In loving memory
Jessica Beatrice Bell Chew Hoyt
June 19, 1896 – July 13, 1995
Lived 99 years
IOOF Cemetery · Bloomfield, Iowa
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1896
Born June 19
1908
Jessica was 12 when Ford introduced the Model T
1916
Elementary, Latin, Art, Home Economics teacher All over Iowa
1917
Jessica was 21 when the United States entered World War I
1920
Jessica was 24 when Prohibition began
1939
Jessica was 43 when World War II began in Europe
1945
Jessica was 49 when World War II ended
1954
Jessica was 58 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1969
Jessica was 73 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1976
Jessica was 80 when America celebrated its Bicentennial
1982
Jessica was 86 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1994
Jessica was 98 when "Friends" premiered
1995
Passed away July 13, age 99
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