Verna N LightAge: 95 years1892–1988
- Name
- Verna N Light
- Given names
- Verna N
- Surname
- Light
- Married name
- Verna N Eikelberner
 Birth | November 22, 1892 39 33 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 23 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 25 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 8, 1920 (Age 27 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Daniel Bruce July 19, 1920 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Hizer October 28, 1921 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | William Albert Light January 3, 1929 (Age 36 years) |
 Marriage | Fred Sutton Eikelberner — View this family June 8, 1929 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 19, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1940 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 |
| Census | April 13, 1950 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Naomi Ella Bruce November 29, 1952 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 sister | Mabel Bertha Light June 5, 1956 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | Fred Sutton Eikelberner October 1, 1962 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bertha M Light October 15, 1966 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Jessie V Light December 2, 1971 (Age 79 years) Note: Her foster son, William Eikelberner, was the informant listed on the Death Certificate |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 | February 24, 1988 (Age 95 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Albert Light Birth: April 8, 1853 33 28 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: January 3, 1929 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Naomi Ella Bruce Birth: April 15, 1859 22 19 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 29, 1952 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: November 1, 1877 — Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Bertha M Light Birth: November 30, 1878 25 19 — Indiana, United States Death: October 15, 1966 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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6 years elder sister |
Mabel Bertha Light Birth: April 27, 1885 32 26 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: June 5, 1956 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Jessie V Light Birth: January 28, 1890 36 30 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: December 2, 1971 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years herself |
Verna N Light Birth: November 22, 1892 39 33 — Indiana, United States Death: February 24, 1988 — Indiana, United States |
| Family with Fred Sutton Eikelberner |
| husband |
Fred Sutton Eikelberner Birth: March 26, 1893 29 24 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: October 1, 1962 — Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Verna N Light Birth: November 22, 1892 39 33 — Indiana, United States Death: February 24, 1988 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: June 8, 1929 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Albert Light - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Albert Light - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Albert Light - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Fred Sutton Eikelberner - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Fred Sutton Eikelberner - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Fred Sutton Eikelberner - Household
Noble, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Name | Jessie V Eikelberner (nee Light) Obituary and Family Listing
Death Claims
Ex- Teacher
Mrs. Jessie V. Elkelberner,
81, Rt. 1, Logansport, a former
teacher in Noble Township
Schools, died at 6:15 p.m. Thurs-
day at Memorial Hospital.
Born Jan. 28, 1890, in Cass
County, she was the daughter of
W. A. and Ella Bruce Light.
She was a life-long member of
Shiloh United Church of Christ
and 2 charter member and sec-
ond president of the first Cass
County Homemakers’ Club.
Her marriage was Aug. ‘1,
1912, to Glen Eikelberner who
died in June, 1948.
Surviving are one son, Wil-
liam, and one Sister, Mrs. Verna
Eikelberner, Rt. 1; seven grand-
children; and 11 great-grand-
children. One daughter, Mrs.
Lucille Sanders, and two sisters,
Mrs. Bertha Hardy and Mrs.
Mabel Neff, preceded her in
death.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday at
McCloskey-Hamilton-Kahie Fu-
neral Home with the Rev. Ray-
mond Jones officiating. Burial
will be in Shiloh Cemetery.
Friends may cali at the funeral
home after 5 p.m. Saturday.
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| Name | Bertha Hardy (nee Light) Obituary and Family Listing
Friday, October 14, 1966 - Logansport Pharos-Tribune
Bertha Hardy, 87, Claimed By Death
Mrs. Bertha M. Hardy, 87,1001 Helm St., died Friday morning. She was a member of Shiloh Christian church. Born Nov. 30, 1878, in Pulaski county, she was the daughter of William Albert and Ella Bruce Light. Her husband, Frank V Hardy, died Sept. 16,1938.
Survivors include a son, Herbert, route 6; a daughter, Mrs. Neoma Robison, route 1, Burnettsville; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Eikelberner and Mrs. Verna Eikelberner, both of route 1; seven grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. A son; Harold, died in 1943.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Fisher funeral home. The Rev. Raymond Skelton will officiate and burial will be in Mt. Hope cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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