Janice Yvonne Brunk

Brief Life History of Janice Yvonne

When Janice Yvonne Brunk was born on 10 January 1926, in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States, her father, Carl Frederick Brunk, was 41 and her mother, Marie Frances Lowry, was 40. She married John Anthony Checchio on 18 June 1949, in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1950 and Elkhart, Indiana, United States in 2007. She died on 29 July 2007, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Anthony Checchio
1924–2005
Janice Yvonne Brunk
1926–2007
Marriage: 18 June 1949
Mary Lenora Checchio
1952–1997

Sources (14)

  • Janice Y Checchio, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
  • Janice Yvonne Brunk Checchio, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

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

1929

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.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

German: variant of Brunke .

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

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