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Irene G King 1914 - 1998

Irene G (Grapkosky) King of Danbury, Fairfield County, CT was born on March 10, 1914 at Terryville in Plymouth, Litchfield County to Anthony Grapkosky and Felicia Grapkosky. Irene King died at age 83 years old on January 3, 1998 in Danbury, Fairfield County, and was buried at Saint Peters Cemetery in Danbury.
Irene G (Grapkosky) King
Mrs. Danbury Democrat
Danbury, Fairfield County, CT 06810
March 10, 1914
Terryville in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
January 3, 1998
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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  • 03/10
    1914

    Birthday

    March 10, 1914
    Birthdate
    Terryville in Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut United States
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Irene‘a parents, Anthony and Felicia Grapkosky, were born in Poland, and came to the United States around 1900, settling in Terryville, Connecticut, before moving to Danbury, Connecticut. They had nine children, six of whom survived to adulthood.
  • Nationality & Locations

    Irene Grapkosky King was born in Terryville, Connecticut. She lived most of her life in Danbury, Connecticut.
  • Religious Beliefs

    Irene was born into a Polish-Catholic family and was an active member of Sacred Heart Church in Danbury of which her father, Anthony Grapkosky, was a founding member in 1924. Irene attended Mass faithfully for many years there.
  • Professional Career

    In her early life, Irene worked as a supervisor in Danbury’s Mallory Hat factory to help support her family. Later, after her marriage to Navy veteran Henry King, she obtained her Realtor’s license.
  • 01/3
    1998

    Death

    January 3, 1998
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut United States
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Saint Peters Cemetery in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut 06810, United States
    Burial location
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In 1914, in the year that Irene G King was born, in August, the world's first red and green traffic lights were installed at the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland Ohio. The electric traffic light had been invented by a policeman in Salt Lake City Utah in 1912.
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In 1924, she was only 10 years old when J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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