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Joe Wanek 1909 - 1983

Joe Wanek of Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska was born on November 9, 1909, and died at age 73 years old in March 1983.
Joe Wanek
Scotia, Greeley County, Nebraska 68875
November 9, 1909
March 1983
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  • 11/9
    1909

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    November 9, 1909
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  • 03/dd
    1983

    Death

    March 1983
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    Joe Wanek lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1909, in the year that Joe Wanek was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
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In 1924, at the age of merely 15 years old, Joe was alive when 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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