Ruby Staley

Ruby Staley

Staley celebrating her 111th birthday in 2019

Unvalidated

Ruby Staley (née Snyder; born 8 June 1908) is an American supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group. She is the oldest known person living in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Biography

Staley was born on 8 June 1908 in Halfway, Maryland, USA. She was one of eight siblings born to Eva and Clarence Snyder, and was raised in West Virginia, where they raised much of their own food. She moved back to Maryland with her family when she was 18. As of June 2020, only one of her siblings, Elizabeth Ridenour, who is in her 90s, is still living. Staley married Fern Staley in 1933, and were together for more than 50 years before his death in 1988.

After living in the same home for more than 80 years, Staley moved in to a retirement community in Williamsport, Maryland, in August 2015. She became a supercentenarian in June 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Staley was unable to celebrate her 112th birthday in a normal fashion; family members who visited her were forced to stay separated by a special door, equipped with gloves, allowing a safe way to hug and hold hands.

Gallery

Undated photo of Staley

Staley celebrating her 108th birthday

Staley celebrating her 110th birthday

References

• Ruby Staley's key to 108 years? Chocolate Herald Mail, 9 June 2016
• Williamsport Retirement Village resident celebrates 109th birthday Herald Mail, 9 June 2017
• Williamsport resident Ruby Staley reaches 110 years Herald Mail, 8 June 2018
• Family, friends celebrate Ruby Staley's 111th birthday Herald Mail, 8 June 2019
• Maryland's oldest: Staley celebrates 112 years Herald Mail, 7 June 2020