The Shemwell Family

Iola Marie “Tootsie” SteeleAge: 78 years19151994

Name
Iola Marie “Tootsie” Steele
Given names
Iola Marie
Surname
Steele
Nickname
Tootsie
Birth November 7, 1915 23 18
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 55 days)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherWillis Stevenson “Bud” Steele Jr
April 15, 1917 (Age 17 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 months)

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 2 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/
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJoseph Franklin Steele
February 16, 1929 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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
Census April 22, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMinnie May Cranford
March 16, 1931 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Ellsworth Carter
August 24, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Catherine Collins
November 1, 1937 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 motherEmma Delora Carter
April 18, 1949 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 30 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 fatherWillis Stevenson Steele Sr
December 14, 1979 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherWillis Stevenson “Bud” Steele Jr
March 31, 1986 (Age 70 years)
Death January 9, 1994 (Age 78 years)
Obituary
Iola M Smith (nee Steele) Obituary and Family Listing
January 10, 1994 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ever Rest Memorial Park
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father
Willis Stevenson Steele Sr
Birth: February 17, 1892 33 31Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, United States
Death: December 14, 1979Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
mother
Marriage: June 5, 1915St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
5 months
herself
Iola Marie “Tootsie” Steele
Birth: November 7, 1915 23 18Indiana, United States
Death: January 9, 1994Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
17 months
younger brother
Willis Stevenson “Bud” Steele Jr
Birth: April 15, 1917 25 19Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana, United States
Death: March 31, 1986Peru, Miami, Indiana, United States

Iola Marie “Tootsie” Steele has 23 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Willis Stevenson Steele Sr - Household

Cleveland, Whitley, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Steele, Willis StevensonheadRMW27MYesYesILININYesLaborerRailroadW
Steele, Emma DwifeFW22MYesYesINININYes
Steele, Iola MariedaughterFW4 years 1 monthsSYesYesINILINYes
Steele, Willis Stevenson JrsonMW2 years 4 monthsSINILIN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Willis Stevenson Steele Sr - Household

Denver, Miami, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Steele, WillmanheadR12RNoMW38M24NoYesILUnited StatesILYesStation AgentPenn R RWYes
Steele, EmmawifeFW32M17NoYesINININYesNone
Steele, Iola MdaughterFW14SYesYesINILINYesNone
Steele, Willis JrsonMW13SYesYesINILINYesNone