Maria Mercedes Diaz Quijano

Gloria Maria Mercedes Diaz-Quijano Olivares (27 June 1898 – 4 December 2012) was a Chilean supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She may be the oldest verifiable female Chilean supercentenarian claimant.

Biography
Diaz Quijano was born on 27 June 1898 in San Javier, Maule Region, Chile to parents Francisco Diaz Quijano and Jovita Olivares. She attended a private school. Her family used to have many servants, including gardeners, cooks and butlers. Her older brother was among the first people from San Javier who got a car in 1915. At the age of 27, she married Oscar Gutierrez. Oscar died of sepsis after 40 days of marriage. Following husband's death, Maria returned to the family's home in San Javier, but soon decided to move to Santiago. Maria remmaried at the age of 37, but her second husband died of diabetes.

On 14 December 1971, she married Oreste Antonio Solar Rodriguez in Santiago, Chile. Although she was married three times, she never had children. Her third husband passed away at the age of 83.

Diaz Quijano passed away in Santiago, Chile, on 4 December 2012 at the age of 114 years, 160 days.