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Vera H Retzke 1914 - 2003

Vera H Retzke of Des Plaines, Cook County, IL was born on September 15, 1914, and died at age 88 years old on May 14, 2003.
Vera H Retzke
Des Plaines, Cook County, IL 60016
September 15, 1914
May 14, 2003
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  • 09/15
    1914

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    September 15, 1914
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  • 05/14
    2003

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    May 14, 2003
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    Vera H Retzke lived 15 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1914, in the year that Vera H Retzke was born, in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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In 1941, she was 27 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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