Brief Life History of Dana Jo
When Dana Jo Wilkins was born on 4 May 1942, in Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, her father, Joe Wilkins, was 26 and her mother, Loa Francis McNall, was 22. She married Joseph William Bobacher Sr on 23 March 1991, in Clark, Nevada, United States. She died on 21 January 2018, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Phoenix Memorial Park, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Dana Jo Aguirre, "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005"
- Dana Jo Wilkins Bobacher, "Find A Grave Index"
- Dana J Wilkins in entry for Brian G Landry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This confrontation was the closest that the Cold War became a nuclear war.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands and southern England): variant of Wilkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
North German and Dutch: variant of Wilkens .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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