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Violet Purchard 1904 - 1996

Violet Purchard of Tarzana, Los Angeles County, CA was born on December 7, 1904, and died at age 91 years old on March 22, 1996.
Violet Purchard
Tarzana, Los Angeles County, CA 91356
December 7, 1904
March 22, 1996
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  • 12/7
    1904

    Birthday

    December 7, 1904
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  • 03/22
    1996

    Death

    March 22, 1996
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    Cause of death
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    Violet Purchard lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1904, in the year that Violet Purchard 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 1921, she was 17 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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