100 - Frank Marshall Durbin - Sunset Memorial Gardens - Stillwater, OK
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Centenarian Frank Durbin is laid to rest in Sunset Memorial Gardens
Waymark Code: WM123E0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2020
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The final resting place of centenarian Frank Marshall Durbin is on the west side of the cemetery interior loop. Frank was born in Missouri on September 11, 1892 and passed away on June 17, 1993. He was the youngest of six children. His wife Nellie died the same year as Frank, and almost lived to the age of 100 herself.
Text on headstone:
Durbin
Frank Marshall
1892-1993
Nellie Pauline
1895-1993
Together Forever Married 68 years
Some historical events that occurred during Frank's time on earth:
1892: To mark the 400th anniversary Columbus Day holiday, the "Pledge of Allegiance" is first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools.
1902: Cuba gains independence from the United States.
1912: Alaska becomes a territory of the United States.
1922: In Egypt, English archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb, in the Valley of the Kings.
1932: Brave New World, a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley, is first published in London.
1942: Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs Executive Order 9102, creating the War Relocation Authority (WRA), which becomes responsible for the internment of Americans of Japanese and, to a lesser extent, German and Italian descent, many of them legal citizens.
1952: February 25 – The Winter Olympics are held in Oslo, Norway.
1962: NASA launches the Mariner 2 space probe.
1972: Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.
1982: The Weather Channel airs on cable television in the United States for the first time.
1993: Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
Location of Headstone: Sunset Memorial Gardens
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