The Shemwell Family

Eljene Marie KoresselAge: 69 years19241994

Name
Eljene Marie Koressel
Given names
Eljene Marie
Surname
Koressel
Married name
Eljene Marie Paxton
Birth March 24, 1924
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 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
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
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 husbandCharles Kenneth Paxton
January 12, 1976 (Age 51 years)
Death February 10, 1994 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Family with Charles Kenneth Paxton - View this family
husband
Charles Kenneth Paxton
Birth: July 27, 1926 40 36Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 12, 1976Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United States
herself
Eljene Marie Koressel
Birth: March 24, 1924Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Death: February 10, 1994Newburgh, Warrick, Indiana, United States
daughter
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daughter
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