Ocie Blanche McIlvainAge: 94 years1893–1988
- Name
- Ocie Blanche McIlvain
- Given names
- Ocie Blanche
- Surname
- McIlvain
- Married name
- Ocie Blanche Shemwell
 Birth | October 26, 1893 34 31 |
 Birth of a brother | Merwin Towler McIlvain July 19, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Morgan November 24, 1909 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | Elzy Clifford Shemwell — View this family May 26, 1917 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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 35 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 | 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a father | John Watson McIlvain February 12, 1932 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a brother | Merwin Towler McIlvain May 31, 1943 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Ella May Towler November 25, 1943 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 sister | Bessie Constance McIlvain July 9, 1961 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bulah May McIlvain December 12, 1968 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruby Coral McIlvain October 8, 1974 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 husband | Elzy Clifford Shemwell January 1987 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | February 11, 1988 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunland Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Watson McIlvain Birth: August 27, 1859 37 29 Death: February 12, 1932 |
| mother |
Ella May Towler Birth: March 1, 1862 — Mount Carmel, Fleming, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1943 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Bessie Constance McIlvain Birth: August 14, 1883 23 21 — Morris, Kansas, United States Death: July 9, 1961 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ruby Coral McIlvain Birth: October 13, 1886 27 24 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States Death: October 8, 1974 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Bulah May McIlvain Birth: December 16, 1888 29 26 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States Death: December 12, 1968 — Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States |
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5 years herself |
Ocie Blanche McIlvain Birth: October 26, 1893 34 31 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States Death: February 11, 1988 — Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Merwin Towler McIlvain Birth: July 19, 1898 38 36 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States Death: May 31, 1943 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Elzy Clifford Shemwell |
| husband |
Elzy Clifford Shemwell Birth: December 27, 1889 29 19 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: January 1987 — Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
| herself |
Ocie Blanche McIlvain Birth: October 26, 1893 34 31 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States Death: February 11, 1988 — Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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Marriage: May 26, 1917 — Ottawa, Kansas, United States |