The Shemwell Family

Edward Carl Francis FischerAge: 89 years19182007

Name
Edward Carl Francis Fischer
Given names
Edward Carl Francis
Surname
Fischer
Birth May 2, 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
Birth of a son
#1
Dennis L Fischer
October 5, 1942 (Age 24 years)

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
#2
Alan Wayne Fischer
June 14, 1947 (Age 29 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 of a sonAlan Wayne Fischer
December 10, 2005 (Age 87 years)

Death June 18, 2007 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Glenwood Memorial Gardens
Family with Dorothy E Beden - View this family
himself
Edward Carl Francis Fischer
Birth: May 2, 1918Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: June 18, 2007Chambersburg, Franklin, Illinois, United States
wife
Dorothy E Beden
Birth: May 16, 1921 41 26Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: January 30, 2013Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
son
5 years
son
daughter
Private

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