100 - Eben A. Soderstrom - Pawhuska, OK
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The final resting place of centenarian Eben A. Soderstrom is at the southeast side of Pawhuska City Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM159WG
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2021
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The final resting place of Eben A. Soderstrom is near the center of Pawhuska City Cemetery. According to his find a grave memorial page, he was the youngest of six children. He survived his wife Naomi, who died at the age of 46 after a brief illness, by 45 years.
Text on headstone:
Eben A. Soderstrom
Nov. 3, 1879
Sept. 25, 1980
Some historical events that occurred during Eben's time on earth:
1879: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1900: Governor William Goebel of Kentucky dies of wounds after being shot by several assassins on January 30
1920: The Spanish Flu ends with an estimate between seventeen million to fifty million dead.
1940: Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award.
1960: In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (four years before changing to Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional boxing match.
1980: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
Location of Headstone: Pawhuska City Cemetery
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