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Personal data Melvin Kenneth Kuper 

  • He was born on March 15, 1933 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.
  • Resident on March 15, 2005: somewhere in IL.Source 1
  • (Milit-Beg) in the year 1951 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.
    U.S. navy
  • (Milit-End) in the year 1955 in fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.
  • He died on August 23, 2014 in Joliet Area Comm. Hospice Home, Joliet, Will Co., IL, he was 81 years old.
  • He is buried on August 29, 2014 in Abraham Lincoln Nat. Cem., Elwood, Will Co., IL.
  • A child of Jerry M. Kuper and Marian (Marion) Grace Aukes
  • This information was last updated on November 28, 2023.

Household of Melvin Kenneth Kuper

He is married to Vera Joyce Hoek.

They got married on November 12, 1955 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, he was 22 years old.

Melvin Kenneth Kuper oo Vera Joyce Hoek

Marriage sources: Author: Hull, La Rie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: LH, Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI)

Mrs. Hull cites her source: Mrs. Doris Bent Bousfield, Lennox, SD.
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Notes about Melvin Kenneth Kuper

Melvin Kenneth Kuper

Sources: Author: Hull, LaRie; Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: LH, Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI) for name, dob.

Mrs. Hull cites her source: Mrs. Doris Bent Bousfield, Lennox, SD. ...

Title: The History of Lincoln County South Dakota, (Publication site: Canton, SD, Publisher: The Lincoln Co. History Comm., Publication date: MCMLXXXV), pg. 523, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

Author: Knock Marvin; Title: e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Sioux Fls., SD, Publisher: MK, Publication date: xv Mar MMV)

"Harvey L. Hoek, Maple Grove, MN - 03/15/05 Maple Grove, MN - Harvey L. Hoek, age 63, of Maple Grove, MN, ...
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He is survived by ... 2 sisters and brothers-in-law, ... and Vera and Mel Kuper of Illinois ..."

Melvin & Vera are first cousins once removed.

Author: Ross, J. Edward; Title: "Melvin Kenneth Kuper," (Publication site: Elwood, IL, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: ii Sept MMXIV)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135315408/melvin-kenneth-kuper

"Photo [Melvin's military-style stone] added by J. Edward Ross

Melvin Kenneth Kuper Birth 15 Mar 1933 Death 23 Aug 2014 (aged 81) Burial Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois, USA Plot Section 6B Site 810 Memorial ID 135315408

Chicago Tribune (IL) - Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Melvin K. Kuper, age 81 passed away Saturday August 23, 2014 at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home, late of Romeoville, formerly of Addison.

Veteran of the Korean War serving US Navy 1951 to 1955. He was retired from American Airlines and the Village of Addison.

He is survived by his loving wife Vera Kuper; children Renae (Rick) Piquard, Deborah (Tom) Hand, Cynthia (Scott) Sliwinski, Kevin (Juliane Nelson) Kuper and Kent (Martha) Kuper; siblings Gary (Eloise) Kuper, Myron (Sue) Kuper and Beverly Hansen, also 10 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by his parents Jerry and Marian Kuper; brother Vernon Kuper; sister Frances Meinders Severs and a grandson.

Visitation Thursday 3 to 8 p.m. at the Anderson Memorial Home, 21131 W. Renwick Rd. in Crest Hill.

Funeral Friday August 29, 2014 where he will lie in state from 8:30 am until the time of service 9:30 am at Plainfield Congregational (UCC), 24020 W. Fraser Rd. in Plainfield (www.plainfielducc.org).

Interment to follow, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.

www.andersonmemorialhomes.com (815) 577-5250

Parents
Jerry M Kuper 1908-1999
[photo-woman] Marian Grace Aukes Kuper 1914-1984

Siblings

[photo-stone shared with Harold W. Meinders] Frances J. Kuper Meinders 1931-2012
Vernon Delmar Kuper 1934-1982
[photo-unnamed daug. Kuper] Infant Daughter Kuper 1947-1947

Created by: J. Edward Ross Added: 2 Sep 2014 Find A Grave Memorial 135315408"

Chiseled on his stone: "[a cross] MELVIN K KUPER AD3 US NAVY KOREA MAR 15 1933 AUG 23 2014 PSALM 23"

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/melvin-kuper-obituary?id=2682527
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    Historical events

    Birthday March 15, 1933

    • The temperature on March 15, 1933 was between 4.0 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
      • February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
      • March 2 » The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
      • March 9 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
      • March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
      • September 26 » As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
      • November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.

    Day of marriage November 12, 1955

    • The temperature on November 12, 1955 was between 1.9 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
      • February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
      • April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
      • April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
      • August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
      • October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
      • November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.

    Day of death August 23, 2014

    • The temperature on August 23, 2014 was between 8.1 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
      • February 11 » A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
      • March 8 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
      • April 9 » A student stabs 20 people at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.
      • May 11 » Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
      • September 16 » The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
      • September 28 » The 2014 Hong Kong protests begin in response to restrictive political reforms imposed by the NPC in Beijing.

    Day of burial August 29, 2014

    • The temperature on August 29, 2014 was between 13.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2014: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
      • March 27 » Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
      • April 22 » More than 60 people are killed and 80 are seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.
      • May 11 » Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
      • July 17 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
      • October 22 » Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.
      • December 10 » Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
    

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