Elmer E. Hafenbrak (1917 - 2005)

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Elmer's Parents

William G. Hafenbrak

Jennie Heim Hafenbrak

Virginia E. Brown Elmer E. Hafenbrak

William J Hafenbrak Bethel Mudroch

Parents:

William G. Hafenbrak

Nov 16, 1880 - December 1967

Jennie Heim Hafenbrak

Unknown - 1956

Siblings:

William J Hafenbrak

May 19, 1907 - Apr 9, 1992

Virginia E. Brown

1912 - 1985

Bethel Mudroch

Unknown - 2007

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Elmer E. Hafenbrak & Anna Mae (Richman) Hafenbrak

August 31, 1940 - March 25, 2005
Cause of Separation: Death
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States

Elmer E. Hafenbrak

Anna Mae (Richman) Hafenbrak

Virginia Lee (Hafenbrak) Popham William C. Hafenbrrak

Bethel Mae (Hafenbrak) Sage

Spouse:

Anna Mae (Richman) Hafenbrak

Jan - Jul 16, 2007

Children:

Virginia Lee (Hafenbrak) Popham

Apr 22, 1941 - Unknown

Bethel Mae (Hafenbrak) Sage

Oct 3, 1942 - Unknown

William C. Hafenbrrak

Nov 5, 1944 - Apr 17, 2018

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In 1917, in the year that Elmer E. Hafenbrak was born, "I Want You" became famous. James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracted thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty. Over 4 million posters were printed in 1917 and 1918.

In 1930, at the age of only 13 years old, Elmer was alive when on August 6th, N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater went through papers in his office, destroyed some of them, withdrew all his money from the bank - $5,150, sold his stock, met friends at a restaurant for dinner and disappeared after getting into a taxi (or walking down the street - his friends' testimony later changed). His disappearance was reported to the police on September 3rd - almost a month later. His wife didn't know what happened, his fellow Justices had no idea, and his mistresses (he had several) said that they didn't know. While his disappearance was front page news, his fate was never discovered and after 40 years the case was closed, still without knowing if Crater was dead or alive.

In 1944, by the time he was 27 years old, on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.

In 1951, at the age of 34 years old, Elmer was alive when on February 27th, the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution (which limited the number of terms a president may serve to two) was ratified by 36 states, making it a part of the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment was both a reaction to the 4 term Roosevelt presidency and also the recognition of a long-standing tradition in American politics.

In 1999, by the time he was 82 years old, the fear that Y2K (year 2000) would cause the failure of computers worldwide when clocks didn't properly update to January 1st, 2000 became near panic. While some computer systems and software did have problems, the panic was unfounded and computer life went on.