Rest in peace Mr Meros.

R.I.P. Mr. Meros. So sad that he passed so shortly before his birthday. 😔 

https://longeviquest.com/2026/07/chester-meros-americas-second-oldest-man-dies-at-110/

Chester Meros, America’s Second-Oldest Man, Dies at 110

Chester Meros, the second-oldest living man in the USA, passed away in Baltimore, Maryland, on 9 July, aged 110 years, 360 days, according to the Baltimore Sun.

Chester Meros was born in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, USA, on 14 July 1915, to parents Anthony and Veronica Meros. A graduate of the local high school, he followed his father into the coal mining industry. He worked as a truck driver, hauling coal from Schuylkill County to New York City.

He met his future wife, Helen Anna Lubinsky, at a dance in Pennsylvania. She lived a few miles away in Cumbola, Pennsylvania. During World War II, he moved to Baltimore, where he joined Bethlehem Steel. He began as a machinist’s helper, then worked as a general laborer before becoming a welder. Over the years, he worked at the Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard and other shipyards in the Baltimore area. Several of his brothers joined him in building Liberty ships at the former Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard. He retired in his early 60s.

At the time of his passing, he was the second-oldest known living man in the United States, after Ed Martin.

He is the second-oldest man in Maryland history; he was the third-oldest living person in that state.
He is the 65th-oldest man in U.S. history.
He died at the same age as:
Lucia Prata F 20 Oct 1883 15 Oct 1994 ITA USA
Cora Rousseaux F 18 Feb 1891 13 Feb 2002 USA
Giichi Okumura M 18 Oct 1896 13 Oct 2007 JPN
Isabella Brown F 29 Jan 1900 24 Jan 2011 UK
Marie LeVan F 3 Sept 1908 29 Aug 2019 USA
Yukie Tsuboi F 1 July 1910 26 June 2021 JPN
Dorothea Duisberg F 7 Oct 1912 2 Oct 2023 GER CHL
He is the 201st-oldest man in history.
He was the 14th-oldest living man in the world and the 44th-oldest person in the U.S.
He was the 155th-oldest living person in the world.