In Sharon, within Sharon Memorial Park, is this grave for Ruth Gens, who lived to about 100 years.
Sharon Memorial Park is located off Dedham Street. From Mass. Route 27, turn onto Edgehill Road and travel on that road to Dedham Street. Turn right onto Dedham Street and follow that road to the main entrance on the left. The grave is located in an area known as Mount Ararat, which is next to the Chapel in the Woods. You may want to download the map from the cemetery web site, or you can go the the administration office/welcome center and get directions.
The marker is a bronze plaque set level with the ground, which is similar to the vast majority of the markers in the cemetery. The edge has a general texture. On the corners and around the incense holder are designs of pine branches and cones. The family name, Gen, appears in big letters near the bottom. On the plaque to the left is the following:
"Ruth
[Hebrew letters]"
1905 - 2006"
I could not find anything particularly about Ruth's life. Here are some events on the birth and death years.
1905:
February 23 – Rotary International is founded.
March 17 – Albert Einstein publishes his paper "On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light", in which he explains the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta.
March 20 – Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts kills 58.
May 15 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off.
October 5 – The Wright brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting, the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour.
2006
January 19 – NASA launches the first space mission to Pluto as a rocket hurls the New Horizons spacecraft on a 9-year journey.
February 10 – February 26 – The 2006 Winter Olympics are held in Turin, Italy.
March 9 – NASA's Cassini–Huygens spacecraft discovers geysers of a liquid substance shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus, signaling a possible presence of water.
August 24 – The International Astronomical Union defines 'planet' at its 26th General Assembly, demoting Pluto to the status of 'dwarf planet' more than 70 years after its discovery
October 17 – The population of the United States exceeds 300 million.
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