The Shemwell Family

Roy L MilliserAge: 94 years19011996

Name
Roy L Milliser
Given names
Roy L
Surname
Milliser
Birth August 18, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageCora Lucille HoeselView this family
July 5, 1918 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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 28 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 40 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 48 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 44 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 wifeCora Lucille Hoesel
December 7, 1976 (Age 75 years)
Death May 22, 1996 (Age 94 years)
Obituary
Roy L Milliser Obituary and Family Listing
May 23, 1996 (1 day after death)
Family with Cora Lucille Hoesel - View this family
himself
Roy L Milliser
Birth: August 18, 1901Leiters Ford, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 22, 1996Sturgis, St Joseph, Michigan, United States
wife
Marriage: July 5, 1918Berrien, Michigan, United States
Joseph Barrett Irvine + Cora Lucille Hoesel - View this family
wife’s husband
Joseph Barrett Irvine
Birth: March 8, 1909Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 4, 1974Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States
wife
Marriage: April 28, 1938Indiana, United States
Jerome Kriebel Schultz + Cora Lucille Hoesel - View this family
wife’s husband
Jerome Kriebel Schultz
Birth: July 21, 1896 47 34Hereford, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 26, 1960Marion, Indiana, United States
wife
step-daughter
Private

No family available

Obituary
Roy L Milliser Obituary and Family Listing STURGIS — Roy L. Milliser, 94, 307 N. Franks, Ave., died May 22, 1996, at Thurston Woods Village. | He was born Aug. 18, 1901, in Leitersford, ind., a son of Jacob and Pearl Milliser. On May 21, 1925, he married Ila Wright, in Cassopolis. She died Oct. 18,1901. He moved to Thurston Woods Village in 1990, coming from Constantine. Before that, he had made his home on a farm in Cass County where he was a farmer. Surviving are one daughter, Betty Messner, Port St. Lucie, Fla.; four grandchildren, Connie Milliser, California, Michael Messner, Constantine, Melissa Beckford and Tim Roy Messner, both of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, William J. Milliser. There will be visitation or services at this time. Cremation has taken place. Graveside services and burial of the cremains will be at a later date. Arrangements were handled by the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home, Sturgis. Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZBW-2CY