105 - Nikolai Bespalchenko - Erie, PA - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

This headstone is for Nikolai Bespalchenko, who is buried at St. John Chrysystom Cemetery in Belle Valley, Erie, Pennsylvania. The grave stone has only his name, an Orthodox Cross, and the years he lived, 1901-2007. A brief obituary available online notes that Nikolai died on July 7, 2007 at the age of 105.

In 1901, the year Nikolai was born, William McKinley was president of the United States, although he would be shot and killed that same year and succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt. Throughout Nikolai'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 he died, George Bush was president of the United States. It's amazing how different the world was when he was born as compared to when he died.

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Location of Headstone: St. John Chrysystom Cemetery

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