101 - Willa Banks - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

The final resting place of Willa Banks is at the northeast side of Summit View Cemetery. She shares a double, upright marker with her spouse Rey, whom she outlived by almost 42 years. Willa had one child and two siblings.

Text on headstone:

Banks

Willa Mae
Dec. 5, 1911
Apr. 1, 2013

Rey E.D.
Aug. 17, 1893
Apr. 21, 1971

Some historical events that occurred during Willa's time on earth:

1911: Roald Amundsen's expedition reaches the South Pole.
1921: Warren G. Harding is sworn in, as the 29th President of the United States.
1931: Construction of the Empire State Building is completed in New York City.
1941: Winston Churchill, in a worldwide broadcast, tells the United States to show its support by sending arms to the British: "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."
1951: The first Volkswagen Type 1 rolls off the production line in Uitenhage, South Africa.
1961: Max Conrad circumnavigates the earth in 8 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, setting a new world record.
1971: The Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA World Championship, sweeping the Baltimore Bullets in 4 straight games.
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark is released in theaters.
1991: Esko Aho, age 36, becomes the youngest-ever Prime Minister of Finland.
2001: The world's first self-contained artificial heart is implanted in Robert Tools in the United States.
2013: Benedict XVI resigns as pope, becoming the first to do so since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first to do so voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294

Location of Headstone: Summit View Cemetery

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