The Shemwell Family

Virgil Vern LundellAge: 88 years19172005

Name
Virgil Vern Lundell
Given names
Virgil Vern
Surname
Lundell
Birth July 23, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 5 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/
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
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
MarriageBetty Jane ThornView this family
September 6, 1949 (Age 32 years)
Census April 16, 1950 (Age 32 years)
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
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 December 25, 2005 (Age 88 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
Family with Betty Jane Thorn - View this family
himself
Virgil Vern Lundell
Birth: July 23, 1917Milan, Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Death: December 25, 2005
wife
Betty Jane Thorn
Birth: November 28, 1922 27 22San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: May 22, 2006San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Marriage: September 6, 1949Bexar, Texas, United States
Leon Holliday Grobe Jr + Betty Jane Thorn - View this family
wife’s husband
Leon Holliday Grobe Jr
Birth: February 14, 1921Texas, United States
Death: November 13, 1948San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
wife
Betty Jane Thorn
Birth: November 28, 1922 27 22San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: May 22, 2006San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
step-son
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