Fairlawn Cemetery is the final resting place of L. Mae Craft, who lived to the age of 100. She shares an upright marker with her spouse, W. Martin. They are laid to rest in the section south of the office.
Text on marker:
Craft
L. Mae
Oct. 20, 1902 - Feb. 14, 2003
W. Martin
Feb. 5, 1899 - Feb. 7, 1964
Some historical events that occurred during Mae's time on earth:
1902: The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses.
1912: British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four become the second expeditionary group to reach the South Pole.
1922: In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated.
1932: Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time in the United States.
1942: The Jewish Star of David is required wearing for all Jews in the Netherlands and Belgium; Jews in other Nazi-controlled countries have already been wearing it.
1952: Kitty Wells is the first woman to score a number 1 hit, with the song "It wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels".
1962: The 1962–63 New York City newspaper strike begins, affecting all of the city's major newspapers; it will last for 114 days.
1972: The first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed to compete.
1982: The New York Islanders sweep the Vancouver Canucks in four games to win the 1982 Stanley Cup Final.
1992: Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent Ross Perot in the 1992 Presidential Election.
2003: At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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From the Kingfisher Times and Free Press: (
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Leona Mae Craft, 100, of Stillwater, mother of Kingfisher resident
Glenna Simpson, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at Stillwater Medical
Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Strode Funeral
Home Chapel in Stillwater with Rev. C.B. jarvis officiating. Burial
will follow in Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, under direction of
Strode Funeral Home.
She was born Oct. 20, 1902, in Craig, Mo., to Walter Burr and Nancy
Jane Asher Triplett.
She married William Martin Craft on Dec. 30, 1923, in Guthrie. He
preceded her in death on Feb. 7, 1964.
She graduated from Stillwater High School in 1920.
The couple owned and operated a dairy farm in Stillwater.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and her hobbies were
sewing, gardening and cooking.
Survivors include four daughters, Ruth Pauline Craft of the home,
Glenna Simpson of Kingfisher, Juanita Sandefer of Blanchard and Nancy
Jarvis and husband C.B. of Chandler; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grand-
children, and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, Martin
Lee Craft, four brothers, Bill Triplett, Chester Triplett, Harvey
Triplett and Melvin Triplett, five sisters, Carrie VanArsdell,
Nellie Kirts, Della Fanning, Leta Littlefield and Janie Walsh,
and two grandsons.