The Shemwell Family

Edith E GartsideAge: 81 years19212003

Name
Edith E Gartside
Given names
Edith E
Surname
Gartside
Married name
Edith E Foster
Note: Stepdaughter to Benjamin Reichert
Birth December 1, 1921
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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 20 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 28 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 24 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 April 28, 2003 (Age 81 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint John Cemetery
Family with Leon Foster - View this family
husband
Leon Foster
Birth: August 28, 1923 46 39Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: October 29, 2014Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
herself
son
Private

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Name
Stepdaughter to Benjamin Reichert