104 - Isabelle M. Drew - Union City, OK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hamquilter
N 35° 23.853 W 097° 56.481
14S E 596135 N 3917645
Isabelle was born the year President Teddy Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in a car.
Waymark Code: WMMGAH
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member woolsox
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Isabelle Drew is laid to rest in St. Joseph's Cemetery. This is a cemetery with approximately 330 graves, which is just north of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

Isabelle shares a headstone with her husband "Gib" who unfortunately predeceased her by thirty-one years. Theirs is a red granite horizontal stone inscribed:

DREW
James G. "Gib" / Isabelle M.
May 27, 1904 / Aug 17, 1902
June 3, 1976 / Feb. 28, 2007

Events that occurred during Isabelle's lifetime include:
* The year she was born, the first Sci-Fi film was introduced, "A Trip to the Moon".
* Isabelle turned ten the year the Titanic struck an iceberg and sunk.
* She was 23, when Alfred Hitchcock produced the film The Pleasure Garden
* Elizabeth II became Queen of England the year Isabelle turned fifty.
* When she was sixty, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
* Isabelle turned 75 the year Jay Leno first appeared on the Tonight Show.
* She hit the century mark the year Steve Fossett first flew solo around the world in a balloon.
* Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPhone the same year Isabelle passed.

Location of Headstone: St. Joseph's Cemetery

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