101 - Helen (Sorley) Davis - Beechwood, Ottawa, Ontario - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

DAVIS SORLEY
IN MEMORY OF
WILLIAM DAVIS
1862-1935
HIS WIFE
HELEN SORLEY
1864-1966

JAMES SORLEY
1829-1910
HIS WIFE
MARGARET
McCORMICK
1821-1898
JOHN SORLEY
1857-1928

"ASLEEP IN JESUS."

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According to the Beechwood Cemetery burial registers, Helen was born 18 December 1864. The Charlottetown Conference took place in 1864, first steps toward the creation of the confederation of Canada.

The following death notice was published in The Ottawa Journal, 8 February 1966, page 24. On Sunday, Feb. 6, 1966, aged 101 years, Helen Sorley, wife of the late William Davis, survived by one nephew, Donald Sorley. Resting at Veitch-Draper Ltd., Bank at Carling. Service in chapel, Tuesday at 11 a.m. Interment Beechwood Cemetery.

In February 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the moon.

Location of Headstone: Beechwood Cemetery

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