100 - Walter R. Lyon - Blackwell Cemetery - Blackwell, OK - Headstones of Centenarians on Waymarking.com

The final resting place of Walter R. Lyon is marked by an upright, double marker that he shares with his spouse Veata.

Text on marker:

Lyon

Veata P.
June 28, 1912
Aug. 1, 1999

Walter R.
Sept. 23, 1908
Jan. 2, 2009

Some historical events that occurred during Walter's lifetime:

1908: Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile
1918: The last captive Carolina parakeet (the last breed of parrot native to the eastern United States) dies at the Cincinnati Zoo.
1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for his first transatlantic flight.
1938: Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in the first round of their rematch, at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
1948: Mahatma Gandhi begins his fast-unto-death in Delhi, to stop communal violence during the Partition of India.
1958: 14-year-old Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship.
1968: The film 2001: A Space Odyssey premieres in Washington, D.C.
1978: The first global positioning satellite, the Rockwell International-built Navstar 1, is launched by the United States.
1988: United States presidential election, 1988: George H. W. Bush is elected.
1998: "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty in the United States, and accepts a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.
2009: Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, becomes the American Capital of Culture and Vilnius and Linz become the European Capitals of Culture.

Location of Headstone: Blackwell Cemetery

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