The Shemwell Family

Betty Lou BarnettAge: 79 years19222001

Name
Betty Lou Barnett
Given names
Betty Lou
Surname
Barnett
Birth January 23, 1922 17 18
Marriage of parentsWilliam Dean BarnettHattie Lorene CessnaView this family
February 11, 1922 (Age 19 days)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Dean BarnettJuanita FintonView this family
November 1, 1924 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRobert D Barnett
December 9, 1925 (Age 3 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
Death of a motherHattie Lorene Cessna
December 22, 1929 (Age 7 years)
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 8 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRita Jean Barnett
May 11, 1942 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJoseph Burdge Barnett
September 19, 1942 (Age 20 years)
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 grandmotherHattie Luella Myers
February 13, 1946 (Age 24 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherAda Glenn Hendrickson
December 8, 1970 (Age 48 years)
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 half-brotherRobert D Barnett
October 14, 1983 (Age 61 years)
Death of a half-sisterRita Jean Barnett
July 5, 1996 (Age 74 years)
Cremation of a half-sisterRita Jean Barnett
1996 (Age 73 years)
Death July 25, 2001 (Age 79 years)
Obituary
Betty Lou Fisher (nee Barnette) Obituary and Family Listing
July 26, 2001 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rochester IOOF Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Hattie Lorene Cessna
Birth: November 29, 1903 36 32Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: December 22, 1929Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1922Berrien, Michigan, United States
-1 months
herself
Betty Lou Barnett
Birth: January 23, 1922 17 18Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: July 25, 2001Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Father’s family with Juanita Finton - View this family
father
step-mother
Juanita Finton
Birth: September 16, 1905 31 25Pierceton, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Death: January 2, 1994South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 1, 1924St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
13 months
half-brother
Robert D Barnett
Birth: December 9, 1925 21 20Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: October 14, 1983Gaines, Kent, Michigan, United States
Father’s family with Bernice Sarah Birdwell - View this family
father
step-mother
Bernice Sarah Birdwell
Birth: October 21, 1905 25 21Madison, Indiana, United States
Death: April 15, 2001Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
half-brother
Private
half-sister
Rita Jean Barnett
Birth: May 11, 1942 37 36South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: July 5, 1996Los Angeles, California, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Betty Lou Barnett - Household

Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shreve, Vivan Hhead07000RNoMW30M25NoYesILUnited StatesUnited StatesYesSalesmanCorrespondent SchoolWYes
Shreve, Marijo LdaughterMW0 years 3 monthsSNoINILIN
Barnett, Betty Loustep-daughterFW8SYesINININYes
Cessna, Hattie Lmother-in-lawFW59WdNoYesILPAILYes
Cessna, MinniedaughterFW35SNoYesILILILYesTeacherPublic SchoolWNo
Cessna, KeithsonMW20SNoYesINILILYesPiece WorkerRubber MfgWYes

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Betty Lou Barnett - Household

Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Alexander, FredheadR20NoMW47MNoINWaiterRestaurantPW52884
Alexander, MinniexwifeFW46MYesIN00
Barnett, Betty LounieceFW18SYesIN00
Shreve, MarijonieceFW10SYesIN

Obituary
Betty Lou Fisher (nee Barnette) Obituary and Family Listing Betty L. Fisher Jan. 23, 1922 – July 25, 2001 Betty Lou Fisher, 79, 1707 Mitchell Drive, Rochester, and Anna Marie Island, Fla., died at 5 a.m. Wednesday at her Rochester residence. Born in Rochester, she married Don Fisher Dec. 24, 1969 in Rochester. He survives. Mrs. Fisher retired from Torx Products, Rochester. She enjoyed her Lake Manitou home and wintering in Florida. Surviving with her husband, at home, are one son, Dennis D. Hayden, Fairfax, Va.; one stepson, Roy Fisher, Rochester. Services are at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, with Rev. Junior Bose officiating. Burial is at Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at the funeral home and one hour prior to services. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47667391/betty-lou-fisher
Name
Lorene Shreve (nee Cessna, Barnette) Obituary and Family History Published in The News-Sentinel Monday, December 23, 1929 Friends and relatives here were shocked to learn of the death of Mrs. Lorene CESSNA SHREVE, aged 26, which occurred Sunday evening at her home in Mishawaka. Death was due to child birth. Lorene CESSNA, daughter of L. E. and Hattie CESSNA, was born on a farm four miles west of Rochester November 29, 1903. She attended the public schools in the Rochester community, leaving here seven years ago to go to Mishawaka. In June 1925 in that city she was married to Vivian SHREVE. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Betty Lou [SHREVE] and Marijo [SHREVE[; her mother, Mrs. Hattie CESSNA, of Kokomo; four brothers, John [CESSNA] and Otto [CESSNA], west of Rochester; Dale [CESSNA] of Chicago and Keith [CESSNA] of Mishawaka; three sisters, Mrs. Doris MORTHMORE, of Kokomo, Mrs. Alma DAVIS, of Seattle, Washington and Miss Minnie CESSNA of Mishawaka; two nieces and six nephews also survive. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Baptist Church in Rochester. Rev. BOUWMAN, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Mishawaka, will have charge of the services and will be assisted by Rev. J. B. GLEASON. Burial will be made in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery here. SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1929 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35371228/lorene-shreve