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Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 William “Bill” Knuppe 21 December 1903 22 December 2011 108 years, 1 day Parker New Underwood
2 Mike Smith 30 August 1897 9 February 2005 107 years, 163 days RussiaRUS Gettysburg
3 George Alt 9 January 1886 12 March 1993 107 years, 62 days Michigan Rapid City
4 Gerald "Brick" Duncan 24 April 1904 2 May 2011 107 years, 8 days Iowa Gettysburg
5 Alfred Otterby 6 February 1891 21 January 1998 106 years, 349 Days Baltic Dell Rapids
6 Lloyd Truesdell 2 August 1887 10 June 1994 106 years, 281 days Bloomingdale Tripp
7 Lynn Zenner 20 February 1899 29 September 2005 106 years, 221 days Iowa Sioux City
8 Jacob “Jake” Schilling 8 September 1901 1 April 2008 106 years, 206 days North Dakota Bowdle
9 John Camp 29 October 1885 10 May 1992 106 years, 194 days GermanyGER Lennox
10 Edward Stoebner 15 May 1901 20 November 2007 106 years, 189 days Eureka Eureka
11 Charles Byrum 20 September 1868 3 March 1975 106 years, 164 Ddays Illinois Pierre
12 Joseph Behensky 13 September 1884 25 November 1990 106 years, 73 days Utica Yankton
13 Fred Spilloway 14 March 1892 28 April 1998 106 years, 45 days UkraineUKR Sioux Falls
14 Ralph O'Neill 18 November 1907 18 December 2013 106 years 30 days Folsom Custer
15 Nordahl Bergheim 23 December 1883 17 January 1990 106 years, 25 days Farmington Township Madison
16 Ole Iverson 9 October 1897 25 October 2003 106 years, 16 days Lincoln county Canton
17 Eugene “Dad” Sims 17 September 1858 10 June 1964 105 years, 267 days Iowa Philip
18 Henry Otterby 4 October 1889 12 May 1995 105 years, 220 days Brooks Baltic
19 Elijah Sears 23 June 1805 31 December 1910 105 years, 191 days Connecticut Canton
20 Gilbert Ramse 22 April 1893 28 October 1998 105 years, 189 days Lennox Lennox
21 Iver Erickson 1 December 1894 24 December 1999 105 years, 23 days NorwayNOR Madison
22 Harold Riquelmy 27 September 1907 8 October 2012 105 years 11 days Louisiana Rapid city

Men who were born in South Dakota who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Walter Richardson 7 November 1885 25 December 1998 113 years, 48 days Esmond Illinois
2 Barney Myers 13 September 1910 5 September 2020 109 years, 358 days South Dakota
3 Will Miles Clark 17 August 1904 9 May 2013 108 years, 265 days Mitchell Arizona
4 Cornelius “Cornie” Bode 24 December 1889 21 July 1998 108 years, 209 days Harrison Iowa
5 Bill Barlage 16 March 1917 Living 108 years, 120 days New Effington Indiana
6 Raymond Florine 3 November 1909 3 July 2016 106 years 243 days Huron Nebraska
7 Albert Gushurst 1 February 1887 22 December 1993 106 years, 324 days Lead Colorado
8 Albert Baum 23 January 1881 9 February 1987 106 years, 17 days Clifton Township Minnesota
9 Jack Fuller 7 March 1895 4 January 2001 105 years, 303 days DeSmet California
10 Robert Hoilien 8 June 1890 6 March 1996 105 years, 272 days Unknown California
11 George Braley 20 May 1882 19 September 1987 105 years, 122 days Minnehaha County Oregon
12 Daniel Sigdestad 17 September 1899 18 November 2004 105 years, 62 days Bristol Minnesota
13 Bernard Gage 18 July 1907 28 July 2012 105 years 10 days Timber Lake Washington
14 John Solomon 31 January 1899 2 February 2004 105 years, 2 days Mccook Lake Iowa



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