102 - Claire Vesey Knappen - Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Centenarian Claire Vesey Knappen laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery
Waymark Code: WM135W2
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2020
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Claire Vesey was born in 1880 in Memphis, Tennessee. She married Stuart Knappen in 1916. Stuart was part of a law firm in Grand Rapids and president of the Michigan Bar Association. Mrs. Knappen was a member of the Flower Garden Club and was on the Butterworth Hospital Women's Board. She died in 1982.
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Some events during the life of Claire Vesey Knappen:
1881 - President James Garfield shot and dies two months later
1891 - Dr. James Naismith invents the game os basketball
1901 - President William McKinley shot and dies eight days later
1911 - First Indianapolis 500, winning average speed was 74.59 mph
1921 - “Chanel No. 5” created by Coco Chanel
1931 - “The Star Spangled Banner” named U.S. National Anthem
1941 - Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for third term as U.S. President
1951 - “I Love Lucy” premiers on CBS
1961 - Construction of Berlin Wall begins
1971 - The Walt Disney World Resort is opened in Orlando, Florida