The Shemwell Family

Claud Dennis FikeAge: 86 years19081994

Name
Claud Dennis Fike
Given names
Claud Dennis
Surname
Fike
Birth March 24, 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
Residence 1935 (Age 26 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Dennis Leon “Denny” Fike
July 27, 1945 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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
Birth of a son
#2
Randall Stephen Fike
August 10, 1948 (Age 40 years)
Census April 25, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 37 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Kelcey Renae Fike
March 26, 1987 (Age 79 years)
Death June 10, 1994 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery
Family with Opha Elizabeth Shamel - View this family
himself
Claud Dennis Fike
Birth: March 24, 1908Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: June 10, 1994Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, United States
wife
Opha Elizabeth Shamel
Birth: March 10, 1917 33 20Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 3, 2002Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Dennis Leon “Denny” Fike
Birth: July 27, 1945 37 28Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, United States
Death: February 24, 2019Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, United States
3 years
son
Randall Stephen Fike
Birth: August 10, 1948 40 31Monroe, Adams, Wisconsin, United States
Death: June 23, 2017Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States

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