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Organizing Regent Myrtle Carter Peck Memorial

Marker:
​Organizing Regents Grave​

Location:
Tempe Double Butte Cemetery Section D, Lot 2, Space 7 
2505 W Broadway Road
Tempe, Maricopa County, Arizona
33.406729, -111.974309

Directions:
Turn left as you enter the grounds main entrance and look for Section D. Her family plot is on the 
right, at the street.

Historical Significance:     
Charles Trumbull Hayden Chapter, NSDAR, was established by organizing regent Myrtle Carter Peck (1898-1932) on March 12, 1927, to serve Tempe, Arizona. Myrtle Peck was appointed by State Regent Mrs. W.F. Hammett and then elected the first chapter regent for the Charles Trumbull Hayden Chapter, NSDAR.

Within the cemetery, very close to Mrs. Peck’s grave, is the Hayden family plot with Charles T. Hayden, businessman and probate judge (1825-1900) (Section B, lot 8, Space 3). He began a ferry and flour mill in Tempe.
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Tempe Double Butte Cemetery was founded in 1888 and placed on National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It has many notable City of Tempe citizens buried there.

Dedicated:
1990

Chapter:   
Charles Trumbull Hayden Chapter, NSDAR
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Photo by Deianna Jones & Sue Roberts Dec. 22, 2018
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Photo by Deianna Jones & Sue Roberts Dec. 22, 2018

Website last updated:
29 October 2022


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