- Juhan Kallaste
Juhan Kallaste (birth name Johan Kree [Allar Viivik: [http://www.sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=61927&d=19990901&a=1 Viljandis suri vanim eestlane] , SL Õhtuleht, September 1, 1999] [Liisi Seil: [http://arhiiv2.postimees.ee:8080/leht/99/08/31/uudised.shtm Eesti vanim inimene jõudis elada 107-aastaseks] , Postimees, August 31, 1999] ;
December 19 ,1891 Paistu Parish [Allar Viivik: [http://www.sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=61927&d=19990901&a=1 Viljandis suri vanim eestlane] , SL Õhtuleht, September 1, 1999] , Holstre [Helje Loopere: [http://arhiiv.elukiri.ee/index.php?main=182&sess=5d1987570c820030504def9a27a8313a Kõrge ea saladus: maal elamine ja puhas toit] , "Elukiri", 2007, nr 3] or Paistu [Liisi Seil: [http://arhiiv2.postimees.ee:8080/leht/99/08/31/uudised.shtm Eesti vanim inimene jõudis elada 107-aastaseks] , Postimees, August 31, 1999] —August 28 ,1999 Viljandi ) was an Estonian cleric and actor thought to be the oldest Estonian male on record. He lived 107 years and 252 days. Before his death he was also the oldest living Estonian. Since he changed his name in1935 and there were claims that he was six years younger but made himself older to avoid mobilisation during World War II, for some time during his lifetime Anna Jürnas was thought to be the oldest living Estonian (she became the oldest Estonian after Kallaste's death). However, Kallaste's birthdate was verified by the church registration book. [Helje Loopere, Airi Ilisson: [http://www.sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=58518&d=19990621 Eestis elab 58 üle 100-aastast] , SL Õhtuleht, June 21, 1999] [Allar Viivik: [http://www.sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=61927&d=19990901&a=1 Viljandis suri vanim eestlane] , SL Õhtuleht, September 1, 1999] Kallaste's age has not been validated by any international body.At age 12, he went to school in Pirmastu and he studied there for three years.
The Lutheran archbishop made him a
Deacon . He was a vicar at Paistu, Kõpu, andViljandi St Paul's congregation and an assistant cleric atLaiuse and Tarvastu congregations. [Allar Viivik: [http://www.sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=61927&d=19990901&a=1 Viljandis suri vanim eestlane] , SL Õhtuleht, September 1, 1999] He buried 5,254 people, the first of them at age 15. [Helje Loopere: [http://arhiiv.elukiri.ee/index.php?main=182&sess=5d1987570c820030504def9a27a8313a Kõrge ea saladus: maal elamine ja puhas toit] , "Elukiri", 2007, nr 3] [Liisi Seil: [http://arhiiv2.postimees.ee:8080/leht/99/08/31/uudised.shtm Eesti vanim inimene jõudis elada 107-aastaseks] , Postimees, August 31, 1999]Juhan Kallaste also worked as a joke teller and an actor in the theater
Ugala .He was married for some time but had no children.
A few years before his death, he remembered his biography in details. He spent his last years in a old people's home in Viljandi. [Allar Viivik: [http://www.sloleht.ee/index.aspx?id=61927&d=19990901&a=1 Viljandis suri vanim eestlane] , SL Õhtuleht, September 1, 1999] In his last two weeks, he lay in bed but was not in pain. He had not walked around for a long time but went to the toilet himself some months before his death. [Liisi Seil: [http://arhiiv2.postimees.ee:8080/leht/99/08/31/uudised.shtm Eesti vanim inimene jõudis elada 107-aastaseks] , Postimees, August 31, 1999]
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