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Gilmon Lee FlenerAge: 99 years19182017

Name
Gilmon Lee Flener
Given names
Gilmon Lee
Surname
Flener
Birth May 31, 1918 25 18
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

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 sisterAileen C Flener
February 17, 1927 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherMaurice Hudson Flener
October 16, 1927 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 sisterCedalia Laverne Flener
May 17, 1932 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Normon Flener
January 26, 1939 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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
Birth of a son
#2
Wendell Flener
March 29, 1948 (Age 29 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 sisterAileen C Flener
February 2, 1957 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 motherVuna Ester Lee
April 22, 1983 (Age 64 years)

Death of a sisterVirginia Lucille “Peggy” Flener
March 24, 1998 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sonNormon Flener
July 12, 2008 (Age 90 years)

Death October 6, 2017 (Age 99 years)
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Cedalia Laverne Flener
Birth: May 17, 1932 39 32
Death: January 24, 2021Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
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Gilmon Lee Flener
Birth: May 31, 1918 25 18Butler, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 6, 2017Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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Aileen C Flener
Birth: February 17, 1927 34 26Butler, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 2, 1957Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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Birth: May 31, 1918 25 18Butler, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 6, 2017Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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Birth: May 31, 1918 25 18Butler, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 6, 2017Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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