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Bonita Wilks 1905 - 1984

Bonita Wilks of Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado was born on July 9, 1905, and died at age 79 years old in December 1984.
Bonita Wilks
Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado 81212
July 9, 1905
December 1984
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Bonita Wilks' History: 1905 - 1984

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  • 07/9
    1905

    Birthday

    July 9, 1905
    Birthdate
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  • 12/dd
    1984

    Death

    December 1984
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Bonita Wilks lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1905, in the year that Bonita Wilks was born, the German born physicist, Albert Einstein, proposed the Special Theory of Relativity: 1) that observers can never detect uniform motion except relative to other objects and that 2) unlike the velocity of massive objects, the speed of light is a constant and is the same for all observers independent of their constant velocity toward or away from the light source. Not such simple concepts that lead to the equation everyone now knows: E = mc2.
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In 1921, at the age of 16 years old, Bonita 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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