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Opal Riffel 1921 - 1988

Opal Riffel of Highland, Madison County, IL was born on June 28, 1921, and died at age 67 years old in October 1988.

Opal Riffel
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Highland, Madison County, IL 62249
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June 28, 1921
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In 1921, in the year that Opal Riffel was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1933, by the time she was only 12 years old, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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Riffel, Anne (Jan 26, 1937 - Mar 1972) Riffel, Kathyyn (Nov 6, 1892 - Mar 1985) Riffel, Frances (Feb 8, 1884 - Jul 1962) Riffel, Lillian (Mar 24, 1896 - Jul 1974) Riffel, Robert (Mar 14, 1922 - Jan 12, 2001) Riffel, Phyllis (Aug 25, 1933 - Oct 20, 2008) Riffel, William (May 30, 1920 - Dec 1972) Riffel, Mildred (Dec 30, 1901 - Jun 1985) Riffel, Kenneth (Jul 3, 1922 - Jan 1983) Riffel, Sam (Jul 16, 1882 - Sep 1962)
Riffel, Richard (May 7, 1924 - Dec 24, 1984) Riffel, Leo (Feb 22, 1917 - Nov 1968) Riffel, Joseph (Apr 13, 1896 - Jan 1963) Riffel, Lillian (Apr 7, 1909 - Dec 1975) Riffel, Eleanor (Oct 3, 1925 - Oct 1995) Riffel, Joseph (Mar 3, 1920 - Jul 1972) Riffel, Gertrude (Jul 2, 1893 - Oct 1986) Riffel, Edwin (Jul 27, 1903 - Feb 1, 1996) Riffel, Bernhard (Nov 7, 1878 - Feb 1972) Riffel, James (May 26, 1894 - Aug 1975)
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