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Fonda Alene (Schrecengost) Held (1919 - 2012)
Fonda Alene (Schrecengost) Held, mother to 6 children, was born around August 17, 1919 at Garretts Run, Pennsylvania. She was born into the Schrecengost family and married into the Held family. She was born to David Albert Schrecengost and Mary Hannah Bishoff, with siblings Mern, Nora, Oris, Florence, Hulda, Ira, and Hazel. Fonda married Kenneth Lias Held, and they gave birth to Kenneth Charles Held, Robert Edwin Held, Larry Frank Held, James Allen Held, Sharon Diane Held, and Janice Elaine Held. She died around November 21, 2012 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania at 93 years of age.
Fonda Alene (Schrecengost) Held Biography
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Fonda Alene (Schrecengost) Held
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Fonda Held was born at Garretts Run, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania United States
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Fonda Held died in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania United States 16201
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at Lawn Haven Burial Estates, 1290 Butler Road, in Worthington, Pennsylvania US 16262
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White/German
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American
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Methodist
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Alene is/was my great grandma. I only met her twice in my life, but treasured the Christmas cookies she used to mail us each year. They were hand decorated and so soft! There were angels, bells, and some that looked like mini waffles. My uncle Bryan Held has been trying to recreate them for a long time. I wish I could have known her and learned about her history. Genealogy is my passion!
Write a comment...Hi.-My Name is Devin Turner and I don't know if I ever met Alene.
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Fonda Alene (Schrecengost) Held, mother to 6 children, passed away around November 21, 2012 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania at 93 years old. She was buried in Lawn Haven Burial Estates, Worthington, Pennsylvania. She was born around August 17, 1919 at Garretts Run, Pennsylvania. She was born to David Albert Schrecengost and Mary Hannah Bishoff, with siblings Mern, Nora, Oris, Florence, Hulda, Ira, and Hazel. Fonda married Kenneth Lias Held, and they gave birth to Kenneth Charles Held, Robert Edwin Held, Larry Frank Held, James Allen Held, Sharon Diane Held, and Janice Elaine Held.
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In 1919, in the year that Fonda Alene (Schrecengost) Held was born, in June, the Treaty of Versailles - officially ending World War I - was signed. The European Allies demanded "compensation by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea and from the air.” The requirement of compensation is seen by most as the reason for the collapse of the German economy and gave rise to the rule of Hitler.
In 1922, she was merely 3 years old when the Reparations Commission assessed German liability for World War 1 at 132 billion gold marks (over $32 billion U.S. dollars at the time). This led to hyperinflation in Germany and created the political and social atmosphere in which Hitler was able to rise to power.
In 1938, when she was 19 years old, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
In 1946, when she was 27 years old, on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.
In 1970, at the age of 51 years old, Fonda was alive when on May 1st, US troops invaded Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War. The invasion of Cambodia was a Nixon policy, although it was argued against by both his Secretary of State and his Secretary of Defense.
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