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Willis Reed Bowen 1927 - 1997

Willis Reed Bowen of Las Vegas, Clark County, NV was born on January 3, 1927, and died at age 70 years old on June 10, 1997. Willis Bowen was buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section C Site 1446 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City.
Willis Reed Bowen
Las Vegas, Clark County, NV 89102
January 3, 1927
June 10, 1997
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  • 01/3
    1927

    Birthday

    January 3, 1927
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S1C Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 06/10
    1997

    Death

    June 10, 1997
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Section C Site 1446 1900 Buchanan Blvd., in Boulder City, Nv 89005
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In 1927, in the year that Willis Reed Bowen was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1933, Willis was just 6 years old when 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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