Grace Elizabeth Tapp Wenkel Part 2 1930 - 1973

Part 2, Grace's married life

1930-1932

married August Paul Wenkel
moved to Beloit, Rock Wisconsin

Map of Wisconsin, and Beloit, "the gateway to Wisconsin"
Wikipedia

Again, I wonder how they met?  I think they moved to Beloit because the Wenkel clan lived near there?

Vintage WWI Red Cross Postcard

1932

Birth of daughter Laura Grace Wenkel, and son Laurence Paul Wenkel (twins) 25 February 1932, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin

1933

birth of son Howard Wenkel,

1933 Chicago World's Fair

Historical Insight from Ancestry.com

General Motors constructed a working model of its assembly line for spectators to view at its pavilion. 1933, Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago/Archive Photos/Getty Images

1933 Historical insight -- The End of Prohibition

From Ancestry.com

 

The 21st Amendment left alcohol prohibition for the states to decide, and Mississippi remained a “dry” state until 1966. December 5, 1933, New York, New York. Credit: Imagno/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Franklin Delano Roosevelt elected President

Wikipedia

1934  ad for King Kong
Marshfield News-Herald (Marshfield, Wisconsin) January 1934
from Newspapers.com

1935

birth and death of child Infant Wenkel

1936

Credit: Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Historical Insight -- The 1936 North American Heat Wave

Throughout the summer of 1936, the United States experienced one of the most devastating heatwaves in the nation’s history.

1939

Birth of son Lester R. Wenkel, 2 August 1939, Woodstock, McHenry, Illinois

Vintage-Baby-Bonnet-Image-2-GraphicsFairy

1940

Birth of daughter Ruth Wenkel

1943

Birth of daughter Nancy Irene Wenkel, 28 January 1943, Woodstock, McHenry Illinois

1945

Harry S. Truman elected President

Wikipedia

1950s

The last photo taken of all the Tapp children together. Back left to right Olive Tapp Woods, Harold A Tapp, Glenn Tapp, Harry Bushrod Tapp Front left to right Grace Tapp Wenkel, Helen A Tapp, Sadie Tapp Wilson, Clara Tapp Peterson

Children of Joseph and Laura Swope Tapp.
Grace is the first one on the front row

1953

Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President

Wikipedia

1954 Dresses,
The News Herald December 1954
from Newspapers.com

1954

death of mother Laura Grant Swope Tapp, 18 March 1954, Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin

1961

John F. Kennedy elected PResident

Wikipedia

1962

Death of brother Harry Bushrod Tapp, 1 September 1962, Peoria, Illinois

Ancestry.com

1963

Lyndon B. Johnson assumes presidency

Wikipedia

1966

My dad took this photo.  But, I don't think anybody noticed the third person hiding.  Wonder who she is?

"A Couple of Hams"
Grace Tapp Wenkel with Ruth Wenkel Vidunas
1966 photo by Bill Vidunas

Grace Tapp Wenkel 1966
photo by Bill Vidunas

This photo below is the Wenkel Clan in 1966, including Laurence and Joan Indelicato Wenkel, Grace Tapp Wenkel, Laura Wenkel Saturday, and a bunch of the Wenkel Grandchildren.

Wenkel Clan, 1966
photo by Bill Vidunas

Olive, Sadie, Helen, Clara with Grace Tapp Wenkel on the far right, 1966

The Wenkel Sisters, 1966
photo taken by Bill Vidunas

Grace Tapp Wenkel with a couple of granddaughters
1966 photo by Bill Vidunas

1969

Richard M. Nixon elected president

from Wikipedia

1973

Death of husband August Paul Wenkel, 24 July 1973, Wauconda, Lake Illinois

August Paul Wenkel gravestone

1973

Death, 23 October 1973, Hialeah, Miami-Dade, Florida
buried Woodstock, McHenry County Illinois

Grace Wenekel obituary
hard copy in possession of granddaughter J'Anette

Grace Tapp Wenkel gravestone
from FindaGrave memorial # 32745355

McHenry County Memorial Park
Woodstock, McHenry County Illinois
from FindaGrave memorial # 32745355