Alma Lavena BowlingAge: 94 years1902–1996
- Name
- Alma Lavena Bowling
- Given names
- Alma Lavena
- Surname
- Bowling
- Married name
- Alma Lavena Porter
 Birth | February 26, 1902 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Robert Emmit Porter — View this family February 27, 1917 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 years)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 (Age 15 years)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 daughter#1 | Helen Ordrene Porter June 7, 1919 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 grandson #1 | Donald Dean French October 21, 1935 (Age 33 years) |
 Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 husband | Robert Emmit Porter May 18, 1969 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 grandson | Donald Dean French September 23, 1986 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | May 14, 1996 (Age 94 years) |
| Family with Robert Emmit Porter |
| husband |
Robert Emmit Porter Birth: November 7, 1892 — Missouri, United States Death: May 18, 1969 |
| herself |
Alma Lavena Bowling Birth: February 26, 1902 — Missouri, United States Death: May 14, 1996 |
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Marriage: February 27, 1917 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Helen Ordrene Porter Birth: June 7, 1919 26 17 — Richland, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: July 18, 2004 — Ozark, Christian, Missouri, United States |