Melvin Luft

Male19 August 1924–9 June 1985

Brief Life History of Melvin

When Melvin Luft was born on 19 August 1924, in Spalding, Menominee, Michigan, United States, his father, Henry Luft, was 28 and his mother, Della A Lemay, was 23. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Therese Mae Blanchette. He lived in Spalding Township, Menominee, Michigan, United States in 1940 and Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States in 1985. He died on 9 June 1985, in Iron Mountain, Dickinson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Escanaba, Delta, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Melvin Luft
1924–1985
Therese Mae Blanchette
1935–2010
Shirley Ann Luft
1957–1991
Joseph E Luft
1961–2020
Gerald P Luft
1963–2019

Sources (7)

  • Melvin J Luft, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Melvin J Luft, "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996"
  • Malvin Luft in entry for Shirley Ann Luft, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"

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Children (3)

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 3

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

Age 5

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1941

Age 17

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Alois, Dieter, Guenther, Hans, Heinrich, Johann, Johannes, Siegfried, Ulrich.

German:

from Middle High German luft ‘air’, of uncertain application, either a topographic name for someone who lived in an exposed place or a nickname for a happy-go-lucky fellow.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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