MADRID , Spain ( CNN ) -- A Spanish woman -- who at age 66 gave birth to twins -- has died less than three years later , a local official and a family member told CNN Thursday . Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth in December 2006 in Barcelona , after receiving in vitro fertilization treatment in California . At the time of the birth , she was believed to have been the world 's oldest new mother . Bousada died Saturday at her home in the southern Spanish town of El Puerto de Santa Maria , said the family member , who identified herself as the wife of Jose Luis Bousada , whom she said was a nephew of the deceased . `` She has died . I was at the wake in Cadiz , '' said the woman , who declined on the phone to give her name . CNN reached her at the phone book-listed residence of Jose Luis Bousada in Cadiz , the nearby city where Bousada spent most of her life . The death was widely reported in Spain . The local official told CNN that Bousada was cremated at the Greater Cadiz Bay cemetery Sunday morning but that the cemetery did not list that on its Web site , which is customary , because the family asked to keep it secret . The local official , who spoke on condition of not being identified , said he talked Thursday with the cemetery manager , who confirmed the cremation . She would have been 69 at the time of death . The woman 's twin boys , named Pau and Christian , will be three-years old in December . They are being cared for by a nephew of the deceased , a family member said . Spanish news reports said Bousada had been diagnosed with a tumor around the time of the birth , which occurred about a week before her 67th birthday . British tabloid News of the World said Bousada lied to a California fertility clinic about her age and said she was 55 , just in case they refused to treat her . In an interview last year , Bousada told the paper that -- since her mother lived to be 101 -- she figured she would live long enough to raise the children . A retired department store employee who was not married , she reportedly lived most of her life with her mother in Cadiz , and decided to have children after her mother died in 2005 , selling her home to raise cash for the fertility treatment . `` God did n't let her enjoy her children very much . He should have given her more time , '' said Pilar Pinto , who runs a fresh produce business in El Puerto de Santa Maria . `` The kids are with a nephew of Bousada , and his wife . They are being well taken care of , and are in great shape . I see them here often in town , '' added Pinto , whose shop is downstairs from the home of one of Bousada 's brothers . Pinto said it is the brother 's son , a nephew of the deceased , who is taking care of the children . Manuela Reyes , who lived near Bousada 's home in the same town , told CNN affiliate Cuatro , `` This woman lived there , ever since those apartments were built . You did n't see her much . She came in and out of her house with her little kids , but not much else . ''
Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth to twins in December 2006 in Barcelona . She received in vitro fertilization treatment in California . Reports : Bousada diagnosed with a tumor around time of birth . Twin boys being cared for by her nephew and his wife .