Anne Vidunas Beretsky 1960s
1961, brother Louis dies
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1960 Nurses, (clusterpile, 2010)
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1961
12 February 1961 -- Brother Louis A. Vidunas dies
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Anne's brother Louis Vidunas died
(Wiles-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1961)
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"Louis A. Vidunas, 15 Cherry Street, Kingston, a retired mine worker, died last night at 10:50 in the Wyoming Valley Hospital, where he was admitted earlier in the day for medical treatment ... He also leaves a brother, John and two sisters, Mrs. Stella Lowman, Kingston, and Mrs. George Beretsky, Edwardsville" (Wiles-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1961)
What we get from this is that Anne Vidunas Beretsky was living in Edwardsville at this time.
John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th President of the United States
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1961 - 1963 John F. Kennedy, 35th President
{Wikipedia -- Kennedy, 2018) |
President John F. Kennedy Quote: -- "The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds" (Kennedy, 2018)
In Other News:
1960 -- The US submarine Tritun is the first to circumnavigate the world completely under water; The first weather satellite -- Tiros I -- is launched; Laser is developed to a pin-point; and Pantyhose is developed
1961 -- Alan Shephard is aboard the First US manned spaceflight; Yuri Gagarin is actually the First Human in space; Berlin Wall goes up, separating Eastern Communist Germany from Western Democratic Germany and would stay up for nearly 30 years
1962 -- Cuban missile crisis threatens peace in our time; Vatican II proceeds (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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1962 Cherry Ames Staff Nurse
(Wells, 1962)
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1963
6 April 1963 -- Husband George Beretsky dies
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| Anne Vidunas Beretsky, wife of George Beretsky |
George was a mechanic, living with his family at 41 Jackson Street, Edwardsville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. His wife, is listed as Mrs Anna Beretsky, his father as Michael Beretsky (no mother listed). Anna was the informant. This was quite a tragedy, as George was in a field next to his house, working on a vehicle lifted up on jacks. The front end slipped off the jacks. He suffered internal injuries, and multiple fractures of the chest. It was ruled an accident with no autopsy needed. Apparently, he was working on the car on his time off, because it says the accident occurred "not while at work." He was buried on 9 April 1963, at Denison Cemetery in Swoyersville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
One thing I noticed about this document is the ink. It looks like it was written with a fountain pen of the time, with the uneven strokes.
George Beretsky Obituary
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(Wilkes-Barre Times Leader,
the Evening News,
Wilkes-Barre Record,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1963)
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Here we find a bit more information. He told his wife he was going to work on the car. George's brother Michael found him, called emergency services. They provided oxygen and artificial respirations for about 45 minutes. Remember, there was no CPR as we know it in 2019, but it probably would not have helped in this case. He was also a WWII Navy Veteran.
An interesting note: This man is George Beretsky born 1903. There are several newspaper accounts of George Beretsky Jr who was in the US navy in WWII, who'd been in an accident severing both his legs. He was 22 years old, making his date of birth 1925 or so. They held fund raisers to get him into a business of some sorts. Could this be Anne's son? If you know that information, or would like the newspaper clippings, (from newspapers.com) give me a hollar using the contact form on the right.
41 Jackson Street, Edwardsville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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George and Ann Vidunas Beretsky 1963
71 Jackson Street, Edwardsville
Google Maps 2019
red is Anne's address 1963
blue is Anne's address 1950
yellow are other Vidunas events |
Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville, Luzerne PA
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Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville PA
Google Maps 2019
Red is George Beretsky 1963 burial
Yellow are other Vidunas events |
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President of the United States
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1963 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President
(Wikipedia -- Johnson, 2018) |
President Lyndon B. Johnson Quote: -- "We live in a world that has narrowed into a neighborhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood" (Johnson, 2018)
In Other News: -- President Kennedy is Assassinated on public television; The first artificial heart is developed this year; Compact Cassette Recordings become the new way to copy music; Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to reach outer space (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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| 1964 City Directory |
1964
In Other News: -- US Civil Rights bill grants equal freedoms and rights to everyone; the Vietnam War starts this year and will take the lives of so many of our young men and ruin most of those who make it back home (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
http://ourtimelines.com/hpages/zvwar.html
1965
In Other News:
1965 -- Blacks riot in the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles; First spacewalks happen jointly with the US and the USSR
1966 -- 8-track players begin filling our lives with music; and the US and USSR make the first soft landings on the moon (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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1965_clip_art__technology,
12 transistor AM FM SW Portable Radio
(The Central New Jersey Home News
(New Brunswick, New
Jersey), 1965)
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1967
In Other News:
1968 -- Martin Luther King is assassinated; Robert Kennedy is assassinated (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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1965_clip_art__technology,
Automatic Stereo Portable Phono
(The Central New Jersey Home News
(New Brunswick, New
Jersey), 1965)
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1969
Richard M. Nixon becomes the 37th President of the United States
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1969-1974 Richard M Nixon
(Wikipedia -- Nixon, 2018) |
President Richard M. Nixon Quote: -- "The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting" (Nixon, 2018).
In Other News: -- The first US Moon Landing by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin gets people's imaginations going; Woodstock Music Festival does just about the same thing in a totally different and drugged out way; (OurTimelines.com, 2018)
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1965_clip_art__technology,
Famous Make 8mm Action Editor
(The Central New Jersey Home News
(New Brunswick, New Jersey), 1965)
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