| Raymond Monroy | |
 Raymond Monroy (aged 107) in 2019. | |
| Birth: | 11 May 1912 Douglas, Arizona, USA |
| Death: | 7 January 2023 St. Helena, California, USA |
| Age: | 110 years, 241 days |
| Country: |  USA
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| Validated | |
Raymond Monroy (né Ramon Gomes Monroy; 11 May 1912 – 7 January 2023) was an American supercentenarian who was the oldest known living man born in the state of Arizona, and the oldest known living man born in the United States from the death of 111-year-old Ezra Hill on 4 October 2022, until his own death. His age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2024.
Biography[]
Raymond Monroy was born in Douglas, Arizona, USA on 11 May 1912 to Mexican parents, just three months after the region had become America’s 48th state. He moved to Napa Valley, California in the early 1930s, and worked at Beringer Brothers, one of the few wineries that remained open during Prohibition due to their production of sacramental wine. He married Mexican-born Maria Boucsieguez Cardoza in California in 1941, and served in the US Air Force during World War II. The couple were married for over 70 years until Maria’s death in 2011 at the age of 94.
Monroy turned 110 in May 2022. At the time of his death, he was one of just three known Arizona-born supercentenarians, alongside Irene Eskey and Carmen Amado Acevedo, as well as the first known male supercentenarian born in Arizona.
Monroy became the oldest known living American-born man, following the death of 111-year-old Ezra Hill on 4 October 2022.
Raymond Monroy died on 7 January 2023 in St. Helena, Napa, California, USA at the age of 110 years, 241 days.
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- Still ‘happy always,’ St. Helena’s Raymond Monroy turns 110 Napa Valley Register, 11 May 2022
- St. Helena’s Raymond Monroy, oldest World War II veteran in U.S., dies at 110 ST.Helena Star