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Melba K Russell 1914 - 2000

Melba K Russell of Spokane, Spokane County, WA was born on November 14, 1914, and died at age 85 years old on August 3, 2000.
Melba K Russell
Spokane, Spokane County, WA 99205
November 14, 1914
August 3, 2000
Female
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  • 11/14
    1914

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    November 14, 1914
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  • 08/3
    2000

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    August 3, 2000
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    Melba K Russell lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1914, in the year that Melba K Russell 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, she was only 7 years old when 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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