Mary Ita ToweryAge: 88 years1921–2010
- Name
- Mary Ita Towery
- Given names
- Mary Ita
- Surname
- Towery
- Married name
- Mary Ita Burke
![]() | May 26, 1921 |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 8 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 |
![]() #1 | Jerry Towery Burke February 8, 1944 (Age 22 years) |
![]() | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 |
![]() | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 |
![]() | Jerry Towery Burke November 15, 1973 (Age 52 years) |
![]() | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 |
![]() | May 18, 2010 (Age 88 years) |
![]() | May 22, 2010 (4 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Memorial Gardens |
Family with John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke |
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John Delbert “Johnnie” Burke Birth: November 22, 1916 30 24 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 11, 2011 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Mary Ita Towery Birth: May 26, 1921 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: May 18, 2010 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Jerry Towery Burke Birth: February 8, 1944 27 22 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 15, 1973 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |