101 - Leo Haskell Seal - Oklahoma City, OK
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N 35° 36.408 W 097° 29.441
14S E 636708 N 3941386
Leo Haskell was born the same year that the Sabi Game Reserve was created in South Africa, the first officially designated game reserve
Waymark Code: WMDX3M
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2012
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The final resting place of Leo Haskell Seal is at Memorial Park Cemetery. This double marker is located about 12 ft. south of a tree at the far west side of section 52. His is a light grey, double marker with two vines of flowers and a pair of praying hands etched between the names of Leo and his wife Corda.
Text on headstone:
Seal
Corda Mae
Sept. 26, 1905
Apr. 21, 1985
Leo Haskell
Mar. 1, 1898
Feb. 26, 2000
Together Forever
Married Sept. 24, 1923
The Twenty Third Psalm
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Leo's lifetime:
1898: Annie Oakley promotes the service of women in combat situations with the United States military
1908: A team from Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition becomes the first to reach the crater of Mount Erebus in Antarctica
1918: Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech
1928: The moat at the Tower of London, previously drained in 1843 (and planted with grass), is completely refilled by a tidal wave
1938: Italian mathematician Ettore Majorana disappears
1948: Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse
1958: The 30th Academy Awards ceremony took place; The Bridge on the River Kwai wins 7 Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture
1968: NET televises the very first episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
1978: The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Denver Broncos, 27-10, to win Super Bowl XII
1988: Gallaudet University, a Deaf university in Washington D.C. elects Dr. I King Jordan as the first deaf president in its history. This event is a turning point in the deaf civil rights movement
2000: Pope John Paul II apologizes for the wrongdoings by members of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the ages
Location of Headstone: Memorial Park Cemetery, section 52
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