Virtual Cemeteries by lifeinperspective

The Radium Girls

A Virtual Cemetery created by lifeinperspective

35 memorials

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

6 Mar 1901 – 26 Dec 1926

Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Section 13

Mary Ellen "Ella" Cruse

2 Mar 1903 – 4 Sep 1927

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: B 5 L 28 R19

Ethel Camille Blais Daniels

24 Jun 1903 – 2 Jan 1937

Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Marguerite Louise Glacinski Driskell

30 May 1908 – 14 Oct 1981

Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA

Plot info: Lot 1135, space 10

Grace Fryer

14 Mar 1899 – 27 Oct 1933

Grace Fryer (daughter of Daniel Edward Fryer and...

East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

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

Edna Bolz Hussman

1901 – Mar 1939

Daughter of William Bolz and Minnie Jackson. Wife...

Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

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

Hazel May Vincent Kuser

5 Aug 1899 – 9 Dec 1924

Daughter of George and Grace Vincent, wife of Theo...

Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA

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

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Irene Frances Corby LaPorte

1900 – 16 Jun 1931

South Plainfield, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Section: E Plot: 91 Grave: 3

Sarah Carlough Maillefer

1889 – 18 Jun 1925

Totowa, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: Section 13

Pearl Charlotte Konczal Payne

8 Mar 1900 – 7 May 1998

La Salle, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: section OJ, lot 35, by cross