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Eleanor Purkey 1914 - 1996

Eleanor Purkey of Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA was born on March 27, 1914, and died at age 82 years old on May 31, 1996.

Eleanor Purkey
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Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA 94303
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In 1914, in the year that Eleanor Purkey was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1921, when she was merely 7 years old, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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Purkey, Sylvia (Jan 30, 1901 - Oct 1979) Purkey, Vera (Jan 2, 1915 - Jul 26, 2010) Purkey, Michael (Jul 21, 1907 - Nov 1970) Purkey, Josephine (Mar 7, 1909 - Aug 1981) Purkey, Edward (Dec 21, 1891 - Aug 1973) Purkey, Stephen (Jan 14, 1958 - Mar 16, 2007) Purkey, Ruth (Feb 16, 1923 - Jan 6, 2004) Purkey, Ruby (Nov 27, 1893 - Dec 1981) Purkey, John (Apr 10, 1895 - Apr 1965) Purkey, Christophe (Mar 10, 1967 - Jan 4, 2010)
Purkey, Lois (Nov 26, 1939 - Jan 27, 2007) Purkey, Elizabeth (Feb 26, 1919 - Jul 28, 1992) Purkey, Ida (May 14, 1897 - May 1974) Purkey, Frank (Jun 21, 1899 - Mar 1976) Purkey, Vernon (Mar 13, 1908 - Jan 1964) Purkey, Raymond (Apr 19, 1905 - Sep 1976) Purkey, Clifford (Dec 31, 1910 - Nov 1981) Purkey, Robert (Jul 14, 1929 - Mar 16, 2008) Purkey, Lisa (Jul 24, 1967 - Feb 22, 2006) Purkey, Joan (Jul 10, 1932 - Feb 12, 2008)
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