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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Walter Richardson 7 November 1885 25 December 1998 113 years 48 days South Dakota Rockford
2 CP Crawford 25 August 1907 23 November 2019 112 years, 90 days Mississippi Lansing
3 Frank Morimitsu 26 December 1886 9 December 1998 111 years, 348 days JapanJPN Chicago
4 Shelby Harris 31 March 1901 25 July 2012 111 years, 116 days Indiana Rock Island
5 Conrad Johnson 19 January 1904 23 December 2014 110 years, 338 days SwedenSWE Rockford
6 Sylvester Melvin 29 Nov 1851 12 Mar 1962 110 years, 103 days Greenfield Greenfield
7 Eugene Baltes 29 October 1914 29 December 2024 110 years, 61 days Minnesota River Grove
8 Milo Gibbons 18 July 1882 1 July 1992 109 years, 349 days Saline County Alhambra
9 August Barberi 25 September 1912 27 August 2022 109 years, 336 days Missouri Chicago
10 Victor Kallal 6 December 1908 25 October 2018 109 years, 323 days Jerseyville Highland
11 Giacomo Terrando 7 August 1894 23 June 2004 109 years, 321 days ItalyITA Spring Valley
12 John Regan 15 February 1911 31 December 2020 109 years, 320 days Mount Sterling Decatur
13 Floyd Deming 15 May 1894 30 October 2003 109 years, 179 days Liberty Quincy
14 George Furgala 12 March 1885 6 September 1994 109 years, 178 days PolandPOL Chicago
15 Bob Johnson 8 October 1912 3 April 2022 109 years, 177 days Waukegan Waukegan
16 John Spangler 15 January 1880 10 July 1989 109 years, 176 days Unknown Romine
17 Steve Ferri 2 September 1912 28 January 2022 109 years, 148 days New Jersey Peoria
18 George Reader 13 September 1906 5 November 2015 109 years, 53 days Missouri Danville
19 Quentin Lockhart 17 April 1916 4 May 2025 109 years, 17 days Canton Springfield
20 Albert Haenig 11 March 1878 1 February 1987 108 years, 329 days Marshall Springfield
21 George Reinmann 14 January 1907 20 August 2015 108 years, 218 days Lostant Ottawa
22 Roy Pettit 30 May 1893 26 December 2001 108 years, 210 days Annawan Kewanee
23 Edward Hagen 7 September 1878 April 1987 108 years, 206+ days Calhoun County Hamburg
24 Oscar Jordan 14 April 1881 4 November 1989 108 years, 204 days Virginia Chicago
25 Izer Tilson 4 July 1914 5 January 2023 108 years, 185 days Arkansas Rockford
26 Julius Redmer 18 October 1888 15 February 1997 108 years, 120 days Barrington Dundee
27 Howard Beecher 1 July 1895 3 October 2003 108 years, 94 days Oklahoma Lawrenceville
28 Nelson Hanks 1 November 1904 24 January 2013 108 years, 84 days Nebraska Knoxville
29 Theodore Beyer 10 February 1905 30 March 2013 108 years, 48 days GermanyGER Wheaton
30 Charles Bradt 28 November 1903 22 December 2011 108 years, 24 days DeKalb DeKalb
31 Clark Brown 27 September 1887 4 October 1995 108 years, 7 days Cumberland County Mattoon
32 Tolbert Hill 31 January 1874 29 January 1982 107 years, 363 days Middletown Springfield
33 Edward Ring 18 December 1884 8 December 1992 107 years, 355 days Stillman Valley Rockford
34 William Burkman 21 September 1905 17 July 1903 107 years, 299 days Roscoe Rockford
35 Jim Adams 10 May 1913 11 November 2020 107 years, 189 days Centralia Centralia
36 Leslie Boers 5 February 1909 8 July 2016 107 years, 154 days Tonica Spring Valley
37 Gustav Schmiege 12 October 1891 11 February 1999 107 years, 122 days Chicago Chicago
38 Fritz Zbinden 24 June 1898 24 October 2005 107 years, 122 days SwitzerlandSUI Franklin Grove
39 Virgil Marks 17 March 1894 19 June 2001 107 years, 94 days Alto Pass Murphysboro
40 Alvin Oehlerking 19 November 1901 14 January 2009 107 years, 56 days Des Plains Arlington Heights
41 Charles Dancey 28 November 1916 9 January 2024 107 years, 42 days Pekin Pekin
42 Jasper Garrison 1 May 1880 4 June 1987 107 years, 34 days Wayne County Marion
43 George Keller 14 December 1909 10 January 2017 107 years, 27 days Chicago Crystal Lake
44 Harold Roth 8 November 1916 29 November 2023 107 years 21 days Morton Roanoke
45 Max Lyon 14 January 1898 22 January 2005 107 years, 8 days BelarusBLR Willmette
46 Leo Cuttil 8 February 1918 7 February 2025 106 years 365 days Odell Pontiac
47 Fred Herr 26 February 1874 8 February 1981 106 years, 348 days Clarion Township Mendotan
48 Earl Doheny 30 April 1900 28 March 2007 106 years, 332 days North Dakota Schaumburg
49 Paul Stubblefield 5 February 1914 23 December 2020 106 years 322 days Idaho Rochester
50 Joseph Bastian 22 August 1864 6 July 1971 106 years, 318 days GermanyGER Chicago

Men who were born in Illinois and moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Lester Townsend 31 March 1908 22 October 2019 111 years, 205 days Cairo Indiana
2 Henry Hartmann 14 July 1894 10 November 2005 111 years, 119 days Chicago California
3 James Holt 25 December 1865 7 January 1977 111 years, 13 days Edwards Oklahoma
4 John Chaney 12 October 1859 1 December 1968 109 years, 50 days Unknown California
5 Charlie White 16 August 1905 17 August 2014 109 years, 1 day Galesburg Kansas
6 Edgar Smith 11 September 1883 21 May 1992 108 years, 253 days Bell Rive Florida
7 William Hinderliter 20 December 1865 22 August 1974 108 years, 245 days Wabash County California
8 Ralph McIntosh 19 January 1903 21 January 2011 108 years, 245 days Good Hope Washington
9 Henry Bachrach 24 October 1916 Living 108 years, 263 days Decatur Florida
10 Arthur Grewe 20 Aug 1908 27 Jan 2017 108 years, 160 days Des Plaines Iowa
11 Henry Maranville 26 April 1872 10 August 1980 108 years, 106 days Lewistown Nebraska
12 Herbert Nootbaar 8 November 1908 18 December 2016 108 years, 40 days Chicago California
13 Clarence Meyer 12 October 1893 6 July 2001 107 years, 267 days Chicago Florida
14 Paul Bankston 18 August 1883 16 January 1992 107 years, 151 days Chicago Louisiana
15 Wallace Latimer 12 November 1881 10 February 1989 107 years, 90 days Morris Kansas
16 John Harries 23 February 1894 26 April 2001 107 years, 62 days Waukegan Oklahoma
17 Daniel Merlini 9 March 1907 9 April 2014 107 years, 31 days Chicago Heights Florida
18 Leon De Seblo 22 February 1874 28 February 1981 107 years, 6 days Unknown California
19 William Ostermeier 8 July 1893 7 July 2000 106 years, 365 days Springfield Ohio
20 Harold Rieger 14 October 1905 23 August 2012 106 years, 314 days Chicago Iowa
21 William Goddard 11 March 1880 16 September 1986 106 years, 189 days Mattoon Indiana
22 Frank Wolfe 4 March 1880 9 September 1986 106 years, 189 days Laplace Indiana
23 Paul Lanterman 20 August 1893 10 February 2000 106 years, 174 days Edwardsville Michigan
24 Charles Byrum 20 September 1868 3 March 1975 106 years, 164 days Stockton South Dakota
25 Carl Langkammerer 5 June 1905 28 October 2011 106 years, 145 days Schwer Delaware
26 Harmon Baker 2 April 1887 15 August 1993 106 years, 135 days Unknown Tennessee
27 Anton Salak 10 November 1911 11 March 2018 106 years 121 days Chicago Wisconsin
28 Milton Addicks 23 July 1888 5 September 1994 106 years, 44 days Geneso Iowa
29 William “Billy” Kauder 12 December 1868 30 January 1975 106 years, 49 days Quincy Idaho
30 William Cook 31 August 1881 4 September 1987 106 years, 5 days Neponset Kentucky
31 Elves “Hap” Goodman 26 May 1894 12 May 2000 105 years, 352 days Carmi Missouri
32 Fred Gentle 21 February 1893 19 January 1999 105 years, 332 days Bluford Florida
33 Carl Fox 6 January 1915 12 November 2020 105 years 311 days Mill Creek Kentucky
34 Harry Frounfelter 19 December 1908 5 October 2014 105 years 290 days Dixon Minnesota
35 Herman Henry Bongartz 28 June 1874 22 February 1980 105 years, 239 days Patton Township Tennessee
36 Nicholas Westendorf 3 June 1913 20 January 2019 105 years 231 days Island Grove Colorado
37 William H. Miller 15 August 1858 29 March 1964 105 years, 227 days Warsaw Indiana
38 James Rhanor 4 March 1891 11 October 1996 105 years, 221 days Champaign Michigan
39 Harold Gastwirth 26 December 1911 7 August 2017 105 years 224 days Chicago Nevada
40 Russel Griffith 3 October 1907 16 February 2013 105 years 136 days Chicago CanadaCAN
41 Harry Pardee 18 December 1905 27 April 2011 105 years, 130 days Gillespie Iowa
42 Hansford Douglas 1 December 1877 21 March 1983 105 years, 110 days Massac County Indiana
43 Thomas Hagerty 3 September 1896 14 December 2001 105 years, 102 days Dwight Missouri
44 Tony Burman 10 January 1906 13 April 2011 105 years 93 Days Morrison Wisconsin
45 Dean Ball 3 January 1913 31 March 2018 105 years 87 days Canton Idaho
46 Charles Horton 15 January 1898 30 March 2003 105 years, 74 days Antioch Wisconsin
47 John Cooksey 3 February 1854 30 March 1959 105 years, 55 days Alhambra Kansas
48 Frank Facinelli 22 November 1892 15 January 1998 105 years, 54 days Coal City Colorado
49 Albert Cobb 11 February 1891 26 March 1996 105 years, 44 days Shawneetown Ohio
50 Russell Jump 16 March 1895 18 April 2000 105 years, 33 days Galesburg Kansas



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