In Loving Memory of
Ellen DeSales (Shannon) Murray
Mrs.
April 24, 1876 – December 27, 1956
Lived 80 years
Saint Lawrence Catholic Cemetery · HOUTZDALE, Pennsylvania
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1876
Born April 24
1879
Ellen was 3 when Thomas Edison demonstrated a long-lasting light bulb
1886
Ellen was 10 when Coca-Cola was first sold at a drugstore in Atlanta
1896
Ellen was 20 when rural free mail delivery began
1908
Ellen was 32 when Ford introduced the Model T
1917
Ellen was 41 when the United States entered World War I
1928
Ellen was 52 when Mickey Mouse debuted in "Steamboat Willie"
1939
Ellen was 63 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Ellen was 69 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1955
Ellen was 79 when the Salk polio vaccine was declared safe and effective
1956
Passed away December 27, age 80
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