Donna Jean Kline (1931 - 2014)

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Donna's Parents

Lawnie Valentine Kline Sr.

Edith Maxine Mechling

Lawnie Valentine Kline Jr. Donna Jean Kline

Lucille May Maxine Kline Delno Karl Kline Sr.

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Lawnie Valentine Kline Sr.

Dec 5, 1902 - Sep 6, 1969

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Edith Maxine Mechling

1906 - Apr 30, 1995

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Lucille May Maxine Kline

Sep 11, 1924 - Mar 12, 1931

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Lawnie Valentine Kline Jr.

1926 - May 5, 1994

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Delno Karl Kline Sr.

1929 - 2002

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Donna Jean Kline & Russell Wayne Hollar

November 5, 1949
Cause of Separation: Death

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Russell Wayne Hollar

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Russell Wayne Hollar

Mar 14, 1929 - Oct 17, 2008

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In 1931, in the year that Donna Jean Kline was born, on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

In 1945, by the time she was merely 14 years old, on May 8th, World War II in Europe ended when Germany surrendered. Hitler had committed suicide a week before.

In 1958, she was 27 years old when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1962, Donna was 31 years old when on February 20th, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. The Friendship 7 flew three times around the earth in 4 hours and 55 minutes. At age 77, Glenn returned to space - the oldest person to fly in space.

In 1989, when she was 58 years old, on January 20th, George Herbert Walker Bush became the 41st President of the United States. Previously Ronald Regan's Vice President, he ran against Michael Dukakis and won the popular vote by 53.4% to 45.6%.