Centenarian Dora Sargeant is laid to rest at the northeast side of Gracelawn Park Cemetery. She shares an upright marker with her spouse, Glenn.
Born: September 26, 1896
Died: September 27, 2002
Text on headstone:
Sargeant
Dora 1896-2002
Glenn 1890-1973
Dora's obituary in the Sioux City Journal:
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Some historical events that occurred during Dora's time on earth:
1896: 1896 U.S. presidential election: Republican William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan.
1906: Mount Vesuvius erupts, devastating Naples.
1916: Robert Baden-Powell publishes The Wolf Cub's Handbook in the U.K., establishing the basis of the junior section of the Scouting movement, the Wolf Cubs (modern-day Cub Scouts).
1926: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears, while visiting a Venice, California beach.
1936: The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
1946: In Japan, women vote for the first time, during elections for the House of Representatives of the 90th Imperial Diet.
1956: Elvis Presley releases his first gold album titled Elvis Presley in the United States.
1966: It's a Small World opens at Disneyland.
1976: Patty Hearst is found guilty of armed robbery of a San Francisco bank.
1986: In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
1996: The 68th Academy Awards, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Braveheart winning Best Picture.
2002: The Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially enters into force