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Willa Roberta McKenzieAge: 84 years19031987

Name
Willa Roberta McKenzie
Given names
Willa Roberta
Surname
McKenzie
Married name
Willa Roberta Widick
Birth May 30, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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/
MarriageLeroy Arthur WidickView this family
May 23, 1923 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 May 1, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Infant Widick
January 18, 1931 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonInfant Widick
January 18, 1931 (Age 27 years)
Census May 7, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 10, 1950 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 42 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 husbandLeroy Arthur Widick
August 1981 (Age 78 years)
Death July 1987 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Family with Leroy Arthur Widick - View this family
husband
Leroy Arthur Widick
Birth: August 2, 1896 27 25Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Death: August 1981Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
herself
Willa Roberta McKenzie
Birth: May 30, 1903Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Death: July 1987Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Marriage: May 23, 1923Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
8 years
son
Infant Widick
Birth: January 18, 1931 34 27Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
Death: January 18, 1931Elk City, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Leroy Arthur Widick - Household

Louisburg, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Widick, Leroy AheadRYesMW33M26NoYesKSILKSYesFarmerOYes
Widick, Willa RwifeFW26M20NoYesKSMIKSYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leroy Arthur Widick - Household

Louisburg, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Widick, Leroy AxheadR5YesMW43MNoKSFarmerFarmOA520
Widick, WillawifeFW38MNoKSClerkBankPW52560

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Leroy Arthur Widick - Household

Louisburg, Montgomery, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Widick, LeroyheadMW53MarKSWK90Feed StoreMerchantO
Widick, WillawifeFW46MarKSH