The Shemwell Family

Theodora FrostAge: 85 years18991984

Name
Theodora Frost
Given names
Theodora
Surname
Frost
Married name
Theodora Winn
Birth July 26, 1899 26 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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/
Death of a motherMary DesCygnes “Made” Moore
February 15, 1928 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Death of a fatherLuther J Frost
January 16, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 brotherCole Sevier Frost Sr.
September 2, 1955 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 October 28, 1984 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
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father
Luther J Frost
Birth: December 13, 1872 47 19Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1940Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
mother
Mary DesCygnes “Made” Moore
Birth: September 21, 1877Illinois, United States
Death: February 15, 1928Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1895Carter, Oklahoma, United States
2 months
elder brother
Cole Sevier Frost Sr.
Birth: December 14, 1895 23 18Ada, Indian Territory, United States
Death: September 2, 1955Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
4 years
herself
Theodora Frost
Birth: July 26, 1899 26 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 28, 1984Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States