Ilse Neumann, the oldest known living person in Germany, celebrates her 112th birthday
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is pleased to announce that Mrs. Ilse Neumann, the oldest known living person in Germany, celebrated her 112th birthday in Taucha, Saxony, on 23 July 2026. Ilse Neumann was born in Germany on 23 July 1914. She worked as tailor in her youth and later retired. After her husband death in 1976, she lived alone in her apartment in Taucha for many years, still going shopping alone well into her centenary. The couple had no children. Instead, Ilse Neumann looked after the neighbors’ children. She moved into a nursing home in her later years and is now using a wheelchair but overall in good health. On 23 July…
Paladia Noja, the oldest known living person in Romania, celebrates her 111th birthday
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is pleased to announce that Mrs. Paladia Noja, the oldest known living person in Romania and the oldest known woman ever to have lived in Romania, celebrated her 111th birthday in Cugir, Alba County, on 20 July 2026. Paladia Noja was born as Paladia Bâldea in Cugir, Alba County, Austria-Hungary (now Romania), on 20 July 1915, to parents Petru Bâldea (1875–1958) and Maria Bâldea (1879–1948). As a child, she worked in the fields, tended to animals, and helped her family with daily chores. In her youth, she lived three years in Timișoara with two of her siblings. She had two brothers, Ioan Bâldea (1911–1976) and Petru…
Dr. Jay Keller, the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Vermont, dies at 110
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is sadden to reported that Mr. Dr. Jay Keller, the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Vermont, sadly passed away in the Greater Burlington area, Chittenden County on 11 July 2026 at the final age of 110 years and 38 days. Edgar Jay Keller (known by his middle name) was born in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA, on 3 June 1916 (claimed 1 June 1916) to parents Frank Joseph and Adeline (“Addie”) (née Ernst) Keller. By 1920, the family were living in Missouri. At the age of 9, Jay moved to a boarding house in Burlington, Vermont without his family. He graduated from Burlington’s Cathedral High School…
Chester Meros, the second-oldest known living man in the USA, dies at 110
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is sadden to reported that Mrs. Chester Thomas Meros, the oldest known living man in the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the second-oldest known living man in the USA, sadly passed away in Baltimore, Baltimore Country on 9 July 2026 at the final age of 110 years and 360 days. Chester Meros was born in New Philadelphia, Schuyklkill County, Pennsylvania, USA, on 14 July 1915, to parents Anthony and Veronica Meros. In 1943, he married Helen Ann Wierzbickt and they went on to have at least two children together. In the 1940’s, Chester moved to Baltimore, Maryland, looking for work. Helen passed away in 2013 at the age of 95.…
Emma Kmet, the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Ohio, dies at 111
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is saddened to reported that Mrs. Emma Blanche Kmet (née Demian), the oldest known living person in the U.S. state of Ohio, sadly passed away in Strongsville, Cuyahoga County on 9 July 2026 at the final age of 111 years and 159 days. Emma Kmet was born as Emma Blanche Demian in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA, on 31 January 1915, to parents Paul and Susana Demian. On 20 November 1941, she married Edward Kmet and went on to have at least three children. Edward sadly died in 1995, after which Emma never remarried. On 12 November 2024, following the death of 110-year-old Hattie Harshaw of Franklin County, she became the oldest known living…