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Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 John Johnson 27 May 1860 4 Jan 1970 109 years, 222 days NorwayNOR Milwaukee
2 Henry Gulbronson 14 September 1892 4 April 2002 109 years, 202 days Racine New Berlin
3 Clifford Henke 1 August 1907 6 February 2017 109 years, 189 days Oshkosh Kenosha
4 Lester Lange 28 February 1898 19 January 2007 108 years, 325 days Birch Rhinelander
5 Paulin Wilczynski 8 January 1881 5 August 1989 108 years 209 days PolandPOL Pulaski
6 Alphons Hinnenkamp 8 March 1904 31 August 2012 108 years, 176 days Minnesota Milwaukee
7 Elijah Spencer 12 March 1900 8 May 2008 108 years, 57 days Kentucky Oconto Falls
8 John Docter 6 April 1891 28 May 1999 108 years, 52 days Mayville Plum City
9 Raymond Bowman 26 Sept 1879 18 Oct 1987 108 years, 22 days Pennsylvania Westfield
10 William McIlquham 29 December 1897 2 December 2005 107 years, 338 days Anson Bloomer
11 Harry Egdahl 4 April 1895 8 February 2003 107 years, 310 days Elk Mound Eau Claire
12 August Berkholtz 21 July 1875 3 May 1983 107 years, 286 days Hustiford Hustiford
13 Stanley Sorenson 11 January 1905 18 October 2012 107 years, 277 days Superior Hawthorne
14 William Garvin 5 April 1892 17 December 1999 107 years, 256 days Otsego Rio
15 Harvey Boehnlein 26 August 1901 20 April 2009 107 years, 237 days Menasha Menasha
16 Dewey Olesen 9 September 1899 25 March 2007 107 years, 197 days Tomah Port Washington
17 Leroy Radel 6 February 1886 28 July 1993 107 years, 172 days Sauk Sauk
18 Burr Halferty 18 December 1882 10 May 1990 107 years, 151 days North Lancaster Lancaster
19 John Potaracke 8 October 1861 21 January 1969 107 years, 105 days PolandPOL La Crosse
Albert Cumps 2 August 1882 15 November 1989 107 years, 105 days Green Bay Green Bay
21 John Ours 14 January 1882 5 March 1989 107 years, 50 days West Virginia Chetek
22 Floyd Payne 11 October 1903 25 October 2010 107 years, 14 days Mitchell Plymouth
23 Gottfried Schmid 25 May 1909 21 April 2016 106 years, 332 days Verona Cottage Grove
24 Frank Wheeler 28 November 1851 13 October 1958 106 years, 320 days Muscoda Madison
25 Knute Haugestuen 7 June 1904 8 April 2011 106 years, 305 days Minnesota Barron
26 Irenaeus Petricak 28 April 1889 28 February 1996 106 years, 304 days CroatiaCRO Mantiowoc
27 Lester Schweiger 19 December 1905 14 October 2012 106 years 300 days Bloom King
28 Arthur Fiala 17 February 1899 25 November 2005 106 years, 281 days Kewaunee Kewaunee
29 Joseph Fessler 14 June 1904 22 January 2011 106 years, 222 days Milwaukee Sheboygan
30 Robert "Bob" Held 3 September 1905 13 March 2012 106 years 192 days Sheboygan Sheboygan
31 Anton Salak 10 November 1911 11 March 2018 106 years 121 days Illinois Madison
32 Otto Hoene 12 January 1886 18 April 1992 106 years, 97 days Farmington Colombia
33 Rudy Schraepfer 3 February 1887 4 May 1993 106 years, 90 days York New Glarus
34 Leo Ornstein 2 December 1895 24 February 2002 106 years, 84 days UkraineUKR Green Bay
35 John Schalla 3 March 1897 8 May 2003 106 years, 66 days Pittsville Arpin
36 Peter Dandos 7 January 1897 14 March 2003 106 years, 56 days GreeceGRE Milwaukee
37 Alfred Gudenschwager 8 January 1900 18 February 2006 106 years, 41 days Loganville Loganville
38 Guy Johnson 5 May 1901 11 May 2007 106 years, 6 days Eau Claire Webb Lake
39 Otto Jensen 20 November 1887 4 November 1993 105 years, 349 days DenmarkDEN Racine
40 John Ciske 16 January 1871 5 December 1976 105 years, 324 days Harrison Fox Crossing
41 Langdon Divers 10 March 1902 9 December 2007 105 years, 274 days Fond du Lac Madison
42 Clarence Wolfert 2 August 1893 24 March 1999 105 years, 234 days Sheboygan King
43 Reuben Ott 1 March 1908 10 September 2013 105 years 193 days Brillion Forest Junction
44 S. C. "Spike" Ehlers 31 December 1906 7 July 2012 105 years 189 days North Dakota Madison
45 Henry Franz 24 May 1892 17 Novemember 1997 105 years, 177 days Hull Colby
46 Gerhard Fendt 26 February 1891 20 August 1996 105 years, 176 days Watertown Watertown
47 Joseph Haegerl 18 March 1885 16 August 1990 105 years, 151 days Butternut Butternut
48 Otto Jungkuntz 2 April 1893 2 August 1998 105 years, 122 days Indiana Jefferson
Walter Rossow 10 January 1895 11 May 2000 105 years, 122 days Milwaukee Green Bay
50 Tony Burman 10 January 1906 13 April 2011 105 years 93 Days Illinois Kenosha


Men who were born in Wisconsin who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Raymond Carmody 28 August 1908 13 June 2018 109 years, 289 days Sturgeon Bay Indiana
2 Charles Lang 17 March 1885 21 January 1994 108 years, 310 days Florida
3 Orville Vertz 4 March 1887 9 December 1995 108 years, 280 days Manitwoc Louisiana
4 Albert Wood 7 August 1877 21 February 1986 108 years, 198 days Spencer Oregon
5 Henry “Hank” Hulter 20 November 1907 16 January 2015 107 years 57 days Superior California
6 James Frazier 18 October 1851 8 October 1858 106 years, 355 days Fox Crossing Iowa
7 Robert McElroy 13 March 1890 18 February 1997 106 years, 342 days Milwaukee Pennsylvania
8 Louis Frederick 1 October 1910 6 May 2017 106 years 217 days Menomonie Iowa
9 Henry Brede 29 May 1889 19 December 1995 106 years, 204 days Potosi Iowa
10 Homer Chapman 4 October 1898 4 April 2005 106 years, 182 days Darlington California
11 Angelo Zankl 19 April 1901 12 July 2007 106 years, 84 days Almena Minnesota
12 Joseph Perry 24 February 1896 13 May 2002 106 years, 78 days Thorp Ohio
13 John G Semb 1 October 1864 2 December 1970 106 years, 62 days Westby Minnesota
14 Robert Erdmann 3 June 1882 27 June 1988 106 years, 24 days Cedarberg Oregon
15 Samuel Gribble 8 October 1898 12 October 2004 106 years, 4 days Linden Iowa
16 Dennis J Haggerty 24 December 1854 6 September 1960 105 years, 257 days Reedsville Michigan
17 Arthur Schmolinske 6 June 1895 18 November 2000 105 years, 165 days Oconto Michigan
18 Jacob Simon 26 April 1874 24 September 1979 105 years, 151 days Fond Du Lac Iowa
19 Samuel Olsen 14 July 1886 14 August 1991 105 years, 31 days Park Falls Minnesota



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