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Orpha Getz 1909 - 2005

Orpha Getz of Goshen, Elkhart County, IN was born on August 21, 1909, and died at age 96 years old on November 14, 2005.
Orpha Getz
Goshen, Elkhart County, IN 46528
August 21, 1909
November 14, 2005
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  • 08/21
    1909

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    August 21, 1909
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  • 11/14
    2005

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    November 14, 2005
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    Orpha Getz lived 22 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 96.
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In 1909, in the year that Orpha Getz was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
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In 1915, Orpha was merely 6 years old when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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