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Edna Bechen 1906 - 1996

Edna (Franz) Bechen of Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA was born on February 14, 1906. She was married to Emil Bechen, and had children Eugene Bechen, Donald Bechen, Robert Bechen, Raymond Bechen, Joseph Edward Bechen, and Edward Bechen. Edna Bechen died at age 90 years old in May 1996 in Dubuque.
Edna (Franz) Bechen
Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA 52001
February 14, 1906
May 1996
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, United States
Female
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  • 02/14
    1906

    Birthday

    February 14, 1906
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  • 05/dd
    1996

    Death

    May 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa United States
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    Edna Bechen lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 90.
    The average age of a Franz family member is 75.
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In 1906, in the year that Edna Bechen was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1943, when she was 37 years old, on March 31st, the Broadway musical Oklahoma! opened. Written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (the first of their string of successful collaborations), audiences loved it. The musical ran for 2,212 performances originally and was made into a movie in 1954.
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