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Velma Shear 1924 - 1978

Velma Shear was born on August 8, 1924, and died at age 53 years old in March 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Velma Shear.

Velma Shear
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    Velma Shear lived 21 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.
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In 1924, in the year that Velma Shear 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 1932, at the age of just 8 years old, Velma was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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Shear, Berta (Dec 12, 1911 - Sep 30, 1994) Shear, Max (Dec 28, 1881 - Oct 1974) Shear, Fay (Nov 29, 1926 - Dec 1988) Shear, Sidney (Apr 16, 1912 - Sep 7, 2000) Shear, Robert (Apr 10, 1926 - May 10, 1991) Shear, Pauline (Jul 4, 1898 - Mar 1987) Shear, Marlene (May 3, 1921 - May 2, 2001) Shear, Maurice (Mar 3, 1923 - Oct 24, 2001) Shear, Elaine (Oct 2, 1935 - Nov 5, 1998) Shear, Bernard (Jan 10, 1923 - Feb 3, 1999)
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