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Rita M Garski 1922 - 2009

Rita M Garski of Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL was born on May 20, 1922, and died at age 86 years old on January 17, 2009.
Rita M Garski
Elmhurst, Du Page County, IL 60126
May 20, 1922
January 17, 2009
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  • 05/20
    1922

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    May 20, 1922
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  • 01/17
    2009

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    January 17, 2009
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    Rita M Garski lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1922, in the year that Rita M Garski was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1934, Rita was only 12 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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