The Shemwell Family

Diana Reynolds FarnhamAge: 98 years19222021

Name
Diana Reynolds Farnham
Given names
Diana Reynolds
Surname
Farnham
Married name
Diana Reynolds Fiske
Married name
Diana Reynolds O'Hehir
Birth May 23, 1922 30 28
Death of a motherCorrine Cassard
December 31, 1926 (Age 4 years)

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
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
Death of a maternal grandmotherEdith Virginia Dowell
May 24, 1947 (Age 25 years)
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
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 fatherWillard Edward Farnham
February 25, 1981 (Age 58 years)
Death of a husbandBrendan Peter O'Hehir
March 16, 1991 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandMelvin Emanuel “Mel” Fiske
January 17, 2008 (Age 85 years)
Death January 19, 2021 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: San Francisco Columbarium
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father
Willard Edward Farnham
Birth: September 29, 1891Wichita Heights, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 25, 1981Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States
mother
Marriage: June 28, 1921
11 months
herself
Diana Reynolds Farnham
Birth: May 23, 1922 30 28Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Death: January 19, 2021San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
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father
Willard Edward Farnham
Birth: September 29, 1891Wichita Heights, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 25, 1981Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States
step-mother
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half-brother
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half-brother
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husband
Melvin Emanuel “Mel” Fiske
Birth: March 20, 1918Bronx, New York, United States
Death: January 17, 2008Belvedere, Marin, California, United States
herself
Diana Reynolds Farnham
Birth: May 23, 1922 30 28Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Death: January 19, 2021San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
son
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husband
Brendan Peter O'Hehir
Birth: March 11, 1927New York, New York, New York, United States
Death: March 16, 1991Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States
herself
Diana Reynolds Farnham
Birth: May 23, 1922 30 28Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Death: January 19, 2021San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
son
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