Jela Kranjcic

Jelena "Jela" Kranjcic (Croatian: Kranjčić) (15 March 1893 – 9 December 2001) was a Croatian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Croatia.

Biography
Jelena was born on 15 March 1893 in Petrijanec, Varazdin County, Austria-Hungary (present-day Croatia). She spend all of her life in Petrijanec and worked on the fields. She was able to walk at the age of 102 and, according to journalists, she didn't looked like a woman who is more than 100 years old. At that time, she had 5 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. She was also able to read without glasses.

Jelena passed away on the evening of 9 December 2001 at her home in Petrijanec, Varazdin County, Croatia, aged 108 years, 269 days. Last 30 years of her life she lived with her daughter-in-law, Josipa.