Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas
Updated Feb 10, 2019
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Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas (1919 - 2007)

Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas was born on May 19, 1919 in Iowa. She was born into the Amelang family and married into the Boas family. She was born to Bessie Lillian Dyer Amelang and Robert Edward Amelang , with siblings Albert, Anna, William, Carl, Fredrick, Mary, and Betty. Marie died on April 1, 2007 in Ottumwa, Iowa at 87 years of age. She was buried in Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa. We know that Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas had been residing in Iowa United States.
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Birth

 in Iowa United States

Death

 on in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa United States

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Burial / Funeral

at Shaul Cemetery, 1339 Bluegrass Rd, in Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa United States

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Iowa United States

Average Age

Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas lived 15 years longer than the average Amelang family member when she died at the age of 87.

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Family

Mother: Bessie Lillian Dyer Amelang
Father: Robert Edward Amelang
Siblings: Albert Edward Amelang, Anna Edith (Amelang) Smith, William Franklin Amelang , Carl Henry Amelang , Fredrick Everett Amelang , Mary Lucille (Amelang ) Skinner, and Betty Jean (Amelang) Fowler

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Fay

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Amelang

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1919 - In the year that Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.

1922 - Marie was only 3 years old when the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. on May 30th. More than 35,000 people attended the dedication including Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, and many Union and Confederate veterans - although the audience was segregated. The Memorial took 10 years to complete.

1936 - At the age of 17 years old, Marie was alive when on November 2nd, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) debuted the world's first regular high-definition television service. The channel had a short schedule - Monday through Saturday, 3:00p to 4:00p and 9:00p to 10:00p. The first broadcast was "Opening of the BBC Television Service".

1946 - She was 27 years old when on July 4th, the Philippines gained independence from the United States. In 1964, Independence Day in the Philippines was moved from July 4th to June 12th at the insistence of nationalists and historians.

1968 - When she was 49 years old, on January 31st, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War. 70,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces swarmed into South Vietnam. The South Vietnamese and US troops held off the offensive but it was such fierce fighting that the U.S. public began to turn against the war.

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Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas died on April 1, 2007 in Ottumwa, Iowa at 87 years of age. No cause of death has been listed. She was buried in Shaul Cemetery, Ottumwa, Iowa. Marie was born on May 19, 1919 in Iowa. She was born to Bessie Lillian Dyer Amelang and Robert Edward Amelang , with siblings Albert, Anna, William, Carl, Fredrick, Mary, and Betty. We know that Marie Fay (Amelang) Boas had been residing in Iowa United States.

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