| Ebeltje Boekema-Hut | |
 Boekema-Hut on her 106th birthday in 2017. | |
| Birth: | 31 August 1911 Zevenhuizen, Groningen, Netherlands |
| Death: | 11 June 2022 Leek, Groningen, Netherlands |
| Age: | 110 years, 284 days |
| Country: |  NED
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| Unvalidated | |
Ebeltje Boekema-Hut (31 August 1911 – 11 June 2022) was a Dutch supercentenarian who, at the time of her death, was the oldest known living person in the Netherlands. Her age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Ebeltje Boekema-Hut was born in Zevenhuizen, Groningen, Netherlands on 31 August 1911 to parents Jan Hut (1871–1957) and Bouktje Linker (1871–1969). Her father was a farmer. She married Lammert Boekema on 8 November 1935. At one point, Ebeltje and Lammert took over the farm and got four daughters. Lammert died on 28 March 1990 at the age of almost 81. In 2007, she moved to a retirment home in Leek. She credited her longevity to being thankful and being happy. Being a Christian, she said she lived life like Psalm 23.
There was also a history of longevity in Ebeltje's family: her great-grandmother died at the age of 101, her grandmother at the age of 94, and her mother at the age of 97.
She became the oldest known living person in the European Netherlands and the oldest known living Dutch-born person, following the death of Cornelia Boonstra-van der Bijl on 15 May 2021 (as Maria Luisa Benjamin was born in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and lived on the island of Aruba). She became the oldest known living person in the whole of the Netherlands after the death of Maria Luisa Benjamin on 1 November 2021.
Ebeltje Boekema-Hut died on 11 June 2022 at the age of 110 years, 284 days. At the time of her death, she was living in Leek, Groningen, Netherlands.
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- Dit is Ebeltje, met 107 jaar de oudste inwoner van de provincie Groningen Dagblad van het Noorden, 31 August 2018
- Oudste inwoner van Groningen bereikt de 109 RTV Noord, 31 August 2020
- Oudste inwoner van Nederland uit Leek weer een jaartje ouder: 110 RTV Noord, 31 August 2021
- Oldest resident of the Netherlands Ebeltje Boekema-Hut (110) passed away Netherlands Posts English, 13 June 2022