101 - Edith J. Seeger Stewart - Grace Hill Cemetery - Perry, OK
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The final resting place of centenarian Edith J. Seeger Stewart is at the east side of Grace Hill Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM163BJ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2022
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Edith J. Seeger Stewart is laid to rest on the east side of the cemetery, just west of Grace drive. She shares an upright marker with her husband George who died the year after Edith did. The headstone is on the far west side of Section L, in the first row east of the drive.
Text on marker:
Stewart
Edith J. Seeger
Aug. 13. 1917
May 23. 2019
George Elza
Oct. 30. 1914
July 9. 2000
Married Oct. 1. 1939
Some worldwide events that occurred during Edith's time on earth:
1917: WWI: The Military Service Act is passed in the House of Commons of Canada, giving the Government of Canada the right to conscript men into the army.
1937: John Steinbeck's novella of the Great Depression, Of Mice and Men, is published in the United States.
1957: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
1977: U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders.
1997: IBM's Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, the first time a computer beats a chess World champion in a match.
2019: The Freedom House declares that Hungary is no longer a free country, making it the first country in the EU to be labelled "partly free"
Location of Headstone: Grace Hill Cemetery
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