The Shemwell Family

Mildred Daisy CollinsAge: 94 years19172012

Name
Mildred Daisy Collins
Given names
Mildred Daisy
Surname
Collins
Married name
Mildred Daisy Gulick
Birth December 27, 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 days)

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 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
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
MarriageHerbert Dale GulickView this family
April 29, 1950 (Age 32 years)
Note: Marriage info found in Obituary
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 June 15, 2012 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Boiling Springs Cemetery
Family with Herbert Dale Gulick - View this family
husband
Herbert Dale Gulick
Birth: March 7, 1926 45 35Decatur, Illinois, United States
Death: March 20, 2024Forsyth, Macon, Illinois, United States
herself
Mildred Daisy Collins
Birth: December 27, 1917Strasburg, Shelby, Illinois, United States
Death: June 15, 2012Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: April 29, 1950Illinois, United States

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Marriage
Marriage info found in Obituary