Mary
PETERSEN
(b.
21 July 1925
,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
d.
14 November 2014
,
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
)
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Mary PETERSEN was born 21 July 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary PETERSEN was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Mary married Lansing House MCGILL abt. 1947 . Lansing House MCGILL was born 30 January 1926 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA (Indian Orchard). Lansing House died 4 July 1998 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro). Lansing House was the child of George Hamilton MCGILL and Beulah May KOONZ.
Mary PETERSEN died 14 November 2014 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
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1925 Birth 21 July 1925
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. 1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
1998 Death of Spouse/PartnerLansing House MCGILL died 4 July 1998, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro)
2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.Obituary
Mary P. McGill
1925 - 2014 JACKSONVILLE, FL Mary P. McGill passed on Nov. 14, in Jacksonville, Fla. She moved there from Brattleboro in 2009 and, while she enjoyed life in Fla., she always missed Vermont and her friends there. Mary was born July 21, 1925 in Lancaster, Pa. to the late Katharine Zook and Thoralf Petersen. She attended the Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass. and received a BS from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Mary taught Home Economics at the Amherst Jr-Sr High School before marrying Lansing H. McGill. They were married for 51 years (he predeceased her in 1998) and leave four children (Steven, Lawrence, Susan and Peter), seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Mary made the world a more beautiful place with her arts and crafts, her flower gardens, and her easy smile. She was an excellent seamstress; she supplied her family and friends with quilts, teddy bears, dolls and the like and she ran a small business selling her wares at craft shows in New...Read MORE...
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Mary P. McGill
1925 - 2014 JACKSONVILLE, FL Mary P. McGill passed on Nov. 14, in Jacksonville, Fla. She moved there from Brattleboro in 2009 and, while she enjoyed life in Fla., she always missed Vermont and her friends there. Mary was born July 21, 1925 in Lancaster, Pa. to the late Katharine Zook and Thoralf Petersen. She attended the Thayer Academy in Braintree, Mass. and received a BS from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Mary taught Home Economics at the Amherst Jr-Sr High School before marrying Lansing H. McGill. They were married for 51 years (he predeceased her in 1998) and leave four children (Steven, Lawrence, Susan and Peter), seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Mary made the world a more beautiful place with her arts and crafts, her flower gardens, and her easy smile. She was an excellent seamstress; she supplied her family and friends with quilts, teddy bears, dolls and the like and she ran a small business selling her wares at craft shows in New...Read MORE...
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2014 Death 14 November 2014
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
She died at the age of 89.
Added: 5/7/2026 4:52:41 PM
- Updated: 5/7/2026 4:54:07 PM
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