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Laverne Willis 1938 - 2007

Laverne Elsie (Price) Willis of Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI was born on August 27, 1938 in Olmsted, Pulaski County, Illinois United States, and died at age 68 years old on August 23, 2007 in Wayne County, MI. Laverne Willis was buried at Michigan Memorial Park Cemetery in Flat Rock.
Laverne Elsie (Price) Willis
Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI 48192
August 27, 1938
Olmsted, Pulaski County, Illinois, 62970, United States
August 23, 2007
Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Female
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  • 08/27
    1938

    Birthday

    August 27, 1938
    Birthdate
    Olmsted, Pulaski County, Illinois 62970, United States
    Birthplace
  • Personal Life & Family

    Laverne Elsie (Price) Willis was born on August 27th, 1938 in Olmsted, Illinois to Lewis Price (1913 - 2009) and Elsie Schultz (1917 - 1992) and she had three brothers, including Franklin Lewis Price (1940 - 2003). Laverne Price married Charles Edward Willis (1931 - 1993) in April of 1957 and they had one son and one daughter.
  • 08/23
    2007

    Death

    August 23, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Wayne County, Michigan United States
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    Michigan Memorial Park Cemetery in Flat Rock, Wayne County, Michigan United States
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In 1938, in the year that Laverne Willis was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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In 1944, she was only 6 years old when on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.
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