The Shemwell Family

Lois E HardAge: 61 years19111972

Name
Lois E Hard
Given names
Lois E
Surname
Hard
Married name
Lois E Fahler
Birth January 23, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 6 years)

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 18 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
MarriageOliver Earl FahlerView this family
July 10, 1958 (Age 47 years)
Death July 30, 1972 (Age 61 years)
Obituary
Lois E Fahler (nee Marshall, Hard) Obituary and Family Listing
July 31, 1972 (1 day after death)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with Oliver Earl Fahler - View this family
husband
Oliver Earl Fahler
Birth: August 31, 1902 21 18Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 1, 1974South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
herself
Lois E Hard
Birth: January 23, 1911Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: July 30, 1972South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage: July 10, 1958South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Oliver Earl Fahler + Cleah R Kimble - View this family
husband
Oliver Earl Fahler
Birth: August 31, 1902 21 18Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 1, 1974South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
husband’s wife
Cleah R Kimble
Birth: January 9, 1902 26 17Indiana, United States
Death: October 30, 1953South Bend, Portage, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage: December 22, 1923Berrien, Michigan, United States
14 months
step-daughter
Betty Ruth Fahler
Birth: February 15, 1925 22 23Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: August 5, 2009Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States

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Obituary
Lois E Fahler (nee Marshall, Hard) Obituary and Family Listing Mrs Oliver Fahler, 61, of 809 S. 27th St., died 6:35 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hospital after a year's illness. She was born on Jan. 23, 1911, in Logansport, and had lived in this area most of her life. On April 14, 1937, in South Bend, she was married to Emil F. Marshall, who died on Dec. 10, 1952. On July 10, 1958, in South Bend, she was married to Oliver Earl Fahler, who survives, along with three daughters, Mrs. Leland Summers of Battle Creek, Mich., Mrs. Claude Lunsford of California, and Mrs. Charles Hodgson of South Bend; nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs. Alvin Miller of LaPorte. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the JeffersonIronwood Chapel of the Forest G. Hay and Son Funeral Homes, where services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday by Rev. Scott Weaver, pastor of the Ireland Road Grace Brethren Church, of which Mrs. Fahler was a member. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Fahler had been an employee of the First Bank and Trust Co. and Associates Investment Co. Hay and Son Funeral Home, 1201 S. Michigan St., where services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday by Rev. Wilson S. Parks, pastor of Tamarack United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune/135935101/
Name
Oliver Earl Fahler Obituary and Family Listing Earl Fabler, 71, of 809,5. 27th St., died Friday in St. Joseph's Hospital a year's illness. He had retired in 1968,_ after 45 years, from the Indiana and .Michi7 On Electric Co. Born Aug. 31, 1902, in Kewanna, Ind., he came to South Bend 50. years ago, from Fiffton, Ind. His first, wife, Cleah died on Oct. 31, 1953; and his second wife, Lois Marshall, died July 30; 1972. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Betty Hodgson of South Bend; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Virginia Summers of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mrs. Roberta Lundsford Fort Wainwright, Alaska; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four half-sisters Marjorie Zellers and Mrs. Margaret Dudeck, both of South Bend, Mrs. Jean Hicks, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Estila Stewart of Dillsboro, Ind., and three stepbrothers, Arthur Zellers of Kewanna, Merle Zellers of Rochester and Varn Zellers of Crown Point, Ind. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Dr. where services will be held at 1:30p.m. Monday. Rev. Scott Weaver, pastor of the Ireland Rd. Grace Brethren Church, will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park. Mr. Fahler was a member of the Moose Lodge, South Bend and the Eagles Lodge, Mishawaka. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80826839/oliver-earl-fahler