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City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Alton Gilbert 11 June 1878 21 January 1989 110 years, 224 days Michigan Snohomish
2 John Mauch 24 December 1888 7 March 1999 110 years, 73 days GermanyGER Botthell
3 John Babcock 23 July 1900 18 February 2010 109 years, 210 days CanadaCAN Spokane
4 Shoichiro Katsuno 30 June 1885 25 November 1994 109 years, 148 days JapanJPN Seattle
5 Otis Clark 13 February 1903 21 May 2012 109 years, 98 days Oklahoma Seattle
6 Godfrey Heglund 28 July 1884 7 October 1993 109 years, 71 days New York Shelton
7 Robert Benton 30 November 1895 30 September 2004 108 years, 305 days Vermont Pierce County
8 Frank Yatsu 13 October 1883 24 July 1992 108 years, 285 days JapanJPN Bellevue
9 Arthur Young 27 October 1890 11 July 1999 108 years, 267 days Pennsylvania Kennewick
10 Ralph McIntosh 19 January 1903 21 January 2011 108 years, 245 days Illinois Seattle
11 Harry Purdy 25 November 1893 19 July 2002 108 years, 236 days Missouri Zillah
12 William Lake 30 October 1895 19 June 2004 108 years, 233 days Missouri Yakima
13 Max Schoenfeld 20 March 1882 18 October 1990 108 years, 212 days GermanyGER Seattle
14 Otto Schmidt 28 July 1893 7 December 2001 108 years, 132 days Iowa Spangle
15 John Kroeze 12 December 1908 23 September 2016 107 years 286 days Trafton Arlington
16 Ray Anderson 19 February 1873 15 November 1980 107 years, 270 days Battle Ground Battle Ground
17 Orville Flerchinger 18 July 1905 12 April 2013 107 years, 268 days Pataha Pomeroy
18 Arthur Moritz 31 August 1909 26 March 2017 107 years, 207 days Toppenish Zillah
19 Orin Peterson 27 February 1900 24 August 2007 107 years, 178 days Wisconsin Spokane
20 Purl Mulkey 22 November 1877 4 April 1985 107 years, 133 days Oregon Woodland
21 Fred Walls 13 November 1909 11 February 2017 107 years, 90 days Yakima Port Orchard
22 Otto Johnson 24 October 1884 12 November 1991 107 years, 19 days FinlandFIN Spokane
23 Robert "Bob" McCarty 2 September 1895 6 September 2002 107 years, 4 days Mississippi Lakewood
24 Oscar Hjelt 5 October 1892 22 September 1999 106 years, 352 days FinlandFIN Burlington
25 Herman Westhoff 3 May 1905 11 February 2012 106 years 284 days Vancouver Yakima
26 Austin Welker 14 December 1882 3 September 1989 106 years, 263 days Iowa Sequim
27 Bill Kurth 28 May 1902 6 January 2009 106 years, 223 days Minnesota Seattle
28 Clifford Bartells 14 October 1908 27 April 2015 106 years 195 days Tacoma Mercer Island
29 Walter Estby 13 July 1905 10 January 2012 106 years 181 days Minnesota Mount Vernon
30 Joseph “Joe” Gese 10 August 1895 29 January 2002 106 years, 172 days UkraineUKR Prosser
31 Christos Ballasiotes 20 January 1895 6 July 2001 106 years, 167 days GreeceGRE Tacoma
32 Harry M. Byng 21 September 1856 21 November 1962 106 years, 64 days Unknown Hoquiam
33 Grover Chesnut 25 November 1892 19 September 1998 105 years, 298 days Missouri Lynden
34 Albert Tanner 4 February 1880 20 July 1985 105 years, 166 days Unknown Tacoma
35 James Duncan 17 June 1898 5 November 2003 105 years, 141 days California Seattle
36 Carl Crooks 29 October 1883 14 February 1989 105 years, 108 days Oregon Goldendale
37 Joshua Green 16 October 1869 24 January 1975 105 years, 100 days Mississippi Seattle
38 Thomas Neilson 9 October 1862 19 December 1967 105 years, 97 days United KingdomUK Tacoma
38 Pavao “Pavo” Franulovich 24 January 1907 30 April 2012 105 years 97 days CroatiaCRO Anacortes
40 John Ledford 13 August 1865 6 November 1970 105 years, 85 days North Carolina Greenacres
41 Paul Henry 15 January 1891 28 March 1996 105 years, 73 days Texas
42 Victor Dawson 16 March 1908 3 May 2013 105 years 48 days United KingdomUK Spanaway
43 Bernard Robel 13 August 1896 12 September 2001 105 years, 30 days Minnesota Seattle
44 Bernard Gage 18 July 1907 28 July 2012 105 years 10 days South Dakota Seattle
45 William Moore 24 July 1869 30 July 1974 105 years, 6 days Iowa Puyallup
46 Pete Maras 22 February 1880 24 February 1985 105 years, 2 days Czech RepublicCZE Elma


Men who were born in Washington who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 August Berg 14 October 1890 17 August 1999 108 years, 307 days Kent North Dakota
2 Dick Hendricks 14 August 1909 14 August 2017 108 years, 0 days Cle Elum Washington
3 Rex Fountain 26 May 1903 14 April 2011 107 years, 323 days Johnson California
4 Sylvanus Neal 15 January 1884 12 February 1991 107 years, 28 days Dayton Oregon
5 Motonobu Katsuno 17 April 1914 29 August 2019 106 years 134 days Seattle CanadaCAN
6 James Hoskins 22 August 1882 21 June 1988 105 years, 304 days Asotin Oregon
7 William "Bill” Schultz 16 August 1908 11 January 2014 105 years 148 days Prosser Oregon
8 Maury Cralle 5 August 1904 14 December 2009 105 years, 131 days Seattle Virgnia
9 Oscar Mercer 20 November 1908 19 January 2014 105 years 60 days Prosser Oregon
10 George Dimick 27 February 1908 9 March 2013 105 years 10 days Battle Ground Washington



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