100 - Bessie L. Isbell - Waukomis, OK
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Centenarian Bessie L. Isbell shares a headstone with her spouse Claude B.
Waymark Code: WM1091G
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2019
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The final resting place of Bessie L. Isbell is at the southwest side of Waukomis Cemetery. She had a large upright, double marker that she shares with her spouse Claude.
There are numerous Isbell family plots at the Waukomis Cemetery.
Text on Plaque:
Bessie L.
1899-1999
Claude B.
1898-1970
Some historical events that occurred during Bessie's lifetime:
1899:Gold is discovered in Nome, Alaska.
1909:North Pole reached by Americans Robert Peary & Matthew Henson
1919:1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, 35,000 watch the Phillies beat the NY Giants 4-3
1929:Rocky Road became the first widely available ice cream combination flavor
1939:Lou Gehrig retires from Major League Baseball after being diagnosed with ALS.
1949: Prince Rainier III becomes monarch of Monaco
1959:Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba after Revolution with the first communist state in the west
1969:Apollo 11, carrying three U.S. astronauts, lands on the moon
1979:US President Jimmy Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to 2 years
1989:Nintendo releases the Game Boy portable video game system in North America.
1999:Legoland California, the only Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California
Location of Headstone: Waukomis Cemetery
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