The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Sue CarpenterAge: 94 years19202015

Name
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
Given names
Dorothy Sue
Surname
Carpenter
Married name
Dorothy Sue Piper
Birth May 4, 1920 29 27
Birth of a brotherWilliam Travis Carpenter Jr
March 20, 1924 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherThomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
May 28, 1927 (Age 7 years)
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
Birth of a brotherJackie Ebert Carpenter
March 26, 1933 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMay Margaret “Maggie” Cook
July 4, 1938 (Age 18 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Travis Carpenter Jr
September 7, 1942 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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 motherEthel Vivian Coons
May 2, 1975 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 husbandRay Hubbard Piper
April 29, 1976 (Age 55 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Travis Carpenter Sr.
May 31, 1985 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterVirginia Lee Carpenter
February 16, 1996 (Age 75 years)
Death of a half-brotherRobert George Nolan
April 21, 1999 (Age 78 years)
Death March 17, 2015 (Age 94 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1916Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
11 months
elder sister
Virginia Lee Carpenter
Birth: November 12, 1917 27 24Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
herself
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
Birth: May 4, 1920 29 27Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2015Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
younger brother
William Travis Carpenter Jr
Birth: March 20, 1924 33 31Missouri, United States
Death: September 7, 1942Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Thomas J “Tommy” Carpenter
Birth: May 28, 1927 37 34Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: November 12, 2016Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States
6 years
younger brother
Jackie Ebert Carpenter
Birth: March 26, 1933 42 40Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: September 30, 2019Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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step-father
mother
Marriage: July 7, 1909Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
16 months
half-brother
Robert George Nolan
Birth: November 19, 1910 25 17Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1999Oregon, United States
Family with Ray Hubbard Piper - View this family
husband
Ray Hubbard Piper
Birth: August 12, 1908Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: April 29, 1976Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
herself
Dorothy Sue Carpenter
Birth: May 4, 1920 29 27Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: March 17, 2015Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
son
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daughter
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