Brief Life History of Glenn Edward
When Glenn Edward Strunk was born on 4 October 1925, in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, United States, his father, Virgil Dennis Strunk, was 30 and his mother, Mary Ethaline Marler, was 26. He married Eva Franklin on 2 April 1946, in Jones, Mississippi, United States. He lived in Benton Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 15 November 1993, in Colorado, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Fruita, Gunnison, Colorado, United States.
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- Glenn E Strunk, "United States 1950 Census"
- Glenn E Strunk, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Glen Edward Strunk, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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 · Denver Airport opens
On Oct 17 1929, Denver Municipal Airport opens. Later, in 1964, it would be renamed Stapleton International Airport. It would be replaced by Denver International Airport, 31 years later.
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: from Middle Low German strunk ‘stalk, stump’, hence a nickname for a short, stout, ungainly person, or a topographic name for someone who lived in an area with tree trunks.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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