Grace Gurney

1866–1959 (age 93)

Biography

Grace Gurney was born in 1866 and lived through nearly a century of American progress and change. Her long life of ninety-three years spanned from the Reconstruction era through the mid-twentieth century.

Grace's final resting place is Woodlawn Cemetery, where she was interred in 1959, remembered by those whose lives she touched.

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