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Katherine Zilke 1904 - 1992

Katherine Zilke of Ashland, Ashland County, WI was born on August 8, 1904, and died at age 87 years old on March 1, 1992.
Katherine Zilke
Ashland, Ashland County, WI 54806
August 8, 1904
March 1, 1992
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  • 08/8
    1904

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    August 8, 1904
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  • 03/1
    1992

    Death

    March 1, 1992
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    Katherine Zilke lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1904, in the year that Katherine Zilke was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1933, Katherine was 29 years old when on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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