101 - Charles M. Pickel - Highspire Cemetery - Near Highspire, PA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member NorStar
N 40° 12.943 W 076° 47.498
18T E 347544 N 4453239
Charles M. Pickel lived 1897 to 1998.
Waymark Code: WMMYF3
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member woolsox
Views: 3

In Highspire, within the Highspire Cemetery, is this grave for Charles M. Pickel.

The cemetery is located along Richardson Road, which is just off Eisenhower Blvd and across the boulevard from the exit to I-283. The entrance is from Richardson Road.

The grave is located near the southeast corner of the cemetery.

The stone is a gray granite and is about 2 ft high. There are two names on the stone. One is for Charles M. Pickel, and the other is for Hazel R. Pickel. On the stone, Charles M. Pickel was born on July 18, 1897. and died on October 29, 1998.

Findagrave.com has some information about it, but it doesn't have the birth date, which is on the stone.

Some values that happened in 1897 year include:
April 18 - The Boston Marathon was started.
March 4 - Wlliam McKinley succeeds Grover Cleveland as President of the United States.
August 21 - The Oldsmobile is founded.

Some values that happened in 1998:
Jan. 6 - The space probe Prospect is lauched toward the moon. It later would detect water on the moon.
February 7–22 – The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan.
September 4 - Google is founded.

Source:

Findagrave.com (Charles M. Pickel):
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Wikipedia (1897):
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Location of Headstone: Community cemetery

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