The Shemwell Family

John Sterling Denney Sr.Age: 69 years19181987

Name
John Sterling Denney Sr.
Given names
John Sterling
Surname
Denney
Name suffix
Sr.
Birth February 5, 1918
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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
Birth of a son
#1
John Sterling Denney Jr
May 3, 1946 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 October 15, 1987 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Columbarium of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Family with Lorene Cook - View this family
himself
John Sterling Denney Sr.
Birth: February 5, 1918Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Death: October 15, 1987Clinton, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
wife
Lorene Cook
Birth: December 30, 1921 36 31Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: May 24, 2008Clinton, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
son
John Sterling Denney Jr
Birth: May 3, 1946 28 24Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
Death: December 11, 2007Clinton, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
daughter
Private

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