Nadezda Pavlovic and Aleksandar Vucic, President of Serbia | |
| Birth: | 1 January 1912? Visoko, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Death: | 16 April 2021 Vracar, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Age: | 109 years, 105 days |
Nadežda Pavlović [Serbian: Надежда Павловић] (1 January 1912? – 16 April 2021) was a Bosnian-Serbian centenarian who was the oldest-known living person in Serbia at time of her death.
Biography
Nadežda Pavlović was allegedly born in Visoko, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) on 1 January 1912. After finishing high school in Sarajevo and at the age of 14, she went to Belgrade to continue her studies at the Higher Pedagogical School. After completing her studies, she received a job in the village of Jaša Tomić, Sečanj, on the border with Romania. Nadezda was left alone when her husband left for military service.
Nadezhda was a friend of Serbian poet Desanka Maksimović. After retiring in 1974, her family moved to Belgrade. She had two children: Zeljku (aged 78 in 2020) and Radmila (aged 75 in 2020), four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
She became the claimed oldest known living person in the Serbia following the death of 108-year-old Darinka Jandric on 4 February 2019.
Pavlovic died in Vracar, Belgrade, Serbia during the night of 16 April 2021 at the claimed age of 109 years, 105 days. Following her death, then-109-year-old Tamara Krutikov became the oldest known living person in Serbia.
Sources:
- Životna filozofija bake od 106 godina: Samo pozitivno RTS
- Baka Nadežda danas slavi 108. rođendan: Najstarija je Srpkinja, a ovo je njenih 10 saveta za DUGOVEČNOST Srbija danas
- Nadežda Pavlović koja je rođena u Visokom napunila 109. godina, čestitao joj i Vučićc Avaz
- Nadežda Pavlović preminula u 109. godini, a ovo je bio njen recept za dug i srećan život! Alo.rs
