Jane (Coucill) Volkman (1924 - 2014)

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Jane (Coucill) Volkman & Robert Richard Volkman Sr.

around 1947 - April 7, 2012
Cause of Separation: Death
Wilmington, New Castle County, DE, United States

Jane (Coucill) Volkman

Robert Richard Volkman Sr.

Robert Richard Volkman Jr. Gregery Thomas Volkman

Sandra (Volkman) Miller

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Robert Richard Volkman Sr.

Mar 23, 1924 - Apr 7, 2012

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Robert Richard Volkman Jr.

Sep 10, 1950 - Unknown

Sandra (Volkman) Miller

May 14, 1953 - Unknown

Gregery Thomas Volkman

Mar 23, 1960 - Unknown

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In 1924, in the year that Jane (Coucill) Volkman was born, 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.

In 1931, Jane was merely 7 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.

In 1946, by the time she was 22 years old, pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock's book "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" was published. It sold half a million copies in the first six months. Aside from the Bible, it became the best selling book of the 20th century. A generation of Baby Boomers were raised by the advice of Dr. Spock.

In 1953, she was 29 years old when on January 20th, Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 34th President of the United States. Formerly the 1st Supreme Allied Commander Europe in World War II, Eisenhower had never previously held a political office.

In 1976, by the time she was 52 years old, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."