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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Luther Goding 1 July 1884 5 December 1995 111 years, 157 days Pauline Hastings
2 Mark Behrends 16 May 1905 13 June 2015 110 years, 28 days Nebraska City Nebraska City
3 Jesse Edmisten 16 January 1894 17 January 2003 109 years, 1 day Oconto Lexington
4 Herman Kopke 5 May 1895 7 April 2004 108 years, 338 days GermanyGER Blair
5 George Wacker 12 May 1904 15 December 2012 108 years, 217 days Plainview Plainview
6 Henry Maranville 26 April 1872 10 August 1980 108 years, 106 days Illinois Benkelman
7 Paul Beckman 20 August 1912 1 December 2020 108 years, 103 days Grand Island Elwood
8 William McLean 26 December 1912 14 January 2021 108 years, 19 days Unknown Central City
9 Henry Christensen 29 November 1892 4 November 2000 107 years, 339 days Cass County Ravenna
10 Albert Starr 13 April 1882 19 July 1989 107 years, 97 days Texas Mullen
11 Harry Lefler 12 September 1885 20 October 1992 107 years, 38 days Springfield Lincoln
12 Carl Lorenzen 9 December 1890 25 November 1997 106 years, 351 days Neligh Neligh
13 Roy Rhoades 9 June 1901 11 May 2008 106 years, 337 days Fremont Valley
14 Howard McBride 19 March 1909 17 February 2016 106 years, 335 days Gretna Springfield
15 John Benda 7 August 1853 9 July 1960 106 years, 333 days Czech RepublicCZE Niobrara
16 Roelf Schaa 1 October 1855 18 August 1962 106 years, 322 days GermanyGER Rosemont
17 Teofil Chudzinski 7 February 1849 8 October 1955 106 years, 243 days GermanyGER Ashton
17 Raymond Florine 3 November 1909 3 July 2016 106 years 243 days South Dakota Wayne
19 Art Enzminger 27 February 1894 7 October 2000 106 years, 223 days Platte County Wisner
20 George Moeller 24 May 1892 6 March 1999 106 years, 186 days Scribner Scribner
21 Chris Larsen 16 September 1892 19 April 1999 106 years, 215 days DenmarkDEN Windom
22 George Bodensteiner 25 October 1902 14 April 2009 106 years, 171 days Unknown Lincoln
23 Melvin Ruzicka 19 February 1908 13 July 2014 106 years 144 days Colfax County O’Neil
24 Theodore Straube 9 May 1895 2 July 2001 106 years, 54 days Burr Firth
25 John Martinson 22 December 1880 8 February 1987 106 years, 48 days SwedenSWE Valley
26 Merle Barton 23 January 1900 9 February 2006 106 years, 17 days Papillion Kearny
27 Howard Marsh 18 August 1901 27 June 2007 105 years, 313 days Hall County Good Samaritan Village
28 Elvin Brady Staman 17 January 1895 13 November 2000 105 years, 301 days Iowa Scottsbluff
29 William “Bill” Vancura 26 November 1907 14 June 2013 105 years 200 days Elyria Loup City
30 Heinrich J. Siebert 26 May 1896 19 March 2002 105 years, 297 days Minnesota Henderson
31 James E Brt 13 August 1884 5 April 1990 105 years, 235 days Crete Crete
32 James Cutshall 23 July 1867 24 January 1973 105 years, 185 days Missouri Fairbury
33 Osbert Ward 4 March 1877 30 August 1982 105 years, 179 days Vermont Blair
34 Frank Hoyt 12 December 1889 29 May 1995 105 years, 168 days Culbertson Trenton
35 Anton Olson 23 October 1876 11 March 1982 105 years, 139 days Kansas Grand Island
36 George Krajnik 16 March 1880 18 July 1985 105 years, 124 days Wilber Wilber
37 Alvin Johnsen 4 February 1896 7 June 2001 105 years, 123 days Missouri Beatrice
38 William “Bill” Krumm 27 October 1902 24 January 2008 105 years, 89 days Hallam Wilber
39 Earl Smith 11 January 1884 24 March 1989 105 years, 72 days West Blue Township Hastings
40 Frank Porterfield 2 August 1888 10 October 1993 105 years, 69 days Liberty Wymore
41 Henry Ortgies 27 February 1907 4 May 2012 105 years 67 days Thayer County Fairbury
42 Lewis Davies 23 January 1876 25 May 1981 105 years, 61 days Pennsylvania Lincoln
43 Laurence Jewell 3 May 1897 29 June 2002 105 years, 57 days Brock Creighton
44 Eggert Rohwer 16 June 1857 22 July 1962 105 years, 36 days GermanyGER Chadron

Men who were born in Nebraska who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Reuel Millar 1 March 1897 15 April 2007 110 years, 45 days North Bend Colorado
2 Lester Reed 10 September 1909 27 January 2019 109 years, 139 days Lincoln Kansas
3 John Sikel 26 February 1892 20 June 2001 109 years, 114 days Nebraska Minnesota
4 Harold Arthur Nelson 28 February 1915 22 October 2023 108 years, 236 days Wolbach Colorado
5 Nelson Hanks 1 November 1904 24 January 2013 108 years, 84 days Nebraska City Illinois
6 Jacob Stouffer 14 December 1900 5 March 2009 108 years, 81 days Bellevue Arizona
7 Otto Jacobsen 30 April 1908 21 March 2016 107 years, 326 days Omaha California
8 Paul Sunderland 24 April 1896 9 January 2004 107 years, 260 days Omaha Missouri
9 Louis Benevento 6 June 1917 26 January 2025 107 years 234 days Omaha Alabama
10 Earl Hays 27 August 1890 6 March 1998 107 years, 191 days Wheeler County California
11 Glen Ogden 11 June 1914 28 July 2021 107 years, 47 days Mills Idaho
12 Luther Goldberg 29 August 1902 16 July 2009 106 years, 321 days Concord Iowa
13 Chester Lorenzen 26 July 1894 3 June 2001 106 years, 312 days Sumner Missouri
14 Lloyd Harvey 2 September 1904 2 April 2011 106 years, 212 days Republican city Colorado
15 Perry Fusselman 9 September 1898 6 October 2004 106 years, 27 days Creston California
16 Harold Hartner 8 November 1916 22 November 2022 106 years, 14 days De Witt Kansas
17 Albert Bandomer 6 December 1893 26 October 1999 105 years, 324 days Unknown Colorado
18 Lester Shapland 24 November 1891 27 December 1997 105 years, 307 days York North Dakota
19 Albert Brown 26 October 1905 14 August 2011 105 years, 292 days North Platte Illinois
20 Elbert Eppenbach 6 July 1907 13 January 2013 105 years 191 days Lynch Oregon
21 Lowell Clark 14 October 1891 18 February 1997 105 years, 127 days Nebraska Wyoming
22 Everett Newton 3 July 1910 6 November 2015 105 years 126 days Paxton Colorado
23 Wayne Sableman 25 June 1910 10 October 2015 105 years 107 days Mead Colorado
24 Chuck Massara 12 May 1914 11 June 2019 105 years 30 days Omaha Colorado



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