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Rhode Lee Michelson

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Rhode Lee Michelson Famous memorial

Birth
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
15 Feb 1961 (aged 17)
Kampenhout, Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Burial
Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.772782, Longitude: -118.3110077
Plot
Oceanview Lawn, Plot 481, Space K
Memorial ID
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Figure Skater. She won the US Nationals Ladies Novice Championship in 1958. She placed third for the 1959 US Junior Ladies Championship, and in 1960, she placed second in the US Junior Ladies Championship. In 1961, she was the US Ladies Senior Bronze Medalist, and member of the World Figure Skating Team. She was killed on February 15, 1961, along with the entire US World Figure Skating Team when their plane crashed while en route to the Worlds Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Figure Skater. She won the US Nationals Ladies Novice Championship in 1958. She placed third for the 1959 US Junior Ladies Championship, and in 1960, she placed second in the US Junior Ladies Championship. In 1961, she was the US Ladies Senior Bronze Medalist, and member of the World Figure Skating Team. She was killed on February 15, 1961, along with the entire US World Figure Skating Team when their plane crashed while en route to the Worlds Figure Skating Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

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Beloved Daughter & Sister
Member of 1961 World's Figure Skating Team



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Randy
  • Added: Jan 23, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10361988/rhode_lee-michelson: accessed ), memorial page for Rhode Lee Michelson (9 Mar 1943–15 Feb 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10361988, citing Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.