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Bertha Petersen 1898 - 2003

Bertha Petersen of Sumner, Gratiot County, MI was born on October 27, 1898, and died at age 104 years old on March 3, 2003.
Bertha Petersen
Sumner, Gratiot County, MI 48889
October 27, 1898
March 3, 2003
Female
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  • 10/27
    1898

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    October 27, 1898
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  • 03/3
    2003

    Death

    March 3, 2003
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    Bertha Petersen lived 29 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 104.
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In 1898, in the year that Bertha Petersen was born, magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company controlled 84% of the oil and pipelines in the United States. Rockefeller grew Standard Oil through the merger of several other small oil companies throughout the U.S., creating a monopoly.
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In 1924, at the age of 26 years old, Bertha was alive when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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