldest man alive in Lithuania today?
28/02/2025 12:52 am
Juozas Merecka 26 Jan 1914 - 7 Jan 2024
Was he validatable? He would be the oldest verified man born in Lithuania if validated unless perhaps Joseph Saparnis can also get validated.
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28/02/2025 9:51 am
Leonora Kontrimienė, Lithuania’s Oldest Person, Celebrates Her 109th Birthday
Leonora Kontrimienė, the oldest known living person in Lithuania, celebrated her 109th birthday in the village of Beržėnai, Joniškis District Municipality, on 7 February, according to the Joniškis District Municipality.
Kontrimienė was born on 7 February 1916. She grew up in a family of seven children—two sisters and five brothers—in a small farming household in the village of Buožėnai, Telšiai District. Her father owned nine hectares of land. She completed three grades of primary school, but by the age of 13, she had to work for local farmers herding cows. Her days began early, guiding the cattle to pasture in the morning and returning them to the barn in the evening. Afterward, she still had chores to do—cleaning the barn, spreading fresh bedding, and ensuring the animals were watered.
At 25, she married an older farmer from her native village of Buožėnai, who owned 15 hectares of land. When the nationalization of farms made it difficult to sustain a living in the village and raise her daughter, she took a job at a knitwear factory.
On her 107th birthday, she shared her secret to longevity, saying, “You need to work hard, be kind, eat whatever your heart desires, and avoid conflict.” She also believed that faith played a role in a long life, adding, “You must believe in God, and if He has granted you so many years, perhaps you have earned them.”
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
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28/02/2025 1:50 pm
26/03/2025 7:11 am
Juozas Merecka 26 Jan 1914 - 7 Jan 2024
Was he validatable? He would be the oldest verified man born in Lithuania if validated unless perhaps Joseph Saparnis can also get validated.
I hope they can confirm his age, but as he hasn't reached 110, it will be difficult to confirm it.
He's still a national longevity recordholder, no? The oldest man ever to die in Lithuania?
26/03/2025 10:39 pm
Juozas Merecka 26 Jan 1914 - 7 Jan 2024
Was he validatable? He would be the oldest verified man born in Lithuania if validated unless perhaps Joseph Saparnis can also get validated.
I hope they can confirm his age, but as he hasn't reached 110, it will be difficult to confirm it.
He's still a national longevity recordholder, no? The oldest man ever to die in Lithuania?
If we exclude a limbo case of Stasys Grigas (1905-fl.2015), who could be the only male SC in Lithuania (but unvalidated as of today).
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09/02/2026 5:08 pm
Lithuanian Leonora Kontrimienė became a supercentenarian today; she is considered the oldest living person in Lithuania since February 19, 2022, when Juozas Merecka died.
She was born in Telsiai District, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) and lives in Siauliai.
(10) 110 metų. Sakot, kad tiek žmonės negyvena?... - Indrė Stalnionienė | Facebook
Here's what LQ wrote about her:
Leonora Kontrimienė, Lithuania's Oldest Resident, Turns 110 - LongeviQuest
Leonora Kontrimienė, the oldest living person in Lithuania, is celebrating her 110th birthday today in the village of Beržėnai in Šiauliai County.
Leonora Kontrimienė was born on 7 February 1916. She was the fourth of seven children—two sisters and five brothers—and grew up in a small farming household in the village of Buožėnai, Telšiai District. Like most of the children in the family, Leonora completed only three grades of primary school; only the three youngest children went on to finish four. At the age of 13, she had to leave school and begin working for local farmers, herding cows.
At the age of 25, she married Dominykas Kontrimo, an older farmer from the same village of Buožėnai, who owned fifteen hectares of land. She and her husband raised livestock, keeping four cows and many sheep. After the Soviet government nationalized their property, the family—who were raising their daughter, Milda—was left with only one cow and fifty ares of land. They worked long hours on the collective farm, but the pay was minimal. As life in the countryside became increasingly difficult and it grew harder to support their daughter, Leonora took a job at the Mastis knitwear factory in Telšiai. She retired at the age of 55, although she wished to continue working, as her health was still good.
http://www.supercentenariditalia.it/persone-viventi-piu-longeve-in-italia.
Persone viventi più longeve in Italia – Supercentenari d'Italia (supercentenariditalia.it)
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