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Helen Romence 1915 - 2011

Helen Romence of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on March 27, 1915, and died at age 96 years old on July 4, 2011.
Helen Romence
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49546
March 27, 1915
July 4, 2011
Female
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  • 03/27
    1915

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    March 27, 1915
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  • 07/4
    2011

    Death

    July 4, 2011
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    Helen Romence lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1915, in the year that Helen Romence was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1925, at the age of only 10 years old, Helen was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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