The Shemwell Family

Jean Charlene WidickAge: 87 years19192007

Name
Jean Charlene Widick
Given names
Jean Charlene
Surname
Widick
Birth November 15, 1919 21 22
Census January 16, 1920 (Age 2 months)
Birth of a brotherJack Norris Widick
August 29, 1921 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 5, 1930 (Age 10 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 paternal grandfatherArthur Buck Widick
August 19, 1950 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 maternal grandmotherEdith Maud Abbott
June 1963 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherFrances Eugenia Norris
November 15, 1966 (Age 47 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCharles McPherson Norris
1967 (Age 47 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMargaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer
December 7, 1968 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherClarence Edward Widick
November 10, 1969 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 brotherJack Norris Widick
November 11, 2000 (Age 80 years)
Death March 15, 2007 (Age 87 years)
Obituary
Jean C Hays (nee Widick) Obituary and Family Listing
March 16, 2007 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
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father
Clarence Edward Widick
Birth: January 3, 1898 28 26Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: November 10, 1969Michigan, United States
mother
Frances Eugenia Norris
Birth: November 13, 1897 25 23Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States
Death: November 15, 1966East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States
Marriage: September 25, 1917Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States
2 years
herself
Jean Charlene Widick
Birth: November 15, 1919 21 22Emporia, Kansas, United States
Death: March 15, 2007Marco Island, Collier, Florida, United States
21 months
younger brother
Jack Norris Widick
Birth: August 29, 1921 23 23Ottawa, Kansas, United States
Death: November 11, 2000Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States

Jean Charlene Widick has 9 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Edward Widick - Household

Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Widick, Clarence CheadRMW22MYesYesKSILKSYesLaborerRailroadW
Widick, FranciswifeFW22MYesYesKSKSKSYes
Widick, JeandaughterFW0 years 1 monthsSKSKSKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Edward Widick - Household

Brookfield, Cook, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Widick, Clarence EheadR60RNoMW32M19YesYesKSKSKSYesTeacherSchoolWYes
Widick, FranceswifeFW32M19NoYesKSKSKSYesNone
Widick, JeandaughterFW10SYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Widick, JacksonMW8SYesKSKSKSNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Edward Widick - Household

Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Widick, ClarenceheadO8000NoMW42MNoKSSalesmanSupply companyPW523000
Widick, FranceswifeFW42MNoKS00
Widick, JeandaughterFW20SYesKS
Widick, JacksonMW18SYesKS

Obituary
Jean C Hays (nee Widick) Obituary and Family Listing Jean C. Hays Marco Island, FL Age 87, passed away quietly at her home Mrch 15, 2007. She was born November 15, 1919 in Olathe, Kansas. Jeamn was a graduate of East Lansing High School and Michigan State College. She Was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, H. Andrews "Andy" Hays, and brother Jack W. Dick . . . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224172278/jean-c-hays