Rita Diane Cordell (1962 - 1978)

Born 18 Sep 1962 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Nov 1978 at age 16 in Jonestown, Barima-Waini, Guyana

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Biography

Rita was born in 1962. She was the daughter of Richard Cordell and Barbara Marshall. She and her family were members of the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis, Indiana. They relocated to Redwood Valley, California in the 1960s when the Peoples Temple relocated there. She moved to Jonestown, Guyana in July 1977 with her mother, siblings, and other relatives. She and her family died there on 18 November 1978 when Jim Jones ordered the "revolutionary suicide" of Peoples Temple members. Her body was unidentified and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). "Where were the people who died in Guyana buried?" from Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=87578

• Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. (2018). Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple. https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
  • Death record
  • Cordell Family Tree
  • Edith Cordell and the Cordell Family Legacy by Don Cordell
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 July 2020), memorial page for Rita Diane Cordell (18 Sep 1962–18 Nov 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #30893062, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA ; Maintained by Natalia Danesi (contributor 46834833) .