Helen Frances SkillernAge: 64 years1906–1970
- Name
- Helen Frances Skillern
- Given names
- Helen Frances
- Surname
- Skillern
- Married name
- Helen Frances Penell
 Birth | about 1906 33 36 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | James Audley “Ed” Skillern February 10, 1910 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Caroline Skillern about 1912 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/ |
| Death of a father | Nealious Brown Skillern August 10, 1921 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Ralph Skillern October 12, 1923 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Wheeler Skillern April 17, 1929 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Rebecca Caroline “Callie” Hinch March 13, 1933 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Hinch February 18, 1941 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 44 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 40 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 | July 21, 1970 (Age 64 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Nealious Brown Skillern Birth: April 13, 1872 32 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: August 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Hinch Birth: March 15, 1869 42 40 — Ooltewah, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States Death: February 18, 1941 — Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 30, 1888 — Lawrence, Tennessee, United States |
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14 years elder brother |
Charles Wheeler Skillern Birth: December 27, 1901 29 32 — Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States Death: April 17, 1929 — Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Ralph Skillern Birth: July 20, 1904 32 35 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States Death: October 12, 1923 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Helen Frances Skillern Birth: about 1906 33 36 — Missouri, United States Death: July 21, 1970 — Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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7 years younger sister |
Caroline Skillern Birth: about 1912 39 42 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
Private |
| herself |
Helen Frances Skillern Birth: about 1906 33 36 — Missouri, United States Death: July 21, 1970 — Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States |