103 - Mary E. Marlowe - Cedar Grove Cemetery - Boston, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member NorStar
N 42° 16.720 W 071° 03.510
19T E 330262 N 4682768
The headstone marks the location of the grave of Mary Marlowe, wife of Harry Marlowe, and who lived from 1912 to 2015.
Waymark Code: WMXZXZ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member woolsox
Views: 1

In Boston, within the Cedar Grove Cemetery, is the headstone for Harry E. Marlowe and his wife, Mary E. Marlowe, who lived for about 103 years.

Cedar Grove Cemetery is located near the southern edge of Boston, bounded by Granite Avenue, Milton Street, Adams Street, and Butler Street, and also by the Neponset River Greenway pedestrian walkway. The entrance is at the intersection of Milton and Adams Street.

The grave is in roughly the center of the grave on the east side of one of the cemetery graves.

The headstone is made of a grey granite stone On the front is the following:

"Marlowe
Henry E.
1911 - 2001
His Wife
Mary E.
1912 - 2015"

Some events that happened in her 1912 and 2015:

1912
January 4: The Scout Association is founded in Britain by Royal Charter.
January 6: New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the U.S.A.
January 17: Captain Robert Falcon Scott and four others were the second team to reach the earth's south pole.
February 14: Arizona becomes the 48th state of the U.S.A.
March 12: The Girl Scouts are founded in Georgia.
April 14-15: The cruise ship, Titanic, sinks in the Atlantic Ocean.
April 20: Fenway Park in Boston opens. it is currently the oldest professional league baseball standing still in use.
May 5: The Olympics open in Stockholm, Sweden.
May 11: Alaska becomes a territory of the U.S.A.
July 1: Harreit Quinby, one of the first female aircraft pilots, died in a crash in Quincy, Mass.

2015
January: NASA's probe, Dawn, visits the asteroid, Ceres - the first such probe to visit a dwarf planet.
April and May: The country of Nepal experiences two magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes.
December 22: SpaceX lands the Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to enter orbit and land safely.



Her obituary:

Legacy.com (Mary E Marlowe):
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Wikipedia -
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Location of Headstone: Cedar Grove Cemetery

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