Aleksandra Dranka

Aleksandra Dranka de domo Pięta (3 October 1903 - 29 April 2014) was a Polish supercentenarian, who was the oldest verified living person in Poland at the time of her death.

== Biography ==

Aleksandra Dranka was born in Harklowa, as a daughter of Antoni and Maria Pięta née Kula. She emigrated to the United States with her parents in February 1905, where they opened a restaurant. After surviving a shooting, the family decided to return to Poland in 1908, where she helped her parents run a farm. In 1928 Aleksandra married Michał Dranka (1904-1991). They were married through 63 years. She gave birth to two children: daughter Krystyna Dziedzic (b. 1930) and son Jan Dranka (b. 1937). She had three grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

She celebrated her 110th birthday on 3 October 2013. She died on 29 April 2014 at age 110 years, 208 days, as the oldest person in Poland and one of the oldest people in Europe.

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