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Helen Ratke 1917 - 1998

Helen Ratke of Calumet City, Cook County, IL was born on November 7, 1917, and died at age 80 years old on February 21, 1998.
Helen Ratke
Calumet City, Cook County, IL 60409
November 7, 1917
February 21, 1998
Female
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  • 11/7
    1917

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    November 7, 1917
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  • 02/21
    1998

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    February 21, 1998
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    Helen Ratke lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1917, in the year that Helen Ratke was born, Russian government offices were seized and the Romanov's Winter Palace was stormed in the Russian February and October Revolutions. The February revolution resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas and a coalition of the Parliament and workers parties taking control of the government. The October revolution resulted in Lenin and the Bolsheviks taking complete control.
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In 1924, when she was only 7 years old, 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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