The Shemwell Family

Harry “Firl” RitcheyAge: 75 years19262001

Name
Harry “Firl” Ritchey
Given names
Harry
Surname
Ritchey
Nickname
Firl
Birth June 27, 1926
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 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 15 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 23 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 19 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 July 31, 2001 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family with Dorothy Lee Wilkins - View this family
himself
Harry “Firl” Ritchey
Birth: June 27, 1926Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 31, 2001Copley, Summit, Ohio, United States
wife
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
Birth: November 21, 1936 29 21Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 28, 2002Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
daughter
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Howard Franklin Robison Jr + Dorothy Lee Wilkins - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
Birth: November 21, 1936 29 21Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 28, 2002Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
step-daughter
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step-son
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step-daughter
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