101 - Alta E. Dotter - Sunset Memorial Gardens - Stillwater, OK
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Centenarian Alta E. Dotter is laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens, south of Stillwater
Waymark Code: WM12G3W
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2020
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The final resting place of centenarian Alta E. Dotter is at the northwest corner of the cemetery loop. Alta was born and died in Payne County, Oklahoma. She shares a double, horizontal marker with her spouse Frank, who she was married to for 56 years. They had two daughters and two sons.
Text on marker:
Dotter
Frank A.
1895-1977
Alta E.
1899-2001
Together Forever
Some historical events that occurred during Alta's time on earth:
1899: Four-month-old Sobhuza II begins his 82-year reign as King of Swaziland, on the death of his father, Ngwane V; his grandmother Labotsibeni Mdluli serves as queen regent.
1909: Inauguration of William Howard Taft as the 27th President of the United States.
1919: The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition, is ratified.
1929: In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opens to the public.
1939: John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath is first published, in the United States.
1949: U.S. Christian evangelist Billy Graham started the Los Angeles Crusade, his first great evangelistic campaign.
1959: The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
1969: In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. (he later retracts his guilty plea).
1979: Dan White receives a light sentence for killing San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Gay men in the city riot.
1989: Iran places a $3,000,000 bounty on the head of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
2001: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits all of El Salvador, killing at least 800 people and leaving thousands homeless.
Location of Headstone: Sunset Memorial Gardens
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