100 - Elizabeth Martens - Church of God Cemetery, Fairview, OK
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The Snowdog
N 36° 18.231 W 098° 32.000
14S E 541898 N 4017751
Centenarian Elizabeth Martens lived to be one hundred years old - interred in Church of God Cemetery - northwest of Fairview, Oklahoma.
Waymark Code: WM18R9B
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2023
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Church of God Cemetery is at the southeast corner of the intersection of EW49 Road and NS251 Road. Yes, they have extremely original names for the roads out here. The Martens headstone is in the northwest portion of the small cluster of grave markers here. Elizabeth Martens (19 Dec 1893 - 8 Feb 1994) lived to be one hundred years old. She saw many remarkable events during her long life, including:
1894 - Republic of Hawaii established
1904 - First use of the radio distress signal CQD
1914 - First scheduled commercial passenger flights in the US
1924 - First Winter Olympic Games
1934 - FDR signs the Gold Reserve Act
1944 - Turn of the tide against the Axis in Europe
1954 - Launch of the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered sumbarine
1964 - First official statement that smoking may be hazardous to your health
1974 - A break-in at the Watergate Hotel becomes national news
1984 - First untethered space walk, from Space Shuttle Challenger
1994 - The Internet reaches communist China
Location of Headstone: Church of God Cemetery
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