103 - Kerstin Anderson - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Kerstin Anderson was born the same year that Brigham Young University was founded in Provo, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMERVC
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2012
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The final resting place of Kerstin Anderson is at the center of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the far north side of section 4. Hers is a flat, white stone laid in a family plot marked by a very large monument with a depiction of Jesus with arms open wide. The family marker has only the name "Anderson", with a tall vase on either side.
Text on Kerstin's headstone:
Mother
Kerstin Anderson
September 11, 1875
February 11, 1979
Born in Province of Skane, Sweden
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Kerstin's time on earth:
1875: Chief Lone Horn of the Minneconjou dies at the Cheyenne River, leaving his son Big Foot as the new chief
1885: L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster
1895: Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest is first shown at St. James' Theatre in London
1905: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma)
1915: Pluto is photographed for the first time but is not then classified as a planet
1925: The British explorer Percy Fawcett sends a last telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the Amazon
1935: The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company
1945: Supplies begin to reach China over the newly reopened Burma Road
1955: Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
1965: The unmanned Gemini 2 is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems
1979: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 4
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