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Josefa Karkocha 1922 - 1998

Josefa Karkocha of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ was born on August 20, 1922, and died at age 75 years old on January 17, 1998.
Josefa Karkocha
Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ 08302
August 20, 1922
January 17, 1998
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  • 08/20
    1922

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    August 20, 1922
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  • 01/17
    1998

    Death

    January 17, 1998
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    Josefa Karkocha lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1922, in the year that Josefa Karkocha was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1934, at the age of only 12 years old, Josefa was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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