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Gloria June KleeseAge: 90 years19262017

Name
Gloria June Kleese
Given names
Gloria June
Surname
Kleese
Married name
Gloria June McConnell
Birth May 30, 1926 28 27
Birth of a brotherGeorge Durward Kleese
January 1, 1929 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 4, 1930 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Wesley Holland
April 26, 1936 (Age 9 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 15 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 grandmotherLaura Anderson Logan
April 9, 1950 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 23 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 motherDorothy H “Dottie” Holland
January 9, 1966 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Charles Kleese
August 20, 1971 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 19 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 husbandJohn Raymond McConnell
March 14, 1978 (Age 51 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Durward Kleese
March 7, 2014 (Age 87 years)
Death April 24, 2017 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holy Cross Cemetery
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father
George Charles Kleese
Birth: July 22, 1897Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: August 20, 1971Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
mother
Dorothy H “Dottie” Holland
Birth: August 15, 1898 43 37Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: January 9, 1966Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Marriage: July 11, 1923Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States
3 years
herself
Gloria June Kleese
Birth: May 30, 1926 28 27Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: April 24, 2017Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger brother
George Durward Kleese
Birth: January 1, 1929 31 30Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: March 7, 2014Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
Family with John Raymond McConnell - View this family
husband
John Raymond McConnell
Birth: June 29, 1920Dwight, Livingston, Illinois, United States
Death: March 14, 1978Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
herself
Gloria June Kleese
Birth: May 30, 1926 28 27Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Death: April 24, 2017Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
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Gloria June Kleese has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Charles Kleese - Household

106 N. Lee Bloomington, McLean, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kleese, George CheadMW32M28ILGermanyGermanyTinnerHardware Store
Kleese, Dorothy HwifeFW31M27ILKYIL
Kleese, Gloria JdaughterFW3SILILIL
Kleese, George DsonMW1-5mMILILIL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - George Charles Kleese - Household

606 S. Center Street Bloomington, McLean, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Kleese, GeorgeXheadMW42MILSame P;aceFurnace ManRetail Shop
Holland, DorothywifeFW41MILRMcClainIL
Kleese, Gloria JunedaughterFW13SIL
Kleese, GeorgesonMW11SIL
Holland, Lauramother in lawFW79WdILRWashingtonIL