100 - Gwendolen M. Kay - Trail, British Columbia
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The Gwendolen M. Kay gravestone is located in The Columbia Riverview Cemetery, it is on Highway Drive between Heather Place and Lily Street. It is in the small community of Trail known as Glenmerry.
Waymark Code: WMM8E0
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 08/10/2014
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Gwendolen M. Kay passed away on January 9th at the age of 100.
She was married to Gilbert Kay and they had three children, seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She lived in Trail, British Columbia for sixty-four years and is interred in the Columbia Riverview Cemetery.
Timeline of some events that took place during Gwendolen Kay's lifetime:
1909 - Gwendolen Kay was born in 1909
1910 - Royal Canadian Navy formed
1914 - The First World War begins Britain declares war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire, including Canada
1917 - Women won right to vote
1917-1921 - Alcohol prohibition
1919 - Canadian National Railways established
1920 - New Canadian small cent coin is released
1924 - The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed
1927 - To celebrate Canada's Diamond jubilee the first coast-to-coast radio broadcast is made
1929 - North American stock markets crash and the Great Depression begins
1929 - Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1934 - The birth of the Dionne quintuplets attracts international media attention
1938 - FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada
1939 - In WW II - Canada declared war on Germany
1941 - Japanese interred in B C interior after bombing of Pearl Harbor
1942 - Over 22,000 Canadians of Japanese descent are stripped of non- portable possessions
1958 - Wooden Roller Coaster at Playland - Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver - opened
1959 - Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon
1965 - Maple Leaf becomes official flag of Canada
1969 - Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada
1969 - Canada's House of Commons approves equality of French-English language
1979 - Canada puts its 1st gold bullion coin on sale
1980 - O' Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada
1980 - Terry Fox began cross-country Marathon of Hope
1986 - Expo 86 held in Vancouver
1996 - Blizzard dumped 59 inches of snow in British Columbia
1999 - The Mars Polar Lander was launched
2000 - First Homeless Allowed to Vote
2002 - Canadian Multiculturalism Day Proclaimed
2006 - Cindy Klassen Canada's Most Decorated Olympian
2009 - U.S. President Barack Obama makes his first foreign trip by visiting Ottawa
2010 - January 9 - Gwendolen Kay passed away today at the age of 100
The Columbia Riverview Cemetery was established in 1928 by the Trail Knights of Pythias for use by their members. Once opened for use by the general public the name was informally changed from Knights of Pythias Cemetery to Columbia Riverview Cemetery.
The cemetery is well-maintained and is still in active use today. There are approximately 360 interments.
Location of Headstone: Columbia Riverview Cemetery
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