Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo Baquedano
- Full name: Maria Cruz de Irujo Baquedano
- Lifespan: 03.05.1911 – 24.08.2022
- Age: 111 years, 118 days
- Birthplace: Izcue, Navarre, Spain
- Last residence: Arazauri, Navarre, Spain
- Application date: 03.05.2021
- Validation date: 01.12.2022
- Validation source: Miguel Quesada/Emilio Ibanez
Biography
Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo was born in Izcue, Navarre, Spain on 3 May 1911. She got married in Arazuri, and had four children who have given her three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was widowed in 1972.
She became the oldest known living person in Navarre, following the death of 111-year-old Angeles Alava Jimenez on 21 December 2021.
Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo died in Arazauri, Navarre, Spain on 24 August 2022, at the age of 111 years, 113 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Navarre, and the fifth-oldest known living person in Spain (behind Maria Branyas Morera, Silveria Martin Diaz, Obdulia Carpena Gascon, and Julia Bascunana Herrada).
Validation
Maria Cruz age was verified by Miguel Quesada together with Emilio Ibanez and validated by the GRG on December 1st 2022.
Maria Cruz at an unknown date.
Maria together with her husbans, date unknown