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Merle Riekena

Sources: Author: Morelli, Jill, Title: "Merle Riekena," (Publication location: Wellsburg, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: viii Sept MMX), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58402119/merle-riekena

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Merle Riekena Birth 14 Sep 1940 Death 15 Sep 1940 (aged 1 day) Burial First Christian Reformed Cemetery Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 58402119

We extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Emery Riekena, who mourn the loss of a baby boy born Saturday evening and passed away Sunday afternoon.

--The Wellsburg Herald (Wellsburg, Iowa), 18 September 1940, pg 5
--http://iagenweb.org/boards/grundy/obituaries/index.cgi?read=623654
Contributor: KDB (49659419)

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Parents
Emery Eugene Riekena 1914-1963
Helen Primus Riekena 1918-2010

Siblings

Infant Son Riekena 1944-1944

Inscription "Baby Merle Riekena" Gravesite Details son of Emery & Helen Riekena

Created by: Jill Morelli Added: 8 Sep 2010 Find a Grave Memorial 58402119"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Merle Riekena

Evert J. Riekena
1883-1952
Mary Jibbe Ross
1887-1966
Henry B. Primus
1893-1964
Grietje C. Ruter
1896-1975

Merle Riekena
1940-1940


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    Birthday September 14, 1940

    • The temperature on September 14, 1940 was between 7.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
      • June 17 » The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
      • June 26 » World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
      • July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
      • October 7 » World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
      • November 12 » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.

    Day of death September 15, 1940

    • The temperature on September 15, 1940 was between 5.9 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
      • July 19 » World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army.
      • August 31 » Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
      • September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
      • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
      • November 10 » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
      • December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
    

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