101 - Stella Berna - Sunnylane Cemetery - Del City, OK
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N 35° 25.853 W 097° 26.630
14S E 641260 N 3921940
Stella Berna was born the same year that Harry Brearley invented stainless steel.
Waymark Code: WM16VYE
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2022
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The final resting place of centenarain Stella Berna is near the center of the north half of Section 10. She shares an upright, brown marker with her husband Elzie, who preceded her in death by 40 years. Their headstone has the following inscription:
Berna
Elzie
Oct. 12, 1908
Sept. 26, 1974
Stella
June 23, 1913
Nov. 18, 2014
Some historical events that occurred during Stella's time on earth:
1913: The Ford Motor Company's Highland Park Plant in Highland Park, Michigan, near Detroit, becomes the first automobile production facility in the world to implement the moving assembly line, significantly speeding up production of the Model T.
1933: Great Depression: Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States, in the first of his "Fireside chats".
1953: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
1973: At the 45th Academy Awards, The Godfather wins best picture.
1993: Tennis player Monica Seles – at this time the top-ranked player in women's tennis – is stabbed during a match at the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany
2014: Belgium becomes the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia for terminally ill patients of any age
Location of Headstone: Sunnylane Cemetery
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