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Florence L Bercot 1904 - 1998

Florence L Bercot of Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN was born on September 9, 1904, and died at age 93 years old on August 8, 1998.
Florence L Bercot
Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN 46818
September 9, 1904
August 8, 1998
Female
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  • 09/9
    1904

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    September 9, 1904
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  • 08/8
    1998

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    August 8, 1998
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    Florence L Bercot lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1904, in the year that Florence L Bercot was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1914, Florence was just 10 years old when 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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