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Ruby Weidenfeller 1905 - 1997

Ruby Weidenfeller of Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI was born on December 1, 1905, and died at age 91 years old on October 3, 1997.
Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI 49509
December 1, 1905
October 3, 1997
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  • 12/1
    1905

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    December 1, 1905
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  • 10/3
    1997

    Death

    October 3, 1997
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    Ruby Weidenfeller lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1905, in the year that Ruby Weidenfeller was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1921, at the age of 16 years old, Ruby was alive 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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