Olive Lois
STRAIGHT
(b.
20 May 1918
,
Jay, New York, USA
d.
14 June 2010
,
Sullivan, New York, USA
)
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Olive Lois STRAIGHT was born 20 May 1918 in Jay, New York, USA
Olive Lois STRAIGHT was the child of Armintus "Mint" John STRAIGHT and Georgie Anna HEWITT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henry Carlos STRAIGHT and Lilla Amanda OTIS (maternal) Clarence Varnum HEWITT and Phoebe Edna NYEOlive Lois STRAIGHT died 14 June 2010 in Sullivan, New York, USA .
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1918 Birth 20 May 1918
Jay, New York, USA
1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA1942 marriage
Name: Olive Lois Straight
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1918
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1942
Marriage Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Registration Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Father: Mint J Straight
Mother: Georgia Hewitt
Spouse: Elwyn Merrill Ward
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 26
Spouse Father: Elwyn F Ward
Spouse Mother: Helen Merrill
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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Name: Olive Lois Straight
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1918
Marriage Date: 5 Oct 1942
Marriage Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Registration Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Father: Mint J Straight
Mother: Georgia Hewitt
Spouse: Elwyn Merrill Ward
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 26
Spouse Father: Elwyn F Ward
Spouse Mother: Helen Merrill
Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
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The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis was a tense 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast. The crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war. It began when American spy planes discovered the missiles, leading to a U.S. naval blockade of Cuba and intense negotiations. The crisis ended when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba and secretly agreeing to remove American missiles from Turkey.1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.June 17, 1972 – August 9, 1974 - Watergate Scandal began with the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., in 1972. Members of President Richard Nixon's administration attempted to cover up their involvement. The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by the Nixon administration, the resignation of President Nixon in 1974, and the indictment of several administration officials.1973 - January 22 - Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 and Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179: The U.S. Supreme Court declares that the Constitution protects women’s right to terminate an early pregnancy, thus making abortion legal in the U.S.1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam The cell phone was invented by Martin Cooper of Motorola. On April 3, 1973, he made the first handheld mobile phone call with the Motorola DynaTAC. This device weighed 2.5 pounds and was 10 inches long, offering 30 minutes of talk time and requiring 10 hours to charge. The first commercial cell phone was released in 1983, revolutionizing communication and leading to the modern smartphones we use today.
1974 - Gerald R. Ford becomes President of the United States after the resignation of Richard Nixon.1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)1986 - January 28 - Space Shuttle Challenger accident - The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. 1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)2001 - September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Coordinated terrorist attacks by the extremist group al-Qaeda on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, leading to significant changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including the War on Terror.Obituary
CHITTENANGO — Olive Loucks, 92, of 629 Lakeport Road, Chittenango, and a former Whitelaw resident, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at University Hospital, following a brief illness.
She was born on May 20, 1918, in Jay, N.Y., the daughter of Mint and Georgia Hewitt Straight.
Olive lived in Syracuse for many years, graduating from Ausable Forks High School in 1936. She later moved to Whitelaw in 1964, where she lived until moving to Chittenango in 2004.
She had been the Office Manager for Herbert Lees Assoc., Inc., in Syracuse for fifteen years, retiring in 1969.
Olive had been a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Lebanon Chapter No. 150.
She has been a member of the Whitelaw Presbyterian Church, and The Women's Home Circle of the church.
Olive enjoyed baking, traveling, and working at church functions.
She first married Raymond S. Wamsganz on May 2, 1953 in Stittville, N.Y. Ray died on March 3, 1985. She later married Vernon M. Loucks on June 6, 1992, in...Read MORE...
CHITTENANGO — Olive Loucks, 92, of 629 Lakeport Road, Chittenango, and a former Whitelaw resident, died Monday, June 14, 2010, at University Hospital, following a brief illness.
She was born on May 20, 1918, in Jay, N.Y., the daughter of Mint and Georgia Hewitt Straight.
Olive lived in Syracuse for many years, graduating from Ausable Forks High School in 1936. She later moved to Whitelaw in 1964, where she lived until moving to Chittenango in 2004.
She had been the Office Manager for Herbert Lees Assoc., Inc., in Syracuse for fifteen years, retiring in 1969.
Olive had been a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Lebanon Chapter No. 150.
She has been a member of the Whitelaw Presbyterian Church, and The Women's Home Circle of the church.
Olive enjoyed baking, traveling, and working at church functions.
She first married Raymond S. Wamsganz on May 2, 1953 in Stittville, N.Y. Ray died on March 3, 1985. She later married Vernon M. Loucks on June 6, 1992, in...Read MORE...
2010 Death 14 June 2010
Sullivan, New York, USA
She died at the age of 92.
Olive is buried at: Whitelaw Cemetery Lenox Madison County New York, USA
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