Brief Life History of Berniece Marion
When Berniece Marion Schoon was born on 12 March 1921, in Palmer, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, her father, Andrew Hein Schoon, was 20 and her mother, Anna Margaret Poppinga, was 16. She married Elmer Abe Beekmann on 29 August 1943, in Palmer, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States. She lived in Laurens, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Lincoln Township, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 January 2003, in Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Pocahontas, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States.
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- Bernice Schoar in household of Andrew Schoar, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bernice Marion Schoon, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Berniece Marion Schoon Beekmann, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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.
Name Meaning
North German, Dutch, and Flemish: nickname from Middle Low German schōne, Middle Dutch scoon ‘beautiful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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