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Lela Wehnes 1898 - 1982

Lela Wehnes of Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota was born on December 14, 1898, and died at age 83 years old in July 1982.
Lela Wehnes
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota 57701
December 14, 1898
July 1982
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  • 12/14
    1898

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    December 14, 1898
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  • 07/dd
    1982

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    July 1982
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    Lela Wehnes lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1898, in the year that Lela Wehnes was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1906, she was just 8 years old when the great San Francisco earthquake hit, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake caused fires that raged for days and between the earthquake and the fire, about 3,000 people were killed and 80% of the City was destroyed.
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