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Reta M Jessen 1914 - 2002

Reta M Jessen of Morganton, Burke County, NC was born on May 19, 1914, and died at age 88 years old on August 24, 2002.
Reta M Jessen
Morganton, Burke County, NC 28655
May 19, 1914
August 24, 2002
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  • 05/19
    1914

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    May 19, 1914
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  • 08/24
    2002

    Death

    August 24, 2002
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    Reta M Jessen lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1914, in the year that Reta M Jessen was born, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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In 1942, by the time she was 28 years old, from January 7th through April 9th, the Battle of Bataan was fought in the Philippines. At the end of the battle, the U.S. and Filipino forces surrendered and a three-year occupation of the Philippines by Japan began. Between 60,000 and 80,000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendered and were marched around 60 to 69 miles - most were beaten, abused, or killed. Named the Bataan Death March, it was later declared to be a war crime.
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