From Castles to America » Velma Ioda Pillars (1909-1999)

Personal data Velma Ioda Pillars 

  • She was born in the year 1909.
  • She died in the year 1999 in Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Co.Michigan, she was 90 years old.
    Oorzaak: Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • This information was last updated on June 2, 2015.

Household of Velma Ioda Pillars

She is married to Russell Edward Blank.

They got married on February 18, 1928 at Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo Co.Michigan, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Duane D. Blank  1928-1957
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Historical events

Day of marriage February 18, 1928

  • The temperature on February 18, 1928 was between 2.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
    • June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
    • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
    • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
    • October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
    • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

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