Grave has been located flag female ancestor  Joan Elizabeth  LANGLOIS

  (b. 22 July 1926 Alabama, USA   d. 31 July 2013 Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA )  

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Joan Elizabeth LANGLOIS was born 22 July 1926 in Alabama, USA

Joan Elizabeth LANGLOIS was the child of Henry Edward LANGLOIS   and   Lulan Elizabeth RHODES and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Alexandre LANGLOIS and Ellen (Helene) MELADY (maternal)  James Monroe RHODES and Lou Ella RIGGS

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Joan Elizabeth  married  Robert Drake SCULL 6 November 1947 in Richmond, Virginia, USA .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Robert Drake SCULL  was born 22 May 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.  Robert Drake died 3 November 1968 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.  Robert Drake was the child of Drake Von Moltke SCULL and Henrietta May ADAMS.

Joan Elizabeth LANGLOIS died 31 July 2013 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
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Joan Elizabeth LANGLOIS married Grave has been locatedWorld War II Soldier flag male ancestor Robert Drake SCULL-- Date: 6 November 1947 Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Robert Drake SCULL was the child of Drake Von Moltke SCULL and Henrietta May ADAMS


Name: Robert Drake Scull
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1924
Marriage Date: 6 Nov 1947
Marriage Place: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Registration Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Father: Von M Scull
Mother: Henrietta Adams
Spouse: Joan Elizabeth Langlois
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 21
Spouse Father: Henry E Langlois
Spouse Mother: Lula Rhodes

Ancestry.com. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.


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birth1926 Birth
22 July 1926
Alabama, USA
News1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)
Invention 1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)
Invention 1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Invention 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.
marriage1947 Marriage / Partner
Joan Elizabeth LANGLOIS and Robert Drake SCULL 6 November 1947, Richmond, Virginia, USA

She was 21 years old.
News1962 - 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.
News1963 - I Have a Dream Speech - Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963.
1968 Death of Spouse/Partner
Robert Drake SCULL died 3 November 1968, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
NewsJune 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.
News1973 - 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.
News1973 - March 29 - The last United States soldier leaves Vietnam
Invention 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.
News1981 - June 5 - First reported case of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
News1986 - 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.
Invention 1989 - The World Wide Web is invented at CERN (Tim Berners-Lee, UK)
News2001 - 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
Chesapeake - Joan Elizabeth Langlois Scull passed away peacefully on the morning of July 31, 2013. The second youngest of eight children, she was raised by Henry Langlois of Maine and Lulan Rhodes Langlois in Alabama, where their household was the only Catholic family in Clarke County. Growing up in Suggsville, she excelled in basketball and was an acquaintance of Harper Lee, a local girl her age from nearby Monroeville who later wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. Joan also had many great stories to tell from her childhood. She came to Virginia at the end of World War II and married a veteran, Robert Drake Scull of Norfolk. A traditional homemaker with a loving and sweet disposition, Joan was praised for her fried chicken, pancakes and turkey dressing. She devoted her life to raising her children and helping to raise her grandchildren. In doing so, she placed a special emphasis on good works, artistic expression and moral virtue. Joan raised four children, the eldest of whom, Margaret Anne, ...Read MORE...


Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Sunday, August 4, 2013
death2013 Death
31 July 2013
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

She died at the age of 87.

Joan is buried at: Forest Lawn Cemetery Norfolk Norfolk City Virginia, USA Plot: Linden Lawn Block Q Space 50
Added: 10/18/2016 12:57:24 PM - Updated: 9/21/2021 10:32:39 AM

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