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Merle Shirrell 1901 - 2007

Merle Shirrell of Modesto, Stanislaus County, California was born on September 15, 1901, and died at age 106 years old on September 22, 2007.
Merle Shirrell
Modesto, Stanislaus County, California 95350
September 15, 1901
September 22, 2007
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  • 09/15
    1901

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    September 15, 1901
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  • 09/22
    2007

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    September 22, 2007
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    Merle Shirrell lived 33 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 106.
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In 1901, in the year that Merle Shirrell was born, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who died in 1896, had provided in his will for prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine, who have produced the most distinguished literary work of an idealist tendency, and who have contributed the most toward world peace. The winners in 1901 were: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen for physics, Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff for chemistry, Emil Adolf von Behring for physiology or medicine, Sully Prudhomme for literature, and Jean Henry Dunant and Frédéric Passy for peace.
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In 1911, by the time he was just 10 years old, the first Indianapolis 500 was run in May. Ray Harroun was the winner - he was an engineer and had retired from racing but he came back for this race. After the race, he retired for good. The purse was $27,550 - the largest offered up to that time - and Harroun received $10,000 for first place. His average time was 74.602 mph.
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