A Virtual Cemetery created by lifeinperspective

The Radium Girls

These were the dial painters who lost their lives due to radium poisoning they contracted while painting the first glow-in-the-dark watch dials during World War I and throughout the 1920s. Their tragic illnesses led to nationwide workplace safety rules.For a fascinating book about this tragic history, read Radium Girls by Kate Moore.

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Marguerite Carlough Flowers have been left.

Mar 1901 – 26 Dec 1926

Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Section 13

Mary Ellen “Ella” Cruse Flowers have been left.

2 Mar 1903 – 4 Sep 1927

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Catherine M. Wolfe Donohue Flowers have been left.

4 Feb 1903 – 27 Jul 1938

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Grace Fryer Flowers have been left.

14 Mar 1899 – 27 Oct 1933

East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Acacia Section, Lot 137, Space 1 & 2

Edna Bolz Hussman Flowers have been left.

1901 – Mar 1939

Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Adult Plot 4, Row S, Grave 2

Hazel May Vincent Kuser Flowers have been left.

5 Aug 1899 – 9 Dec 1924

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Section Q, Lot #78, Grave #2.

Albina “Bena” Maggia Larice Flowers have been left.

15 Aug 1895 – 17 Nov 1946

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Margaret Ethel “Peg” Looney Flowers have been left.

20 Dec 1904 – 14 Aug 1929

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Amelia Malia “Mollie” Maggia Flowers have been left.

21 Dec 1896 – 12 Sep 1922

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Sarah Carlough Maillefer Flowers have been left.

1889 – 18 Jun 1925

Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Section 13

Quinta Maggia McDonald Flowers have been left.

14 Feb 1900 – 7 Dec 1929

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Louise M. Maggia Mustock Flowers have been left.

25 Aug 1892 – 1957

East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

Pearl Konczal Payne Flowers have been left.

8 Mar 1900 – 7 May 1998

La Salle, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: section OJ, lot 35, by cross

Sadie May Pray Flowers have been left.

28 Sep 1905 – 10 Dec 1931

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Charlotte Agnes Nevins Purcell Flowers have been left.

27 Jan 1906 – 5 Apr 1988

Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Gr. 3 Lot 10 Blk. 23 Sec. X

Marie Becker Rossiter Flowers have been left.

1904 – 1993

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Katherine R. Schaub Flowers have been left.

10 Mar 1902 – 18 Feb 1933

East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: L-89-1

Frances Helen Splettstocher Flowers have been left.

1904 – 25 Feb 1925

Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Plot info: Section 2

Mary Vicini Tonielli Flowers have been left.

11 Jan 1909 – 22 Feb 1930

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

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