Gaylen Lee FrenchAge: 98 years1917–2015
- Name
- Gaylen Lee French
- Given names
- Gaylen Lee
- Surname
- French
- Married name
- Gaylen Lee Patterson
 Birth | February 23, 1917 31 32 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 (Age 10 months)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/ |
 Birth of a brother | Arrel Dean French January 25, 1919 (Age 23 months) |
 Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel French March 9, 1926 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 10, 1930 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Verlinda Shamel March 2, 1934 (Age 17 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Donna June Patterson May 24, 1938 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | Roy Thomas French June 10, 1945 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 mother | Ada Mae Porter March 4, 1967 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 brother | Arrel Dean French December 4, 1980 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | LeRoy Arthur “Pat” Patterson February 10, 2007 (Age 89 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Donna June Patterson July 20, 2007 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | August 22, 2015 (Age 98 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: White Chapel Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Roy Thomas French Birth: February 26, 1885 37 27 — Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States Death: June 10, 1945 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ada Mae Porter Birth: September 4, 1884 — Missouri, United States Death: March 4, 1967 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1916 — Glasgow, Valley, Montana, United States |
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10 months herself |
Gaylen Lee French Birth: February 23, 1917 31 32 — Hinsdale, Valley, Montana, United States Death: August 22, 2015 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Arrel Dean French Birth: January 25, 1919 33 34 — Missouri, United States Death: December 4, 1980 — Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States |
| Family with LeRoy Arthur “Pat” Patterson |
| husband |
LeRoy Arthur “Pat” Patterson Birth: March 28, 1915 — Asbury, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: February 10, 2007 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Gaylen Lee French Birth: February 23, 1917 31 32 — Hinsdale, Valley, Montana, United States Death: August 22, 2015 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Donna June Patterson Birth: May 24, 1938 23 21 — Mill Spring, Wayne, Missouri, United States Death: July 20, 2007 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Roy Thomas French - Household
Valley, Montana
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Roy Thomas French - Household
R R 1 Joplin Joplin, Jasper, Missouri
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