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Opal A Oedewaldt 1920 - 1987

Opal A Oedewaldt of Mapleton, Peoria County, IL was born on February 10, 1920, and died at age 67 years old on December 21, 1987.
Opal A Oedewaldt
Mapleton, Peoria County, IL 61547
February 10, 1920
December 21, 1987
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    1920

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    February 10, 1920
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  • 12/21
    1987

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    December 21, 1987
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    Opal A Oedewaldt lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1920, in the year that Opal A Oedewaldt was born, in September, a bomb exploded in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 people immediately - 8 later died due to their injuries - and injuring another 200. Killing more people than the 1910 bombing of the LA Times (the deadliest terrorist act up until then), no one took responsibility and the perpetrators were never found. Italian anarchists were suspected of the bombing.
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In 1935, at the age of only 15 years old, Opal was alive when on September 8th, Louisiana Senator Huey Long was shot by Dr. Carl Weiss. Weiss was shot and killed immediately by Long's bodyguards - Long died two days later from his injuries. Long had received many death threats previously, as well as threats against his family. He was a powerful and controversial figure in Louisiana politics (and probably gained power through multiple criminal acts). His opponents became frustrated with their attempts to oust him and Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of one of those opponents. His funeral was attended by 200,000 mourners.
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