Edwin Dale ClaxtonAge: 94 years1922–2017
- Name
- Edwin Dale Claxton
- Given names
- Edwin Dale
- Surname
- Claxton
 Birth | March 26, 1922 23 21 |
 Birth of a sister | Gloria Mae Claxton March 11, 1924 (Age 23 months) |
 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 |
 Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Albert Shamel December 29, 1934 (Age 12 years) Cause: Angina Pericarditis |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Emma Evelyn McLaughlin August 2, 1942 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 27 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 father | Ray Edward Claxton April 8, 1960 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 wife | Norma Alvestar Hacker April 22, 1976 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ruth Elizabeth Shamel December 29, 2001 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Gloria Mae Claxton August 6, 2003 (Age 81 years) |
| Death of a brother | Raymond Harold Claxton October 28, 2009 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | February 9, 2017 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valhalla Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ray Edward Claxton Birth: August 19, 1898 — Elk Creek, Wright, Missouri, United States Death: April 8, 1960 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Elizabeth Shamel Birth: January 18, 1901 40 34 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: December 29, 2001 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1919 — |
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18 months elder brother |
Raymond Harold Claxton Birth: July 12, 1920 21 19 — Missouri, United States Death: October 28, 2009 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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20 months himself |
Edwin Dale Claxton Birth: March 26, 1922 23 21 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: February 9, 2017 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Gloria Mae Claxton Birth: March 11, 1924 25 23 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: August 6, 2003 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Norma Alvestar Hacker |
| himself |
Edwin Dale Claxton Birth: March 26, 1922 23 21 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: February 9, 2017 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Norma Alvestar Hacker Birth: February 10, 1923 — Perry, Missouri, United States Death: April 22, 1976 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ray Edward Claxton - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Ray Edward Claxton - Household
Competition Road Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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