Mr. Franz Wielander - of St. Georgen, Lower Austria, Austria - sadly passed away on 1 April 2023, aged 109 years and 70 days.
He was born on 21 January 1914. He married on 15 October 1940 his love Hermine and the couple were married 77 years until Hermine
passed away in 2017. Mr. Wielander was the Doyene of Austria.
"Mach's gut, Franz": Ältester Mann Österreichs mit 109 Jahren gestorben | kurier.at
Rest in eternal peace, Mr. Wielander !
This is quite devastating for me too... Leopold Vietoris is going to remain unmatched for a very long time now.
Rest in peace, Franz Wielander.
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Now the oldest man in the country is Josef Peer?,born in,he is 105 years and 63 days, lives in Tyrol,was born on 31/jan/1918
RIP Mr. Wielander, Doyen of Austria.
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Very bitter. I knew that he has gone...
And I had plans to visit him and his family. Franz Wielander was the last man in Austria who was born before WW I. He was nearly three years old when Kaiser Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) died.
It seems that he died in his sleep.
This is the end of an era and a hard caesura.
May Herr Wielander Franz rest in eternal peace. Endless thanks and appreciation to him and his generation who constructed and built up our country with immeasurable diligence, decency and humility. A truly paragon for us, the younger.
Here you can find his obituary:
Trauerfall Franz Wielander , St. Georgen (bestattung-glueck.at)
@charlesm09 Your condolence is again in the language of the deceased person. Amazing. You are also important for our forum. We need you, the youngsters, our future.
R.I.P. Franz Wielander