List of supercentenarians from Pennsylvania

This is a list of supercentenarians who were born and died in the US state of Pennsylvania.

The current state record holder is Sarah Knauss, who died in 1999 aged 119 years, 97 days. Knauss is also the United States longevity record holder. The oldest validated man ever born in Pennsylvania is George Johnson, who died in California in 2006 aged 112 years, 121 days. The oldest known man ever who died in Pennsylvania is Clarence Glauner, who died in 2020 aged 110 years, 148 days.

Supercentenarians born in Pennsylvania

      Deceased (Validated)       Living       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country of death
1	Sarah Knauss	F	24 Sept 1880	30 Dec 1999	119 years, 97 days	Pennsylvania
2	Florence Knapp	F	10 Oct 1873	11 Jan 1988	114 years, 93 days	Pennsylvania
	Elena Slough	F	4 July 1889	5 Oct 2003	114 years, 93 days	New Jersey
4	Ellen Jurick	F	15 July 1895	13 July 2009	113 years, 363 days	Michigan
5	Elsie Thompson	F	5 Apr 1899	21 Mar 2013	113 years, 350 days	Florida
6	Zora Wriggle	F	24 Feb 1880	7 Nov 1993	113 years, 256 days	Pennsylvania
7	Gladys Swetland	F	18 Apr 1892	14 Dec 2005	113 years, 240 days	Pennsylvania
8	Jane Markle	F	10 Oct 1883	12 Mar 1997	113 years, 153 days	Pennsylvania
	Helen Wheat	F	16 Sept 1902	16 Feb 2016	113 years, 153 days	Maryland
10	Lucille Treccase	F	18 Oct 1905	31 Aug 2018	112 years, 317 days	Pennsylvania
11	Mazie Ford	F	28 June 1906	6 May 2019	112 years, 312 days	Florida
12	Lillie Neff	F	9 May 1888	27 Feb 2001	112 years, 294 days	Pennsylvania
13	Mary Smith	F	7 Oct 1893	23 May 2006	112 years, 228 days	Ohio
14	George Johnson	M	1 May 1894	30 Aug 2006	112 years, 121 days	California
15	Mary Phelps	F	5 Aug 1900	19 Nov 2012	112 years, 106 days	Ohio
16	Sabina Zieg	F	12 Nov 1872	1 Dec 1984	112 years, 19 days	Pennsylvania
17	Kathryn Geyer	F	15 Sept 1903	7 Aug 2015	111 years, 326 days	Pennsylvania
18	Minnie Carpenter	F	24 Jan 1888	2 Dec 1999	111 years, 312 days	New York
	Elizabeth Lucas	F	5 Apr 1909	13 Dec 2020	111 years, 252 days	Pennsylvania
	Ida Ortolani	F	4 Sept 1912	14 June 2024	111 years, 254 days	ITA
19	Mary Rodgers	F	9 Dec 1888	14 Aug 2000	111 years, 249 days	Connecticut
20	Ann Smith	F	2 Mar 1891	29 Oct 2002	111 years, 241 days	Massachusetts
21	Ida Schlesinger	F	7 Nov 1902	3 July 2014	111 years, 238 days	Pennsylvania
22	Elizabeth Delaney	F	12 Mar 1903	14 Oct 2014	111 years, 216 days	Florida
23	Grace Young	F	28 Jan 1904	4 Aug 2015	111 years, 188 days	Pennsylvania
24	Ida Turner	F	16 June 1873	12 Dec 1984	111 years, 179 days	Pennsylvania
	Jane Carpenter	F	28 Apr 1911	28 Sept 2022	111 years, 153 days	Pennsylvania
25	Mabel Wilson	F	18 Mar 1903	11 Aug 2014	111 years, 146 days	New Jersey
	Miriam Moore	F	28 Jan 1907	11 May 2018	111 years, 103 days	Pennsylvania
26	Dollie Bushey	F	17 Feb 1879	8 May 1990	111 years, 80 days	Pennsylvania
27	Myrtle Kaywood	F	27 Nov 1877	12 Feb 1989	111 years, 77 days	Florida
	Marion Roth	F	11 Nov 1908	17 Jan 2020	111 years, 67 days	Pennsylvania
28	Alda Collins	F	26 July 1902	29 Sept 2013	111 years, 65 days	Pennsylvania
29	Helen Chamberlain	F	16 Jan 1906	25 Feb 2017	111 years, 40 days	Pennsylvania
	Dorothy Keller	F	28 Sept 1907	3 Nov 2018	111 years, 36 days	North Carolina
30	Beulah Young	F	18 Aug 1900	19 Sept 2011	111 years, 32 days	Pennsylvania
31	Margaret Guill	F	7 Apr 1896	28 Apr 2007	111 years, 21 days	Florida
	Marie LeVan	F	3 Sept 1908	29 Aug 2019	110 years, 360 days	Connecticut
	Mary Polilli	F	28 Mar 1906	4 Feb 2017	110 years, 313 days	Ohio
32	Agnes Wetzel	F	18 Oct 1899	21 Aug 2010	110 years, 307 days	Pennsylvania
33	Grace Cottrell	F	1 Apr 1878	10 Jan 1989	110 years, 284 days	California
34	Walter Wilcox	M	1 Nov 1872	11 Aug 1983	110 years, 283 days	California
	Clara Wenzelburger	F	6 July 1906	2 Apr 2017	110 years, 270 days	Pennsylvania
35	Mary Ansick	F	6 Mar 1897	23 Nov 2007	110 years, 262 days	Pennsylvania
36	Ellen Barber	F	20 Oct 1903	2 July 2014	110 years, 255 days	Pennsylvania
	Elizabeth Walker	F	31 Aug 1899	4 May 2010	110 years, 246 days	New York
37	Stella Cooley	F	6 Nov 1897	23 June 2008	110 years, 230 days	Ohio
38	Viva Hirsch	F	30 Dec 1900	3 Aug 2011	110 years, 216 days	Pennsylvania
39	Mary McGowan	F	17 Feb 1900	2 Sept 2010	110 years, 197 days	Illinois
40	Bessie Higgins	F	23 Dec 1902	7 July 2013	110 years, 196 days	Pennsylvania
	Margaret Ritchey	F	7 Apr 1909	16 Oct 2019	110 years, 192 days	Pennsylvania
41	Minnie King	F	21 Oct 1884	30 Apr 1995	110 years, 191 days	Pennsylvania
42	Helen Stump	F	25 Aug 1899	20 Feb 2010	110 years, 179 days	Pennsylvania
43	Nellie Florence	F	30 Mar 1898	21 Sept 2008	110 years, 175 days	Michigan
	Florence Esterly	F	10 July 1903	27 Dec 2013	110 years, 170 days	Pennsylvania
44	Anna Bruder	F	23 Sept 1871	22 Feb 1982	110 years, 152 days	Pennsylvania
	Clarence Glauner	M	22 Mar 1910	17 Aug 2020	110 years, 148 days	Pennsylvania
	Helen Meredith	F	13 Nov 1909	21 Mar 2020	110 years, 129 days	Pennsylvania
45	Harriet Coulter	F	7 Mar 1876	3 Sept 1986	110 years, 123 days	Pennsylvania
46	Edith Freehling	F	12 Sept 1883	29 Dec 1993	110 years, 108 days	North Carolina
	Emma Strause	F	22 Dec 1902	28 Mar 2013	110 years, 96 days	Pennsylvania
47	Rose McCloskey	F	25 Oct 1898	14 Jan 2009	110 years, 81 days	Pennsylvania
48	Anna Rice	F	15 Dec 1891	5 Mar 2002	110 years, 80 days	Pennsylvania
49	Minnie Livingston	F	8 Aug 1878	24 Oct 1988	110 years, 77 days	Pennsylvania
50	Laura Carrier	F	14 Jan 1882	9 Mar 1992	110 years, 55 days	Pennsylvania
	Dorothy Ziegenfuss	F	9 July 1905	16 Aug 2015	110 years, 38 days	Pennsylvania
51	Eleanor Grego	F	25 Jan 1899	17 Feb 2009	110 years, 23 days	Pennsylvania
52	Lena Rittenhouse	F	10 Mar 1889	30 Mar 1999	110 years, 20 days	Pennsylvania
53	Bill Sheetz	M	17 May 1906	28 May 2016	110 years, 11 days	Florida
54	Maude Neidig	F	1 Aug 1884	3 Aug 1994	110 years, 2 days	Pennsylvania
55	Mary Alice Keller	F	19 Mar 1876	19 Mar 1986	110 years, 0 days	Pennsylvania

Questionable cases

Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country of death
Ardith Grose	F	22 Mar 1907	fl.22 Mar 2018	111 years, 0+ days	Pennsylvania

Supercentenarians who died in Pennsylvania

      Validated       Living       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country of birth
1	Sarah Knauss	F	24 Sept 1880	30 Dec 1999	119 years, 97 days	Pennsylvania
2	Delphine Gibson	F	17 Aug 1903	9 May 2018	114 years, 265 days	South Carolina
3	Anna Henderson	F	5 Mar 1900	1 July 2014	114 years, 118 days	Georgia
4	Florence Knapp	F	10 Oct 1873	11 Jan 1988	114 years, 93 days	Pennsylvania
5	Zora Wriggle	F	24 Feb 1880	7 Nov 1993	113 years, 256 days	Pennsylvania
6	Gladys Swetland	F	18 Apr 1892	14 Dec 2005	113 years, 240 days	Pennsylvania
7	Jane Markle	F	10 Oct 1883	12 Mar 1997	113 years, 153 days	Pennsylvania
8	Irene Ciuffoletti	F	19 Jan 1903	7 May 2016	113 years, 109 days	ITA
9	Naomi Whitehead	F	26 Sept 1910	Living	114 years, 74 days	Georgia
10	Lucille Treccase	F	18 Oct 1905	31 Aug 2018	112 years, 317 days	Pennsylvania
11	Lillie Neff	F	9 May 1888	27 Feb 2001	112 years, 294 days	Pennsylvania
12	Nellie Stanford	F	11 Aug 1876	19 Feb 1989	112 years, 192 days	Maryland
13	Icie Clark	F	19 Mar 1907	4 Aug 2019	112 years, 138 days	West Virginia
14	Anna Shively	F	14 May 1880	7 June 1992	112 years, 24 days	Indiana
15	Sabina Zieg	F	12 Nov 1872	1 Dec 1984	112 years, 19 days	Pennsylvania
	Lenara Carey	F	16 Sept 1910	22 Aug 2022	111 years, 340 days	North Carolina
16	Kathryn Geyer	F	15 Sept 1903	7 Aug 2015	111 years, 326 days	Pennsylvania
17	Bina Harbaugh	F	1 Dec 1887	1 Sept 1999	111 years, 274 days	Maryland
	Elizabeth Lucas	F	5 Apr 1909	13 Dec 2020	111 years, 252 days	Pennsylvania
18	Ida Schlesinger	F	7 Nov 1902	3 July 2014	111 years, 238 days	Pennsylvania
19	Clarina Ragland	F	28 June 1885	18 Feb 1997	111 years, 235 days	North Carolina
	Elizabeth Marazi	F	26 Aug 1907	1 Apr 2019	111 years, 218 days	New Jersey
20	Anna DiFelice	F	10 Mar 1892	30 Sept 2003	111 years, 204 days	ITA
21	Jeanie Oliver	F	17 Aug 1880	1 Mar 1992	111 years, 197 days	UK
22	Melissa Traylor	F	6 Feb 1906	18 Aug 2017	111 years, 193 days	New York
	Willie Lassiter	F	30 Sept 1900	9 Apr 2012	111 years, 192 days	North Carolina
23	Grace Young	F	28 Jan 1904	4 Aug 2015	111 years, 188 days	Pennsylvania
24	Ida Turner	F	16 June 1873	12 Dec 1984	111 years, 179 days	Pennsylvania
25	Annie Renfroe-Gary	F	14 July 1893	5 Jan 2005	111 years, 175 days	Georgia
26	Martha Brown	F	17 Feb 1858	5 Aug 1969	111 years, 169 days	Maryland
27	Fannie Buten	F	13 Apr 1899	24 Sept 2010	111 years, 164 days	POL
	Jane Carpenter	F	28 Apr 1911	28 Sept 2022	111 years, 153 days	Pennsylvania
28	Floried Hillers	F	1 Jan 1872	15 Apr 1983	111 years, 104 days	Georgia
	Miriam Moore	F	28 Jan 1907	11 May 2018	111 years, 103 days	Pennsylvania
29	Dollie Bushey	F	17 Feb 1879	8 May 1990	111 years, 80 days	Pennsylvania
	Rosalie Esposito	F	11 Feb 1907	2 May 2018	111 years, 80 days	Connecticut
	Marion Roth	F	11 Nov 1908	17 Jan 2020	111 years, 67 days	Pennsylvania
30	Alda Collins	F	26 July 1902	29 Sept 2013	111 years, 65 days	Pennsylvania
	Janet Wharton	F	29 Mar 1911	27 May 2022	111 years, 59 days	South Carolina
31	Helen Chamberlain	F	16 Jan 1906	25 Feb 2017	111 years, 40 days	Pennsylvania
32	Beulah Young	F	18 Aug 1900	19 Sept 2011	111 years, 32 days	Pennsylvania
33	Agnes Wetzel	F	18 Oct 1899	21 Aug 2010	110 years, 307 days	Pennsylvania
	Clara Wenzelburger	F	6 July 1906	2 Apr 2017	110 years, 270 days	Pennsylvania
34	Mary Ansick	F	6 Mar 1897	23 Nov 2007	110 years, 262 days	Pennsylvania
35	Ellen Barber	F	20 Oct 1903	2 July 2014	110 years, 255 days	Pennsylvania
36	Viva Hirsch	F	30 Dec 1900	3 Aug 2011	110 years, 216 days	Pennsylvania
37	Bertha Wallin	F	13 Jan 1874	5 Aug 1984	110 years, 205 days	DEN
38	Bessie Higgins	F	23 Dec 1902	7 July 2013	110 years, 196 days	Pennsylvania
	Margaret Ritchey	F	7 Apr 1909	16 Oct 2019	110 years, 192 days	Pennsylvania
39	Minnie King	F	21 Oct 1884	30 Apr 1995	110 years, 191 days	Pennsylvania
40	Helen Stump	F	25 Aug 1899	20 Feb 2010	110 years, 179 days	Pennsylvania
	Alta Dilley	F	21 May 1864	10 Nov 1974	110 years, 173 days	Ohio
	Florence Esterly	F	10 July 1903	27 Dec 2013	110 years, 170 days	Pennsylvania
41	Anna Bruder	F	23 Sept 1871	22 Feb 1982	110 years, 152 days	Pennsylvania
	Clarence Glauner	M	22 Mar 1910	17 Aug 2020	110 years, 148 days	Pennsylvania
42	Mary Higley	F	10 Aug 1898	25 Dec 2008	110 years, 137 days	Rhode Island
	Helen Meredith	F	13 Nov 1909	21 Mar 2020	110 years, 129 days	Pennsylvania
43	Harriet Coulter	F	7 Mar 1876	3 Sept 1986	110 years, 123 days	Pennsylvania
	Emma Strause	F	22 Dec 1902	28 Mar 2013	110 years, 96 days	Pennsylvania
44	Rosa Alma Evans	F	24 June 1894	16 Sept 2004	110 years, 84 days	Virginia
45	Rose McCloskey	F	25 Oct 1898	14 Jan 2009	110 years, 81 days	Pennsylvania
46	Anna Rice	F	15 Dec 1891	5 Mar 2002	110 years, 80 days	Pennsylvania
47	Minnie Livingston	F	8 Aug 1878	24 Oct 1988	110 years, 77 days	Pennsylvania
48	Laura Carrier	F	14 Jan 1882	9 Mar 1992	110 years, 55 days	Pennsylvania
	Dorothy Ziegenfuss	F	9 July 1905	16 Aug 2015	110 years, 38 days	Pennsylvania
49	Eleanor Grego	F	25 Jan 1899	17 Feb 2009	110 years, 23 days	Pennsylvania
50	Lena Rittenhouse	F	10 Mar 1889	30 Mar 1999	110 years, 20 days	Pennsylvania
51	Maude Neidig	F	1 Aug 1884	3 Aug 1994	110 years, 2 days	Pennsylvania
52	Mary Alice Keller	F	19 Mar 1876	19 Mar 1986	110 years, 0 days	Pennsylvania

Questionable cases

Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	State / country of death
Ardith Grose	F	22 Mar 1907	fl.22 Mar 2018	111 years, 0+ days	Pennsylvania

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Pennsylvania since 1982

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

From	To	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Reported lifespan
?	22 Feb 1982	Anna Bruder	F	? –110	23 Sept 1871 – 22 Feb 1982 110 years, 152 days
22 Feb 1982	15 Apr 1983 (1 yr, 52 days)	Floried Hillers	F	110–111	1 Jan 1872 – 15 Feb 1983 111 years, 104 days
15 Apr 1983	1 Dec 1984 (1 year, 230 days)	Sabina Zieg	F	110–112	12 Nov 1872 – 1 Dec 1984 112 years, 19 days
1 Dec 1984	12 Dec 1984 (11 days)	Ida Turner	F	111	16 June 1873 – 12 Dec 1984 111 years, 179 days
12 Dec 1984	11 Jan 1988 (3 yrs, 30 days)	Florence Knapp	F	111–114	10 Oct 1873 – 11 Jan 1988 114 years, 93 days
11 Jan 1988	19 Feb 1989 (1 yr, 39 days)	Nellie Stanford	F	111–112	11 Aug 1876 – 19 Feb 1989 112 years, 192 days
19 Feb 1989	8 May 1990 (1 yr, 78 days)	Dollie Bushey	F	110–111	17 Feb 1879 – 8 May 1990 111 years, 80 days
8 May 1990	7 Nov 1993 (3 years, 183 days)	Zora Wriggle	F	110–113	24 Feb 1880 – 7 Nov 1993 113 years, 256 days
7 Nov 1993	30 Dec 1999 (6 yrs, 53 days)	Sarah Knauss	F	113–119	24 Sept 1880 – 30 Dec 1999 119 years, 97 days
30 Dec 1999	27 Feb 2001 (1 yr, 59 days)	Lillie Neff	F	111–112	9 May 1888 – 27 Feb 2001 112 years, 294 days
27 Feb 2001	5 Mar 2002 (1 yr, 6 days)	Anna Rice	F	109–110	15 Dec 1891 – 5 Mar 2002 110 years, 80 days
5 Mar 2002	30 Sept 2003 (1 yr, 209 days)	Anna DiFelice	F	109–111	10 Mar 1892 – 30 Sept 2003 111 years, 204 days
30 Sept 2003	14 Dec 2005 (2 yrs, 75 days)	Gladys Swetland	F	111–113	18 Apr 1892 – 14 Dec 2005 113 years, 240 days
14 Dec 2005	23 Nov 2007 (1 yr, 344 days)	Mary Ansick	F	108–110	6 Mar 1897 – 23 Nov 2007 110 years, 262 days
23 Nov 2007	25 Dec 2008 (1 yr, 32 days)	Mary Higley	F	109–110	10 Aug 1898 – 25 Dec 2008 110 years, 137 days
25 Dec 2008	14 Jan 2009 (20 days)	Rose McCloskey	F	110	25 Oct 1898 – 14 Jan 2009 110 years, 81 days
14 Jan 2009	17 Feb 2009 (34 days)	Eleanor Grego	F	109–110	25 Jan 1899 – 17 Feb 2009 110 years, 23 days
17 Feb 2009	24 Sept 2010 (1 year, 219 days)	Fannie Buten	F	109–111	13 Apr 1899 – 24 Sept 2010 111 years, 164 days
24 Sept 2010	1 July 2014 (3 years, 280 days)	Anna Henderson	F	110–114	5 Mar 1900 – 1 July 2014 114 years, 118 days
1 July 2014	3 July 2014 (2 days)	Ida Schlesinger	F	111	7 Nov 1902 – 3 July 2014 111 years, 238 days
3 July 2014	7 May 2016 (1 year, 309 days)	Irene Ciuffoletti	F	111–113	19 Jan 1903 – 7 May 2016 113 years, 109 days
7 May 2016	9 May 2018 (2 yrs, 2 days)	Delphine Gibson	F	113–114	17 Aug 1903 – 9 May 2018 114 years, 265 days
9 May 2018	31 Aug 2018 (114 days)	Lucille Treccase	F	112	18 Oct 1905 – 31 Aug 2018 112 years, 317 days
31 Aug 2018	4 Aug 2019 (338 days)	Icie Clark	F	111–112	19 Mar 1907 – 4 Aug 2019 112 years, 138 days
4 Aug 2019	17 Jan 2020 (166 days)	Marion Roth	F	110–111	11 Nov 1908 – 17 Jan 2020 111 years, 67 days
17 Jan 2020	13 Dec 2020 (331 days)	Elizabeth Lucas	F	110–111	5 Apr 1909 – 13 Dec 2020 111 years, 252 days
13 Dec 2020	22 Aug 2022 (1 year, 252 days)	Lenara Carey	F	110–111	16 Sept 1910 – 22 Aug 2022 111 years, 340 days
22 Aug 2022	Present 2 years, 109 days	Naomi Whitehead	F	111–113*	born 26 Sept 1910 114 years, 74 days

References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List as of today (and March 2015)
• GRG Pending Cases List (As of 15 March 2015)
• Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) GRG, 1 January 2015
• Table B - Verified Supercentenarians (Ranked By Age) GRG, 1 January 2015