Donald Turley ShemwellAge: 87 years1924–2012
- Name
- Donald Turley Shemwell
- Given names
- Donald Turley
- Surname
- Shemwell
 Birth | November 21, 1924 22 24 |
 Military service | *Army Air Force* |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham November 3, 1925 (Age 11 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Adele Shemwell September 13, 1926 (Age 21 months) |
 Occupation | Construction |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 4 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 13, 1930 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Phyllis Ann Shemwell January 31, 1935 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | May 16, 1940 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Harry Pearson Turley September 11, 1948 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Standard Shemwell March 29, 1953 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a sister | Theodocia Lee Shemwell July 26, 1961 (Age 36 years) Cause: Acute Uremia |
| Burial of a sister | Theodocia Lee Shemwell July 27, 1961 (Age 36 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley August 16, 1988 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a father | Herbert Alexander Shemwell September 14, 1995 (Age 70 years) Cause: Died of smoke inilation House fire |
| Death of a sister | Phyllis Ann Shemwell July 20, 2000 (Age 75 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Phyllis Ann Shemwell July 23, 2000 (Age 75 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |
 Death | January 18, 2012 (Age 87 years) Cause of death: Pneumonia |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Herbert Alexander Shemwell Birth: May 27, 1902 33 33 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 14, 1995 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley Birth: November 2, 1900 33 33 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 16, 1988 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 12, 1920 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Herbert Turley Shemwell Birth: April 12, 1921 18 20 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: April 12, 1921 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Theodocia Lee Shemwell Birth: February 27, 1922 19 21 — South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States Death: July 26, 1961 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Donald Turley Shemwell Birth: November 21, 1924 22 24 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 2012 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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22 months younger sister |
Ruth Adele Shemwell Birth: September 13, 1926 24 25 — Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 1, 2017 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Phyllis Ann Shemwell Birth: January 31, 1935 32 34 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 20, 2000 — Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Bertha Lee Shaw |
| himself |
Donald Turley Shemwell Birth: November 21, 1924 22 24 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 2012 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Bertha Lee Shaw Birth: May 20, 1925 32 30 — Haywood, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: March 17, 2021 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
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Donald Turley Shemwell has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (4)
Parents Thomas Jefferson Sims + Ruth Valdenar Shemwell
Parents Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell + Vinita Francis Potter
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Alexander Shemwell - Household
Cooney Street Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Alexander Shemwell - Household
Trigg Ave Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - James Ritchey Newman - Household
Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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| Note | Donald T. Shemwell
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Marshall Democrat-News
Donald T. Shemwell, 87, of Independence, formerly of Saline County, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Lamine Cemetery in Cooper County. Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital in care of Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall. Friends may sign the online register book at www.campbell-lewis.com.
Born Nov. 21,1924, in Arrow Rock, he was the son of the late Herbert A. Shemwell and Roxie Lee Turley Shemwell. On June 6, 1950, he married Bertha Lee Shaw who survives of the home. He was a graduate of Blackwater High School and a U.S. Army/Air Force veteran. He had lived in Independence since 1955, was a carpenter his entire life and was a member of the Carpenters Union.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Donna Osiek of Independence; one son, Herb Shemwell of Overland Park, Kan.; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; one sister, Ruth Newman of Preston; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Theodocia Lee Shemwell and Phyllis Stone; and one brother in infancy, Herbert Shemwell. |