100 - Modena E. Masterson - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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N 35° 31.789 W 097° 32.272
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Modena E. Masterson was born the same year that Emperor Meiji of Japan married Empress Shoken
Waymark Code: WMEV78
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2012
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The final resting place of Modena E. Masterson is at the far south side of Rose Hill Burial Park, in the west side of section 7. A flat, light-grey stone with Modena's name and years of birth/death is in front of a monument with only the family name "Masterson" inscribed.
Text on headstone:
Mother
Modena E.
1867 - 1967
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Modena's lifetime:
1867: Near Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas, a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma
1877: Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States, succeeding Ulysses S. Grant as a result of the Compromise of 1877
1887: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, as passed by the 49th United States Congress, is signed into law by President Grover Cleveland
1897: The Aurora, Texas UFO incident
1907: The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London
1917: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany
1927: The first armored car robbery is committed by the Flatheads Gang near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1937: In Crystal City, Texas, spinach growers erect a statue of the cartoon character Popeye
1947: Christian Dior introduces The "New Look" in women's fashion, in Paris
1957: Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch
1967: U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 7
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