101 - Maria Alma (Short) Stanley - Beechwood, Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 26.795 W 075° 39.861
18T E 448047 N 5032776
The lawn marker is in section 41, lot 109.
Waymark Code: WMPZ49
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 11/14/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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MARIA ALMA SHORT
1871-1972
WIDOW OF
E. HARCOURT STANLEY

The following death notice was published in The Ottawa Journal, 24 August 1972, page 48. At the Griffith McConnell Home, Montreal, on Wednesday August 23, 1972; Alma Short, beloved wife of the late E. Harcourt Stanley M.D.V.S. of Ottawa in her 102nd year; dear mother of Reginald H. Stanley, of Westmount, Que. Resting Hulse and Playfair Central Chapel, 315 McLeod St. Service Friday 3 p.m. Interment Beechwood cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to the Good Samaritan Fund, Griffith McConnell Home, Montreal, gratefully received.

In 1972, the Canadian Anik 1 was launched, becoming the world's first non-military communications satellite.

According to the 1871 census of Dunkerton, Somerset, England, Maria Alma Short was born in March 1871. In March 1871, Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall.

Location of Headstone: Beechwood Cemetery

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