101 - Alice M. Fisher - Sunset Memorial Gardens - Stillwater, OK
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Centenarian Alice M. Fisher is laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Waymark Code: WM123DE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2020
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The final resting place of centenarian Alice Mae Fisher is inside the looped drive of Sunset Memorial Gardens, at the northwest corner.
Alice's son James E. Fisher is buried near her.
Funeral services were held at Strode Funeral Home in Stillwater on Saturday, March 22, 2003.
Alice shares a double, horizontal headstone with her spouse James Luther, whom she outlived by over a dozen years.
Text on headstone:
Fisher
James Luther
1897-1988
Alice M.
1901-2003
Some historical events that occurred during Alice's time on earth:
1901: The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm, on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
1911: Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre museum in Paris by Vincenzo Peruggia; the theft is discovered the following day.
1921: The province of Northern Ireland is created within the United Kingdom.
1931: Nevada legalizes gambling.
1941: The breakfast cereal Cheerios is introduced as CheeriOats by General Mills.
1951: In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument to honor an African American.
1961: The 33rd Academy Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California: The Apartment (1960) wins most awards, including Best Picture.
1971: Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.
1981: Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
1991: Elizabeth II arrives in Washington, D.C. for a 13-day royal visit to the U.S. On May 16 she becomes the first British monarch to address the United States Congress.
2003: At the conclusion of the STS-107 mission, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry over Texas, killing all seven astronauts on board.
Location of Headstone: Sunset Memorial Gardens
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