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Wilda Maye Redfield 1925 - 2011

Wilda Maye Redfield (1925 - 2011)
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Wilda Maye Redfield
Last Known Residence
Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado 81521
Born
September 5, 1925
Death
January 18, 2011
Summary
Wilda Maye Redfield of Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado was born on September 5, 1925, and died at age 85 years old on January 18, 2011. Wilda Redfield was buried at Veterans Memorial Cemetery Of Western Colorado Section 1D Row K Site 17 2830 D Road, in Grand Junction.

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Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado 81521
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Veterans Memorial Cemetery Of Western Colorado Section 1D Row K Site 17 2830 D Road, in Grand Junction, Colorado 81501
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Wilda Redfield passed away at age 85 years old on January 18, 2011, and was buried at Veterans Memorial Cemetery Of Western Colorado Section 1D Row K Site 17 2830 D Road, in Grand Junction. Wilda Maye Redfield of Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado was born on September 5, 1925.

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Wilda Maye Redfield lived 10 years longer than the average Redfield family member when she died at the age of 85.
The average age of a Redfield family member is 75.
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1925 - 2011 World Events

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In 1925, in the year that Wilda Maye Redfield was born, gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".

In 1931, when she was only 6 years old, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.

In 1961, when she was 36 years old, on April 17th, about 1,000 CIA trained Cuban exiles invaded Cuba with the intention of igniting a rebellion and overthrowing Castro. They were defeated within three days. Although the operation began under Eisenhower, Kennedy approved it and the operation, named the Bay of Pigs for the beach where they landed, was a humiliation for the United States.

In 1970, Wilda was 45 years old when on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

In 1982, she was 57 years old when on June 30th, time ran out on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The Amendment had only received 35 of the necessary 38 state ratifications. First sent to the states in 1972, the Amendment stated that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

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