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Wilma Irene (Estep) Laessle 1933 - 2022

Wilma Irene (Estep) Laessle of 18676 US Rt 50, in Bourneville, Ohio United States was born on June 20, 1933 in Ross County to Henry Harrison “Harry” Estep. She married Glen Laessle on March 23, 1957, and died at age 88 years old on January 7, 2022. Wilma Laessle was buried at Twin Township Cemetary in South Salem, Ross County.

Wilma Irene (Estep) Laessle

18676 US Rt 50, in Bourneville, Ohio United States

June 20, 1933

Ross County, Ohio, 45601, United States

January 7, 2022

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Wilma I. Laessle 88 of Bainbridge went to be with Lord Friday, January 7, 2022 from Westmoreland Place, Chillicothe. She was born June 20, 1933 in Ross County the daughter of the late Harry and Sarah Elizabeth (Lansing) Estep. On March 23, 1957 she married Glen R. Laessle, who survives. She is also survived by four children Paul (Brenda) Dunn, Tom Laessle, Becky James, and John Laessle; daughter-in-law Gail Laessle; seven grandchildren and several great grandchildren and great grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and friends. Wilma was preceded in death by her parents; a son Donald James Laessle and several siblings. Wilma graduated from Frankfort High School; she was a founding member of Twin Township EMS; she served as the clerk of Twin Township for 29 years; she was a retired bus driver for Pioneer Center and Paint Valley Local Schools. She also had owned an upholstery business. Throughout the years Wilma was a past member of Fruithill Church, Plug Run Church and Spargursville CCCU. Wilma enjoyed reading her bible, canning, cooking, gardening and attending her flowers. Funeral Services will be 1 pm Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at the SMITH-MOORE-EBRIGHT Funeral Home, Bainbridge with Pastor lee Hamilton officiating. Wilma will be laid to rest in the Twin Township Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 am until the time of the service on Tuesday.
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June 20, 1933

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Ross County, Ohio 45601, United States

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Frankfort High School
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Church of Christ in Christion Union
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Small Business Owner Bus Driver
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2022

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January 7, 2022

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Twin Township Cemetary in South Salem, Ross County, Ohio 45681, United States
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Wilma Irene (Estep) Laessle lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.

The average age of an Estep family member is 70.

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In 1933, in the year that Wilma Irene (Estep) Laessle was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.

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In 1943, when she was merely 10 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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Wilma Estep's Family Tree & Friends

Wilma Estep's Family Tree

Henry Harrison “Harry” Estep Mar 18, 1882 - Jan 26, 1967

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Wilma Irene (Estep) Laessle Jun 20, 1933 - Jan 7, 2022

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Glen Laessle