Wednesday, May 26, 2010

My Adventure Today

First of all, I'm back! I'm done with school (for this year), and I spent my first week of summer vacation totally vegged. Now I'm ready to get back to work! Today, that meant a little day trip up to Oklahoma City, followed by a drive to nearby El Reno, Oklahoma. More about El Reno tomorrow.
My first destination was Memorial Park Cemetery in OKC, because I had found this little girl on findagrave.com:

What an incredible testament to Ginger's star power in 1940, what I consider the peak of her career. Unfortunately, little Ginger died when she was four, and her little brother died on the same day:

I'm going to search some records to see if I can find what happened to them. Their mother is also next to them, but she passed in December of last year.

Tomorrow...something even more Ginger-related! Who would have thought that all this stuff could have come out of Central Oklahoma?!

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  1. That's so sad, both on the same day.

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  2. Great to hear you are done for the year, Maggie! Hope summer is a great one for you!

    ...man, the siblings story is very sad...must have been a car accident or a house fire or something tragic like that for them to die on the same day...but it is very cool that she was named after Ginger...

    Have a Gingery Weekend, Maggie!!!

    VKMfan
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  3. Thanks for posting this.

    Shame about the crazy spam comments though.

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  4. ...Did Maggie move to Japan???

    MAGGIE!!! WHERE ART THOU? ...hopefully feverishly finishing up the restoration of Hat Check Girl, just in time for a Labor Day World Premiere!!!

    ....but, seriously - hope you are doing well - know you have school stuff probably cranking up again... hope it goes well!

    Keep It Gingery, Maggie!!!

    VKMfanHuey
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