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Norma Lenora ThurmanAge: 92 years19242017

Name
Norma Lenora Thurman
Given names
Norma Lenora
Surname
Thurman
Married name
Norma Lenora Creighton
Birth August 21, 1924 25 24
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 8, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Census May 4, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherSteven Rhea Thurman
February 10, 1944 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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
Census April 15, 1950 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 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 paternal grandmotherMartha Louise Hall
April 10, 1969 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 motherDora Blanche Miller
February 15, 1999 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandJames Ovid Creighton Jr
June 11, 1999 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterVerna Fay Thurman
February 18, 2007 (Age 82 years)
Death February 7, 2017 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elida Cemetery
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father
Steven Rhea Thurman
Birth: October 27, 1898 34 30Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1944New Mexico, United States
mother
Dora Blanche Miller
Birth: December 30, 1899Ladore, Neosho, Kansas, United States
Death: February 15, 1999Dallas, Texas, United States
elder sister
Verna Fay Thurman
Birth: January 28, 1922 23 22Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: February 18, 2007Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States
3 years
herself
Norma Lenora Thurman
Birth: August 21, 1924 25 24Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: February 7, 2017Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
sister
Private
Family with James Ovid Creighton Jr - View this family
husband
James Ovid Creighton Jr
Birth: November 1, 1917Texas, United States
Death: June 11, 1999New Mexico, United States
herself
Norma Lenora Thurman
Birth: August 21, 1924 25 24Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: February 7, 2017Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Steven Rhea Thurman - Household

Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Thurman, RheaheadMW31M22TNTNTNOperator FarmGeneral Farm
Thurman, Blanche DwifeFW30M21KSILKS
Thurman, Verna FdaughterFW8SNMTNKS
Thurman, Norma LdaughterFW5SNMTNKS