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Opal Iva Mers 1924 - 2007

Opal Iva Mers of Wellington, Sumner County, KS was born on May 12, 1924, and died at age 82 years old on April 18, 2007. Opal Mers was buried at Springfield National Cemetery Section J Site 34 1702 East Seminole Street, in Springfield, Mo.

Opal Iva Mers
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Wellington, Sumner County, KS 67152
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May 12, 1924
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Updated: June 21, 2016
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    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: BR1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam
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In 1924, in the year that Opal Iva Mers was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1931, at the age of just 7 years old, Opal was alive when in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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Mers, Dorothea (May 27, 1914 - May 3, 1990) Mers, Comer (Sep 20, 1914 - Apr 1983) Mers, Anna (Nov 27, 1916 - Oct 6, 1994) Mers, Eugene (Jun 24, 1923 - Aug 12, 2009) Mers, Roy (Sep 1, 1919 - Jan 15, 2000) Mers, Robert (Jan 3, 1946 - Jul 1981) Mers, John (Mar 3, 1921 - Aug 1981) Mers, Anna (Nov 3, 1894 - Feb 18, 1989) Mers, Robert (Aug 19, 1887 - Sep 1968) Mers, Alice (Aug 14, 1942 - Aug 13, 2009)
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