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10/07/2026 8:33 pm
Ms. Emma Kmet of Strongsville, Ohio, USA, sadly passed away on 9 July 2026 at age 111.
She was born on 31 January 1915 in Cleveland, Ohio (USA).
She was the oldest living person in Ohio (USA).
https://www.mallchokfh.com/obituary/Emma-Kmet
Rest in peace.
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11/07/2026 1:01 am
R.I.P. Ms. Kmet.
ESO Correspondent for Portugal (since 2026)
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When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
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13/07/2026 2:22 pm
https://longeviquest.com/2026/07/emma-kmet-the-oldest-person-in-ohio-usa-dies-at-111/
Emma Kmet, the Oldest Person in Ohio, USA, Dies at 111
Emma Kmet, the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Ohio, passed away in Strongsville on 9 July, at the age of 111 years, 159 days.
Emma Kmet was born in the Tremont area of Cleveland, Ohio, on 31 January 1915, to parents Suzanna and Paul Demian. Both of Emma’s parents were Slovakian. Emma graduated from Lincoln High School in Cleveland and commuted daily by bus to her job as a bookkeeper for an insurance company in downtown Cleveland.
In 1940, at a friend’s wedding, Emma met Ed Kmet, and they married on 20 November 1941, when she was 26. In 1953, the couple moved to North Royalton with their three children—Mary Louise, Edward, and Emmy. Throughout her adult life, Emma was an avid gardener and a dedicated member of the North Royalton Garden Club, where she served as president for many years. Her husband, Ed, was a director at Parma Hospital and ran for mayor of North Royalton in 1965. In addition to sewing, gardening, quilting, and baking delicate Slovak pastries, Emma had a passion for traveling and collecting.
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09/08/2026 10:04 pm
She is the oldest person born in 1915 to die so far, tied with Edwin Martin.
She was the 28th oldest living person in the USA and the 109th oldest in the world.
Also tied with:
Shike Sato F 16 Mar 1900 22 Aug 2011 JPN
Rita Farmer F 24 June 1914 30 Nov 2025 UK
The oldest living person in Ohio is now Madeline Bamberger Debord, born on November 3, 1915, in Cincinnati, Ohio; she lives in Green Township, Ohio.
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