Marietta Oliva, Italy's "grandmother," has died at 112. Marietta, as everyone called her, blew out her birthday candles on April 16th.
On April 16, she blew out the candle to celebrate her 112th birthday. Maria Oliva, known as Marietta, died in Piazza Armerina, in the province of Enna, where she was born and always lived.
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The oldest grandmother in Italy passed away in the arms of her daughter Nunzia in the ancient Monte neighborhood. In her long existence, a record of longevity, she had eight children, five of whom are still alive, and 58 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. On her birthday, grandmother Marietta had greeted the mayor Nino Cammarata and a small circle of relatives including her great-grandson Danny Catalano who had organized a small party in a room decorated with flowers and balloons.
She had also answered the phone with a certain lucidity and immersed herself in the joyful atmosphere of the city. Witness of over a century of history, grandmother Marietta had met the Pope in Piazza Falcone e Borsellino when Francis had come to visit Piazza Armerina.
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