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Elmer Gerdt 1913 - 1978

Elmer Gerdt of Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana was born on November 4, 1913, and died at age 64 years old in June 1978.
Elmer Gerdt
Oldenburg, Franklin County, Indiana 47036
November 4, 1913
June 1978
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    1913

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    November 4, 1913
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  • 06/dd
    1978

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    June 1978
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    Elmer Gerdt lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1913, in the year that Elmer Gerdt was born, Woodrow Wilson became the 28th President of the United States in March. Previously the Governor of New Jersey and President of Princeton University, he was the first Southerner to serve as President since Zachary Taylor, over 60 years previous. A Democrat, he led the U.S. during World War I and championed the League of Nations.
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In 1924, Elmer was just 11 years old when 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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