100 - Pearl Capshaw - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.782 W 097° 32.412
14S E 632349 N 3932767
Pearl Capshaw was born the same year that the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated
Waymark Code: WMETMR
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/06/2012
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The final resting place of Pearl Capshaw is at the far southwest corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the north end of section 16. She has two markers: a flat, light grey headstone next to a family monument. The headstone has lillies and a cross etched into the left side, with one single flower at the bottom right corner.
The family monument is nestled between two thick trees, and the headstone is only a couple of feet south of the road.
Text on marker:
Mother
Pearl Capshaw
1889 - 1989
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Pearl's lifetime:
1889: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera commit a double suicide (or a murder suicide) in the Mayerling hunting lodge
1899: Felix Hoffmann patents aspirin
1909: Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina
1919: Oregon places a one cent per US gallon (0.26¢/liter) tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax
1929: The Grand Teton National Park is established by Congress
1939: Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig, the legendary Yankee first baseman known as "The Iron Horse", ends his 2,130 consecutive games played streak after contracting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The record stands for 56 years before Cal Ripken, Jr. plays 2,131 consecutive games
1949: Glenn Dunnaway wins the inaugural NASCAR race at Charlotte Speedway, a 3/4 mile oval in Charlotte, North Carolina, but is disqualified due to illegal springs. Jim Roper is declared the official winner
1959: Gypsy: A Musical Fable, starring Ethel Merman in her last new musical, opens on Broadway and runs for 702 performances
1969: Golda Meir becomes the first female prime minister of Israel
1979: Etan Patz was a 6 year old American child who disappeared from lower Manhattan, New York. His disappearance sparked the missing children's movement. He has never been found but the case was reopened in the year 2010
1989: The Los Angeles, California City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic firearms
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 16
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