Irene WidickAge: 101 years1899–2000
- Name
- Irene Widick
- Given names
- Irene
- Surname
- Widick
- Married name
- Irene Schroeder
 Birth | February 24, 1899 29 27 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 15 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick November 7, 1900 (Age 20 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Helen Louisa Widick September 22, 1904 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Evelyn Widick March 25, 1907 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a sister | Evelyn Widick January 1, 1910 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret Jane Widick September 16, 1912 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | 1915 (Age 15 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 16 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Edward T Shaffer August 27, 1917 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Eugene Shaffer Widick November 21, 1918 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 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 18 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 9, 1920 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 30 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Frederick Arthur Schroeder February 20, 1930 (Age 30 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Hizer October 31, 1935 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Ellen McNeil June 1937 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Frederick Schroeder June 12, 1939 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 51 years) |
| Death of a father | Arthur Buck Widick August 19, 1950 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 brother | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick February 5, 1968 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer December 7, 1968 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clarence Edward Widick November 10, 1969 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 brother | Eugene Shaffer Widick April 10, 1976 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leroy Arthur Widick August 1981 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Helen Louisa Widick November 5, 1995 (Age 96 years) |
 Death | March 13, 2000 (Age 101 years) |
| Obituary | Irene Schroeder (nee Widick) Obituary and Family Listing March 15, 2000 (2 days after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Arthur Buck Widick Birth: July 19, 1869 30 28 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: August 19, 1950 — Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer Birth: March 4, 1871 21 23 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: December 7, 1968 — Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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Marriage: May 23, 1894 — Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Leroy Arthur Widick Birth: August 2, 1896 27 25 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: August 1981 — Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Clarence Edward Widick Birth: January 3, 1898 28 26 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: November 10, 1969 — Michigan, United States |
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14 months herself |
Irene Widick Birth: February 24, 1899 29 27 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: March 13, 2000 — Harvey, Kansas, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick Birth: November 7, 1900 31 29 — Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States Death: February 5, 1968 — Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Helen Louisa Widick Birth: September 22, 1904 35 33 — Elk City, Cloud, Kansas, United States Death: November 5, 1995 — Okemos, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Evelyn Widick Birth: March 25, 1907 37 36 — Emporia Junction, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: January 1, 1910 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Margaret Jane Widick Birth: September 16, 1912 43 41 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: June 16, 2004 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Eugene Shaffer Widick Birth: November 21, 1918 49 47 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: April 10, 1976 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
| Family with William Frederick Schroeder |
| husband |
William Frederick Schroeder Birth: September 6, 1890 28 27 — Butterfield, Watonwan, Minnesota, United States Death: June 12, 1939 — Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Irene Widick Birth: February 24, 1899 29 27 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: March 13, 2000 — Harvey, Kansas, United States |
| son |
Frederick Arthur Schroeder Birth: February 20, 1930 39 30 — North Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States Death: February 28, 2011 — Arapahoe, Colorado, United States |
| son |
Private |
Irene Widick has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Frank Bennett Kelly + Elizabeth Ann Widick
Parents Roy Runnels Green + Mabel Widick
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Irene Widick - Household
Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States
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