102 - Nell Ratzburg Wing - North East, PA - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

This headstone is for Nell Ratzburg Wing, who is buried at North East Cemetery in North East, Pennsylvania. The headstone states that Mrs. Wing was born on January 5, 1886 and died on September 25, 1988. She is buried next to her husband, George Sherman Wing, who was born in 1879 and died in 1947. May she rest in peace.

In 1886, the year Nell was born, Grover Cleveland was president of the United States, Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom and Leo XIII was pope. That same year, President Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty in New York and the famous baseball player, Ty Cobb, was born. Throughout Nell's life many important national and world events occurred, including the World Wars, the rise of Communism in places like the Soviet Union, and the Great Depression, as well as many significant technological changes, such as the inventions of the automobile, telephone, and computers. In the year Nell died, Ronald Reagan was president. It's amazing how different the world was when he was born as compared to when he died.

Location of Headstone: North East Cemetery

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