Kazakhstan’s oldest resident dies at 116

Tengrinews.kz — Kazakhstan’s oldest resident, Tuimegul Temirbayeva, has died in Ulytau Region. She was 116 years old.
The press service of Zhanaarka District expressed condolences to the centenarian’s family.
“We extend our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Tuimegul Temirbayeva, a resident of Kyzylzhar village in Zhanaarka District, who passed away at the age of 116. Tuimegul-azhe lived a long life and witnessed many historical eras. Her memory will forever remain in the hearts of all who knew her,” the statement said.
Biography
Tuimegul was born on January 1, 1910, in Zhaylyma village, Zhambyl Region, into the family of a horse herder. According to the local akimat, her father, Shotayak, worked as a herder, while her mother, Mangaz, looked after the household and helped her husband. The family had three children. Tuimegul lost her mother at the age of three.
In 1932, Tuimegul Temirbayeva married, and two years later she began working as an assistant horse breeder at the Zhenis state farm. Together with her husband, she raised four children — three sons and a daughter.
Over the course of her long life, Tuimegul became a grandmother to 15 grandchildren and a great-grandmother to 25 great-grandchildren.

“My husband and I worked with livestock all our lives. He herded horses, while I helped and milked the mares. We made kumis. We lived simply, in yurts,” Tuimegul Temirbayeva said earlier.

In recent years, the centenarian lived in Kyzylzhar village in Zhanaarka District with her youngest son.