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Rita Rose Mecusker 1922 - 1999

Rita Rose (Neilsen) Mecusker was born on July 12, 1922 in Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois United States. They was married to Mathew Ralph Mecusker Jr, and had children Mathew Ralph Mecusker Iii and Douglas Scott Mecusker. Rita Mecusker died at age 76 years old on May 6, 1999 in Pueblo, Pueblo County, CO.
Rita Rose (Neilsen) Mecusker
July 12, 1922
Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States
May 6, 1999
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, United States
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  • 07/12
    1922

    Birthday

    July 12, 1922
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    Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois United States
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  • 05/6
    1999

    Death

    May 6, 1999
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado United States
    Death location
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    Rita Rose Mecusker lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
    The average age of a Neilsen family member is 74.
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In 1922, in the year that Rita Rose Mecusker was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1931, by the time this person was just 9 years old, on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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