101 - Gertrude M. Crabb - Arcadia IOOF Cem. - Arcadia, OK
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N 35° 40.390 W 097° 20.156
14S E 650601 N 3948974
Gertrude Crabb's headstone was the only centenarian we could find here.
Waymark Code: WMEKHG
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2012
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The Arcadia IOOF Cemetery is located on Westminster Road, one mile north of Route 66. There are 508 burials at this cemetery.
Gertrude Crabb's headstone is a double gray granite stone which also shows her husband Floyd (1894-1980). Gertrude was born in 1897 and passed away in 1998.
** Gertrude was born the year the NY Sun ran the editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
** She was ten years old when Oklahoma became a state.
** When the Girl Scouts was established in 1915, she was 18 years old.
** The first radio broadcast of a baseball game occurred the year she was 24.
** Velveeta cheese was created by Kraft when Gertrude was a young mother.
** She was 40 when Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.
** Gertrude was 48 when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima during WWII.
** She was past retirement age when the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan show.
** When the U.S. celebrated its bicentennial, Gertrude was 79.
Location of Headstone: Arcadia IOOF Cemetery
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