Arvel Deppen, b: 1917 -

^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}


		^{Samuel Grant Deppen}^b.1870 d.

	^{Clarence Ray Deppen}^{b.1891 d.1918}	^{Emma Jane Schlegel}^b.1873 d.

^{Arvel Deppen}^b.1917 d.

	^{Arnie Smeltz}^b.1893 d.





^Margaret^b.1919 d.