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Merl Burns 1904 - 1997

Merl Burns of Ionia, Ionia County, MI was born on July 19, 1904, and died at age 93 years old on August 3, 1997.
Merl Burns
Ionia, Ionia County, MI 48846
July 19, 1904
August 3, 1997
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  • 07/19
    1904

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    July 19, 1904
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  • 08/3
    1997

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    August 3, 1997
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    Merl Burns lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1904, in the year that Merl Burns 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 1944, when this person was 40 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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