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Hazel Lucille Martin was born on 16 July 1919 in Hunt County, Texas.¹ She and Wesley Barker Reed were married on 15 July 1945 in Hunt County, Texas.¹ She died on 27 May 1992, at age 72, in Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon.¹

Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
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Name: Hazel Lucille Reed
Age: 72
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1919
Death Date: 27 May 1992
Death Place: Clackamas
Spouse: Wesley
Certificate: 92-10832

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Hazel M. Reed
SSN: 449-24-0488
Last Residence: 97023 Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Born: 16 Jul 1919
Last Benefit: 97023 Estacada, Clackamas, Oregon, United States of America
Died: May 1992
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951.)

Everette Raymond Johnson was born on 12 January 1912 in Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA.¹ He and Marian Reed were married in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.¹ He died on 19 November 1984, at age 72, in Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA.

Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census
SIXTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1940
POPULATION SCHEDULE
State: Illinois
County: Marion
Township or other division of county: Salem
Incorporated place: Salem City
Ward of city: ?
Block nos: -
S.D. No: 23
E.D. No: 61-34
Sheet No: 12 B
Enumerated: April 18, 1940
Line No. 44-46
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: E. Main
House number: 814
Number of household in order of visitation: 214
House owned or rented: R
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental: 25
Does this family live on a farm: no
Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940, was in this household

Name: JOHNSON, RAYMOND
Relation: Head
Sex: M
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 27
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: H-3
Place of Birth: Illinois
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Chicago
County: Cook
State (or Territory of foreign country): Illinois
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: yes
If not, was he at work on or assigned to public emergency work: no
Was this person seeking work: no
If not seeking work, did he have a job: yes
Occupation: ?od Carrier
Industry: Building

Name: JOHNSON, MARION
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 29
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: C-1
Place of Birth: Kansas
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Chicago
County: Cook
State (or Territory of foreign country): Illinois
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: no
If not, was he at work on or assigned to public emergency work: no
Was this person seeking work: no
If not seeking work, did he have a job: no
Occupation: -

Name: JOHNSON, RAYMOND Jr.
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 4
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: 0
Place of Birth: Illinois
______________________________

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Everett Johnson
SSN: 320-16-3496
Last Residence: 62881 Salem, Marion, Illinois, USA
Born: 12 Jun 1912
Died: Nov 1984
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951.) Everette Raymond Johnson had been previously married in 1973 to Gladys J. Quick in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA.

Everette Raymond Johnson, Jr., was born on 17 February 1936 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.¹ He died on 22 October 1967, at age 31, in Topsail Twp., Pender Co., North Carolina, USA, auto accident Highway #17.¹ He was buried in Pilot Mountain City Cemetery, Pilot Mountain, Surry Co., North Carolina, USA.

North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
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Name: Raymond Everette Johnson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 31
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1936
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Death Date: 22 Oct 1967
Death Location: Highway #17, Pender
Spouse's Name: Joyce Tetts Johnson
Father's Name: Everette R. Johnson
Mother's name: Marion Reed
Residence: Saraland, Mobile, Alabama

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Raymond Johnson
Birth: 1936
Death: 1967
Burial: Pilot Mountain City Cemetery, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Created by: Cindy S Munson
Record added: Aug 18, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial # 95550362.

Joyce Marie Tetts was born on 30 January 1942 in Eastland County, Texas.¹ She died on 22 October 1967, at age 25, in Topsail Twp., Pender Co., North Carolina, USA, auto accident Highway #17.¹ She was buried in Pilot Mountain City Cemetery, Pilot Mountain, Surry Co., North Carolina, USA.

Joyce Marie Tetts was also known as Joyce Tetts.¹ Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
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Name: Joyce Marie Tetts
Date of Birth: 30 Jan 1942
Gender: Female
Birth County: Eastland
Father's Name: Walter Fletcher Tetts
Mother's name: June Marie Hedbery
Roll number: 1942_0009
______________________________

North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1975
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Name: Joyce Tetts Johnson
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1942
Birth Place: Texas, United States
Death Date: 22 Oct 1967
Death Location: Highway #17, Pender
Spouse's Name: Raymond Johnson
Father's Name: Walter Fletcher Tetts
Mother's name: June Headburg Tetts
Residence: Saraland, Mobile, Alabama

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Joyce M. Johnson
Birth: 1942
Death: 1967
Burial: Pilot Mountain City Cemetery, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Created by: Cindy S. Munson
Record added: Aug 18, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial # 95550265.

Leo Jefferson Kennedy was born on 15 October 1902 in Pelican Point, Clinton Co., Illinois, USA. He and Marian Reed were married on 13 April 1946 in Salem, Marion Co., Illinois, USA. He died on 31 August 1984, at age 81, in Centralia, (Clinton Co.), Illinois, USA.

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Leo Kennedy
SSN: 324-14-9991
Last Residence: 62870 Odin, Marion, Illinois, USA
Born: 1 Oct 1902 *
Died: Aug 1984
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951.)

Esther Viona High was born on 15 November 1923 in Malvern, Hot Springs, Arkansas.^2,1,3 She and Henry Hayward (Eddy) Edmonston were married on 14 July 1944 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. She died on 4 March 2005, at age 81, in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado.

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Esther Viona High
15 November 1923 - 4 March 2005

Esther grew up in Malvern, AR. After her parents divorce, she went to CA and lived with her father until he remarried then she lived with her brother Cecil and his family.

I can remember when Esther was about 16 and I (Grace Maryee) was 8, I wanted to borrow a hair ribbon of hers - Esther wrote up a contract for me to sign - I got to borrow the hair ribbon but had signed my very life away! Esther wrote, "Grace Maryee was a spoiled brat!"

After graduating from High School, Esther went on the road with Grace and Charlie for a season. When Cecil and Luella went to Panama she decided she preferred to stay in CA.

Esther wrote, "I worked on the USS Hope (a Navy Hospital Ship) and Eddie was on another ship where my girl friend was working. I had seen him on the dock and wanted to meet him - so my girl friend fixed us up with a blind date - two weeks later we were married!
"Eddie was in the Navy at that time, as it was during World War II, and he was at sea till after the war." After receiving his discharge, they lived in Artesia, CA where Eddie worked as a Butcher and Esther was employed by a Bank. They moved to Louisiana in 1963, where Eddie worked for an Oil Company as a Salesman. When the company was sold they decided to return to CA where Eddie was employed by another Oil Company and Esther went to work for the Bank of America.

They lived in Bakersfield, CA and in about 1985, they retired and bought a 5th wheel and did quite a bit of traveling - up and down the West Coast, to Texas and Louisiana.

Esther and Eddie owned a few acres of land on a Bayou, near Jonesville, LA and they went there and started clearing and fixing it up for part-time living. Then they decided to make it their permanent home and bought a double wide mobile home to place on it. They seemed to enjoy their life there and although they went out to CA occasionally to see their children, had no desire to live there.

At the end of November 1994 they went to CA planning to fix up their home to rent or sell as their son, who had been living in it, had taken a job in Denver, CO. On Saturday December 17th, Eddie got up and fixed Esther a cup of coffee and took it to her in bed, then went to get his. He fell over and died from a heart attack. He was buried in his jeans and plaid shirt with a canning jar (he liked his liquor and always drank it from a fruit jar, so Esther wanted him to have his jar with him).
Grace (High) Howe, moved in Jan/Feb 1996 from San Antonio, TX to Bakersfield, CA and is sharing Esther's home there.

Their children, Cynthia and her husband reside in Bakersfield while Darryl and family live in Denver, CO.

Esther's ashes will be buried next to Eddie at the Hill Crest Mamorial Park, Bakersfield, CA.

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In 1940, Esther, 16 years of age, was living with her brother Cecil and family in Belvidere, Los Angeles County, California.

Grace Jessie High was born on 21 October 1909 in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois.¹ She and Gus Baker were married on 14 December 1926 in Malvern, Hot Springs, Arkansas. She and Charles John Howe were married on 25 October 1940 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada. She died on 31 December 2003, at age 94, in Arvin, Kern, California. She was buried on 6 January 2004 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California.

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Grace Jessie High
21 October 1909 - 31 December 2003

Her family moved to Independence, IA for a short time then to Lonoke, AR. When she was about 14, they moved to Malvern, AR. Shortly before her 17th birthday she married Gus Baker and they lived in Malvern for the next couple of years where their twin boys were born in 1928, Alford and Andrew, one who was stillborn and the other lived for 6 hours. They moved to Fayetteville, AR where they bought a cafe (The Peoples Cafe on the square). They had a good business but decided to move back to Malvern and then to Longview, TX. They were divorced and Grace worked for a couple of years in Dallas, TX and then went to CA where she lived with Bill and Esther.

Grace met Charlie Howe, born 20 May 1893 in Estherville, IA, the son of John and Ellen (Carrigy) Howe. She had gone with my Aunt Ollie to sell chances - Ollie had lost a lot of turkeys and was trying to make some money. Grace wrote, "We went by a car lot where Ollie had a friend and I met Charlie, who was working for General Motors. I never had a date with anyone else after that and we had a good life, hard work and travel from coast to coast".

Grace and Charlie were married 25 Oct 1940 in Las Vegas, NV. They were to spend many years on the "Road", working Carnivals. They had many different concessions over the years - Shetland Pony rides (which I remember well as Charlie used to put me on one and lead it around. I thought I was hot stuff!), shooting galleries and etc.

Grace wrote, "Our carnival season opened in March and we worked North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois - moving every two or three days. One month we made 28 moves in 28 days. That's what you call work! When we closed for the winter we went either to California or Brownsville, TX, wherever it was warmest. In 1948, we bought a ride out of Salem, OR. Charlie had never driven a big truck so had hired a driver from Oregon - who never showed up. So Charlie drove the 8-wheeler and I pulled the trailer. Charlie didn't know how to back the truck so when he came to a low overhead he was stuck. Two men came by and backed it up so he could go around. About 200 miles ahead there was another low overhead - there sat the same two men and they got him straightened out again and showed him how he could by-pass it. We moved on into Missouri and sold that ride after two years, as it was extremely hard work, and went back to concession work."

"This same year, moving out of Wisconsin, I turned the trailer over. When we got it right-side-up one of the helpers wanted a drink of water. We always kept a 5 gallon can of water in the trailer. We got the can out (which still had the lid on tight) and opened it. It was half full of water, a can of tuna, a can of mushrooms and a pair of my pants - NO ONE DRANK THE WATER!"

"The Carnival work was hard because of the moving and long hours but we always had the winter to look forward to - No Work, All Play. In our later years we didn't move as much as we only worked 10 day spots and worked six State Fairs (of 10 days or longer). It was fun moving from town to town and we did a lot of site seeing. We saw a lot of things such as the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota."

The main thing that I remember about Charlie was his love of Catsup, he put it on EVERYTHING he ate. Someone once said even on Ice Cream!

Charlie died 5 Aug 1963 in Augusta, Wisconsin and is buried at Forest Lawn in Cypress, CA. After his death, Grace continued to go out on the road, during Carnival Season for many years, then retired to San Antonio, TX.

In 1992, Grace had a bad year, heart, eye and gall bladder problems. We went out to visit her in October, but when we got there she'd taken off with Leona and Lee, who had come from CA, to go see Esther in LA. Grace's neighbor told us that the week before she'd been up on the top of her trailer trying to fix a leak!

She loves to fish and did a lot of it at Esther's place as they lived on a Bayou. We visited her in Nov 1995 and she had just returned from a visit with friends who have a pond stocked with fish. She had a ball, all anyone has to say is "Let's go fishing" and she's off and running! She moved about Feb 1996 to Bakersfield, CA, where she's sharing Esther's home. She was a very special person and the whole family loved her.

Pastor Ken Armstrong Officiating at Graveside Services on 6 Jan 2003 *, 2 p.m. Grace was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, CA.
* [assume the date for the graveside service should be 6 Jan 2004]

Charlie is buried in Forest Lawn, Cypress, CA

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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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Name: Grace J. Howe
SSN: 570-44-4198
Last Residence: 93307 Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA
Born: 21 Oct 1909
Died: 31 Dec 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1951)

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Grace Jessie Howe
Birth: Oct. 21, 1909
Death: Dec. 31, 2003
Spouse: Charles John Howe (1893 - 1963)
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cypress), Cypress, Orange County, California, USA
Plot: Enduring Love,Map 2,Lot 1623,Space 2
Created by: Pam
Record added: Feb 06, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial # 104725088
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Inscription:
GRACE J. HOWE
BELOVED WIFE AND SISTER
1909 - 2003.

Lloyd (Bill) Espy High was born on 7 September 1911 in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois.¹ He and Eva Esther Peake were married on 18 January 1932 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington. He and Eva Esther Peake were married in 1939 in Riverside Co., California, USA (re-married.) He died on 5 June 1999, at age 87, in Weldon, Kern Co., California, USA.

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Lloyd BILL Espy High
7 September 1911 - 5 June 1999

He moved with his family to Independence, Iowa, then to Lonoke, AR and finally to Malvern, AR. He remembers doing farm work in Lonoke, going to Fairview School and says he was "a very bad kid".

Bill wrote, "When we lived in Malvern I used to deliver papers and had to go to Little Rock to pick them up. One morning I picked the papers up in Little Rock by boat - the highway was covered by at least 10 feet of water - they said it was the worst flood they'd ever had!"

"I had a variety of jobs: Worked in a bottling plant in Eldorado, AR, a Lumber Yard in Malvern, a Packing House, Pipeline work (where my brother, Cecil, and my paths often crossed - we both followed the Wheat Harvest each year starting in OK, then KS, NB, SD, ND and I think we went into Canada). At 17, I was doing blasting work for a pipeline company out of Blackwell, OK. Then worked for an aeroplane company and a Paint Manufacturing Company and then out to the West Coast where I worked as a Lumber Jack."

In 1931 or 1932, Bill was driving in Oregon and picked up a boy who said he was going to see his girlfriend. Bill took the boy to see the girl and when Bill saw her he wrote, "I knew she was the one for me! Esther was then cooking for 40 people who were working on her uncle's apple orchard." She moved back with her mother in Portland, OR and Bill went to see her. He wrote, "her boyfriend was there and tried to hit me with a baseball bat and I kicked him down the stair steps. We were both arrested and taken before a Judge who ordered Esther's boyfriend out of town!"

Bill and Eva Esther Peake were married 18 Jan 1932 in Vancouver, WA and again in Riverside County in 1939 (when they were notified that their marriage records had been destroyed).

Next, Bill worked for the Water Department of San Francisco as a hard hat diver and made the third dive on the Golden Gate Bridge. When he was diving in the Sacramento River, a load of gravel was dumped on him and ended his diving career. He worked as a shovel operator in Alaska and on the Metro Aquaduct (with Cecil in Rice, CA) then went to work for the International Paper Company in 1938, where he first started sailing - working on a Stern Wheeler on the Columbia River.

Bill wrote, "I started out on the deck department and after I had enough time I went to the Coast Guard Office to sit for my license and found out I was COLOR BLIND. I went back and started all over again, this time in the Engine Department. I got my Engine Department papers. I then got a job at Whitter, Alaska and ran a shovel in an underground tunnel for the Alaska Railroad. It was COLD UP THERE - minus 50 degrees! In Dec 1941, when World War II started I was working in Keswick and Shasta Dams in Redding, CA. Cecil, my brother, was visiting me and was flying my airplane when War was declared - when Cecil landed, my plane was grounded and the propeller and magnetos were removed. I joined the Civil Air Patrol then, so that I could keep flying."

"Next, I began working for Bethleham Steel, in the shipyard and had worked up to Superintendent, when Waterman Steamship Company sent their Superintendent out to San Pedro to inspect our work and they talked to me about going to Sea. I started sailing in 1942 and in early 1943 I got my Third Engineers License and in 1944 my 1st Asst. Engineers license and then in 1945 my Chief, Engineer license. The company would often send me to shipyards as Marine Superintendent for conversion work. While doing this I worked in shipyards in Portland, OR, San Pedro and San Francisco, CA, Mobile, AL, New Orleans, LA, Newark, NJ, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.

"In 1947, when I was aboard the "Sparrows Point" we were hit by a Liberty ship at 11:09 p.m. Our ship blew up and caught fire. The Captain and I were in the water 9 hours - tied together so we could not drift apart.

"Waterman Steamship Company had 56 ships during World War II and I sailed with them until McLane Trucking Company bought them out and then they started Sea Land which I worked for until I retired. During my 30 years at sea, I sailed into every MAJOR seaport in the world".

We used to see him when he would transit the Panama Canal and was able to get off the ship. Esther, in the meantime, had lived in Long Beach, CA with their daughters. When Bill's ship docked in a US port, Esther would fly out and see him.

In 1972, Bill had a bad fall and spent 168 days in the hospital. He then retired. Bill and Esther bought a motor home and began traveling all over the United States. After several motor homes and many miles they have now settled in Lake Isabella in CA and Bill wrote, "At this time we have had 61 years of wonderful times together!"

In 1990, Bill's service with the Merchant Marine during WW II was finally recognized and he received 6 medals, 7 ribbons and 2 Presidential Citations, a Citation from the Coast Guard for the Mur Make Run and an Honorable discharge from the Coast Guard - with which he says, with a dollar he can get a cup of coffee.

In 1991, Bill had heart by-pass surgery and recovered very well. He and Esther visited Grace in San Antonio in October 1992 but since she moved to CA and is only one hour away they often stop in for a visit.

In 1997, Bill got out of his car to close a gate and when he went to get back in the car it started rolling and dragged him until he fell free and the car rolled over him, breaking his pelvic bones - he was up, and while not running, was getting along until his episode.

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Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census
SIXTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1940
POPULATION SCHEDULE
State: California
County: Los Angeles
Township or other division of county: Glendale Judicial
Incorporated place: Los Angeles City (Roscoe)
Ward of city: Assembly District 42
Block nos: 18
S.D. No: 11
E.D. No: 60-11
Sheet No: 4 B
Enumerated: April 10th, 1940
Line No. 55-58
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: Allegheny Street
House number: 11172
Number of household in order of visitation: 88
House owned or rented: R
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental: 25
Does this family live on a farm: no
Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940, was in this household

Name: HIGH, LLOYD
Relation: Head
Sex: M
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 28 [1912]
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: H-1
Place of Birth: Illinois
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Spokane
County: Spokane
State (or Territory of foreign country): Washington
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: yes
Occupation: Engineer
Industry: Quarry

Name: HIGH, ESTHER
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 28 [1912]
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: H-3
Place of Birth: Oregon
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Spokane
County: Spokane
State (or Territory of foreign country): Washington
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: no
If not, was he at work on or assigned to public emergency work: no
Was this person seeking work: no
If not seeking work, did he have a job: no
Occupation: -

Name: HIGH, VIOLET
Relation: Daughter
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 7 [1933]
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: yes
Highest grade of school completed: 1
Place of Birth: California
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Spokane
County: Spokane
State (or Territory of foreign country): Washington

Name: HIGH, NANCY LEE
Relation: Daughter
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 3 [1937]
Place of Birth: Oregon.

Willard Joseph Medearis was born on 16 September 1899 in Henry, Marshall, Illinois.^1,2 He and Erma Celia Smith were married on 4 November 1928 in Lamont, Buchanan, Iowa.^3,4 He died in July 1963, at age 63, in Black Hawk County, Iowa.² He was buried in Poyner Cemetery, Gilbertville, Black Hawk, Iowa.

World War I Draft Registration Card
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REGISTRATION CARD
Serial Number: 965
Order Number: a 1663
Name in full: WILLARD JOSEPH MEDEARIS
Permanent Home Address: 1 ...?throp, Buchanan, Iowa
Age in Years: 18
Date of birth: March 16, 1900 *
Race: White
U.S. Citizen: Native Born
Present Occupation: Farming
Employer's Name: JOSEPH MANUEL MEDEARIS
Place of Employment or Business:
Nearest Relative:
Address: 1 ...?throp, Buchanan, Iowa
I affirm that I have verified above answers and they are true: WILLARD JOSEPH MEDEARIS
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
Height: Tall
Build: Slender
Color of Eyes: Brown
Color of Hair: Dark
Local Board for the County of
Buchanan, State of Iowa
Independence, Iowa
Date of Registration: Sept 12, 1918
______________________________

FIFTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1930
State: Iowa
County: Buchanan
Township or other division of County: Madison Township
Incorporated Place: -
Ward of City: -
Enumeration District No. 10-20
Supervisor's District No. 7
Sheet No. 4 A
Enumeration Date: April 23, 1930
Line No: 25-27
Street, avenue, road, etc: -
House number (in cities or towns): -
Number of dwelling house in order of visitation: 85
Number of family in order of visitation: 85

Name: MEDEARIS, WILLARD J.
Relation: Head
Home owned or rented: R
Does this family live on a farm: yes
Sex: M
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 30
Marital Condition: M
Age at first marriage: 29
Whether able to read and write: yes
Place of birth, person: Illinois
Place of birth, father: Illinois
Place of birth, mother: Illinois
Whether able to speak english: yes
Occupation: Proprietor
Industry: General Farm
Number of farm schedule: 81

Name: MEDEARIS, ERMA
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 21
Marital Condition: M
Age at first marriage: 20
Whether able to read and write: yes
Place of birth, person: Iowa
Place of birth, father: Nebraska
Place of birth, mother: Iowa
Whether able to speak english: yes
Occupation: -

Name: MEDEARIS, ARLETA
Relation: Daughter
Sex: F
Color or Race: W
Age at last birthday: 8/12
Place of birth, person: Iowa
Place of birth, father: Illinois
Place of birth, mother: Iowa
______________________________

Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census
SIXTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1940
POPULATION SCHEDULE
State: Iowa
County: Black Hawk
Township or other division of county: East Waterloo Twp.
Incorporated place: Waterloo City
Ward of city: 4
Block nos: -
S.D. No: 3
E.D. No: 9-39
Sheet No: 12 A
Enumerated: 4/18, 1940
Line No. 31-34
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: Idaho St.
House number: 349
Number of household in order of visitation: 29?
House owned or rented: R
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental: 16.00
Does this family live on a farm: no
Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940, was in this household

Name: MEDARIS, WILLARD
Relation: Head
Sex: M
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 41 [1899]
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Place of Birth: Illinois
Residence April 1, 1935: Same Place
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: yes
Occupation: Ham Grader
Industry: Meat Packing Plant

Name: MEDARIS, IRMA
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 31 [1909]
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: H-2
Place of Birth: Iowa
Residence April 1, 1935: Same Place
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: no
If not, was he at work on or assigned to public emergency work: no
Was this person seeking work: no
If not seeking work, did he have a job: no
Occupation: -

Name: MEDARIS, BETTY JEAN
Relation: Daughter
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 7 [1933]
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: yes
Highest grade of school completed: 1
Place of Birth: Iowa
Residence April 1, 1935: Same Place

Name: MEDARIS, EARL
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 4 [1936]
Place of Birth: Iowa
______________________________

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Cedar Falls, Iowa, City Directory, 1954
Page 16
Medearis W J (Irma C) mech

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Cedar Falls, Iowa, City Directory, 1959
Page 22
Medearis W J (Irma C) mech
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Ancestry.com
Name: Willard Medearis
SSN: 481-10-8099
Born: 16 Sep 1899
Died: Jul 1963
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)

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Willard Medearis
Birth: 1899
Death: 1963
Spouse:
Erma C. Smith Medearis (1908 - 1972)
Burial: Poyner Cemetery, Gilbertville, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: -
Maintained by: Linda Hagedorn Finley
Originally Created by: Deb
Record added: Mar 04, 2007
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Name: Willard J. Medearis
Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Henry, Illinois
Residence Place: Waterloo, Iowa
Marriage Age: 30
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1928 * [4 Nov 1928]
Marriage Place: Lamont, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Father: Joseph Medearis
Mother: Ethel Mallery
Spouse: Erma Celia Smith
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Marriage Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Lamont, Iowa
Spouse Residence Place: Lamont, Iowa
Spouse Father: Frank W. Smith
Spouse Mother: Grace Dunsmore.

Julian Glenn Medearis was born on 29 March 1910 in Bradford, Stark, Illinois.^1,2 He and Evelyn M. Hayes were married on 25 November 1937 in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa. He died on 13 January 1979, at age 68, in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa.² He was buried on 16 January 1979 in St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Independence, Buchanan Co., Iowa, USA.

Department of Commerce - Bureau of the Census
SIXTEENTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES: 1940
POPULATION SCHEDULE
State: Iowa
County: Black Hawk
Township or other division of county: N. Waterloo Twp.
Incorporated place: Waterloo City
Ward of city: 1
Block nos: -
S.D. No: 3
E.D. No: 7-20
Sheet No: 3 B
Enumerated: 5/8, 1940
Line No. 42-43
Street, Avenue, Road, etc: West Park
House number: 620
Number of household in order of visitation: 59
House owned or rented: R
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental: 35.00
Does this family live on a farm: no
Name of each person whose usual place of residence on April 1, 1940, was in this household

Name: MEDEARIS, GLEN
Relation: Head
Sex: M
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 30
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Place of Birth: Illinois
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: R
County: Buchanan
State (or Territory of foreign country): Iowa
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: yes
Occupation: Bus(?) Cleaner
Industry: Railroad

Name: MEDEARIS, EVELYN
Relation: Wife
Sex: F
Color or race: W
Age at last birthday: 21
Marital status, Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced: M
Attended school or college any time since March 1, 1940: no
Highest grade of school completed: H-4
Place of Birth: Iowa
Residence April 1, 1935:
City, town or village: Hazleton
County: Buchanan
State (or Territory of foreign country): Iowa
Persons 14 years old and over - employment status
Was person at work for pay, profit, nonemergency govt work week of March 24-30: no
If not, was he at work on or assigned to public emergency work: no
Was this person seeking work: no
If not seeking work, did he have a job: no
Occupation: Housewife
______________________________

Glenn Medearis obituary
Oelwein Daily Register, Monday, January 15,1979.
Services set for Independence man.

INDEPENDENCE (Special) - J. Glenn Medearis of Independence died Saturday at the People's Memorial Hospital in Independence. He was 68. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Independence with burial in the church cemetery. A Catholic wake service will be held at the Mason-Hawe Funeral Home in Independence at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; a son, James, at home; a daughter, Mrs. Oliver (Bonnie) Halvorson of Independence; three sisters, Mrs. Roger (Florence) Franks of Aurora, Mrs. Dorothy Lynn of Winthrop and Mrs. Mildred Clark of Cedar Rapids; and a brother, Lyle Medearis of Independence.

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Name: Julian Medearis
SSN: 719-18-8860
Last Residence: 50644 Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Born: 29 Mar 1910
Died: Jan 1979
State (Year) SSN issued: Railroad Board (Issued Through) (1951-1963)

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J. Glenn Medearis
Birth: unknown
Death: Jan. 13, 1979
Spouse:
Evelyn Hayes Medearis (1919 - 1979)
Children:
Bonnie Evelyn M. Medearis Halvorson (1941 - 1996)
Inscription: 68y
Burial: Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery, Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Plat 9, Block 1, Lot 2
Created by: H Braun
Record added: Sep 25, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial # 59194881. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937
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Name: Julian Glenn Mederris
Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Bradford, Illinois
Residence Place: Waterloo, Iowa
Marriage Age: 27
Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1937
Marriage Place: Independence, Iowa, USA
Father: Joseph Mederris
Mother: Mary Mellary
Spouse: Evelyn M. Haye[s]
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Marriage Age: 19
Spouse Birth Place: Hazleton, Iowa
Spouse Residence Place: Independence, Iowa
Spouse Father: John Hayes
Spouse Mother: Lelya Werpic.

Dorothy Margaret Medearis was born on 22 February 1915 in Masonville, Delaware Co., Iowa, USA.¹ She and Harold Verney Lynn were married on 10 August 1932 in Masonville, Delaware Co., Iowa, USA. She and Dale Arnold Bowden were married after 1981. She died on 4 December 2002, at age 87, in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop, Buchanan, Iowa.

* [Date of death is missing from this record!]
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Name: Dorothy Medearis Lynn
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 1915
Death Place: Iowa
Burial Place: Byron Twp.
Spouse: Harold Vern Lynn
FHL Film Number: 1530592

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Dorothy Margaret Medearis Lynn
Birth: 1915
Death: 2002
Spouses:
Harold Vern Lynn (1909 - 1976)
Dale Arnold Bowden (1916 - 2010)
Inscription: parents of Marcella, Kenneth, Roger, Harlan and Larry.
Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Lot 58 b3
Created by: H Braun
Record added: Aug 02, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial # 114822282.

Lyle Shively (Red) Medearis was born on 15 July 1920 in Oneida, Delaware, Iowa.¹ He died on 14 October 2003, at age 83, in Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Masonville, Delaware Co., Iowa, USA.

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Name: Lyle Medearis
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1920
Birth Place: Oneida, Delaware, Iowa, United States
Father's Name: Joseph Manual Medearis
Mother's name: Mary Ethel Mallory
FHL Film Number: 1065034

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Name: Lyle (Red) Medearis
Residence Date: 01 Jun 2001 - 01 Jan 2009
Residence Place: Independence, Iowa, United States
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1920
Phone Number: (319) 331-1314
Phone Number Recorded Date: 01 Jan 2009
Address: 214 8th Ave NW, Independence, Iowa 50644
2nd Address: 80 9th St NE, Independence, Iowa 50644
2nd Address Date: 01 Jan 1999 - 01 May 2000
3rd Address: 702 5th Ave NE, Independence, Iowa 50644
3rd Address Date: 01 Jan 1996 - 01 Jul 2001
Possible Relatives:
Earl W. Medearis
Lisa Kay Medearis
Red Medearis
Record Number: 628431569
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MEDEARIS, Lyle "Red"; 83; Oelwein IA; Waterloo CFC; 2003-10-15; rutucker
MEDEARIS, Lyle "Red"; 83; Oelwein IA; Waterloo CFC; 2003-10-17; rutucker

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Iowa Statewide Obituary and Death Notice Collection
Iowa Statewide Obituary Collection - Central - 46
INDEPENDENCE --- Lyle "Red" Medearis, 83, of Independence, died Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2003, at Grandview Care Center, Oelwein, following a brief illness; services pending with White Funeral Home, Independence, (319) 334-2595.

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Name: Lyle Medearis
SSN: 480-38-9217
Last Residence: 50644 Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Born: 15 Jul 1920
Died: 14 Oct 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (1951-1952)

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Lyle Medearis
Birth: Jul. 15, 1920
Death: Oct. 14, 2003
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Masonville, Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Created by: Kent Schneider
Record added: Dec 27, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial # 32444458.

Evelyn M. Hayes was born on 17 September 1918 in Hazleton, Buchanan, Iowa.^3,2 She and Julian Glenn Medearis were married on 25 November 1937 in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa. She died on 22 April 1979, at age 60, in Independence, Buchanan, Iowa.³ She was buried in Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery, Independence, Buchanan Co., Iowa, USA.

INDEPENDENCE (Special) - Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Catholic Church in Independence for Mrs. Evelyn M. Medearis, 60, who died Sunday in People's Memorial Hospital in Independence. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. Monday at the Mason-Hawe Funeral Home in Independence where there will be a parish rosary Tuesday at 3 p.m., a Catholic Daughter's rosary at 7 p.m. Tuesday followed by a Catholic wake service at 7:30 p.m.

Survivors include one son, James at home; one daughter, Mrs. Oliver (Bonnie) Halvorson, Independence; one sister, Mrs. Bernard Holgate, Independence; and one brother, Elwin Hayes, Hazleton.

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Evelyn Hayes Medearis
Birth: 1919
Death: Apr. 22, 1979
Parents:
John H Hayes (1888 - 1970)
Celia M. Weepie Hayes (1893 - 1971)
Spouse:
J Glenn Medearis (__ - 1979)
Children:
Bonnie Evelyn M. Medearis Halvorson (1941 - 1996)
Siblings:
Eileen G. Hayes Holgate (1915 - 1982)
Elwin F. Hayes (1920 - 2004)
Edwin Martin Hayes (1931 - 1978)
Inscription: 60y, wf/o J. Glenn MEDEARIS
Burial: Saint Johns Catholic Cemetery, Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Plot: Plat 9, Block 1, Lot 2
Created by: H Braun
Record added: Sep 25, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial # 59194923. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937
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Name: Julian Glenn Mederris
Birth Year: abt 1910
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Bradford, Illinois
Residence Place: Waterloo, Iowa
Marriage Age: 27
Marriage Date: 25 Nov 1937
Marriage Place: Independence, Iowa, USA
Father: Joseph Mederris
Mother: Mary Mellary
Spouse: Evelyn M. Haye[s]
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Marriage Age: 19
Spouse Birth Place: Hazleton, Iowa
Spouse Residence Place: Independence, Iowa
Spouse Father: John Hayes
Spouse Mother: Lelya Werpic.

Virgil Medearis was born in 1913 in Illinois.¹ He died in 1913, at age ~0, in Illinois.¹

Erma Celia Smith was born in 1908 in Lamont, Buchanan, Iowa.^1,2 She and Willard Joseph Medearis were married on 4 November 1928 in Lamont, Buchanan, Iowa.^1,3 She died in 1972, at age ~64.⁴ She was buried in Poyner Cemetery, Gilbertville, Black Hawk, Iowa.⁴

* [Definitely conflicting information in the following records. The newspaper obit and SSDI record have IRMA SMITH dying in 2000 (Henry, Marshall County, Illinois). The find-a-grave record and the actual grave marker have ERMA C. SMITH dying in 1972 (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa).] MJ

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MEDEARIS, Irma (SMITH); 91; Henry IL; Journal Star; 2000-8-23; evallie *

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Name: Irma Medearis
SSN: 345-38-9855
Last Residence: 61537 Henry, Marshall, Illinois, USA
Born: 21 Apr 1909
Died: 21 Aug 2000 *
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (1962)

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Erma C. Smith Medearis
Birth: 1908, Lamont, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Death: 1972, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA *
Parents:
Frank Watson Smith (1875 - 1932)
Grace Belle Dunsmoor Smith (1883 - 1957)
Spouse:
Willard Medearis (1899 - 1963)
Siblings:
Infant Daughter Smith (1905 - 1905)
Wayne Watson Smith (1919 - 2009)
Burial: Poyner Cemetery, Gilbertville, Black Hawk County, Iowa, USA
Plot: -
Maintained by: Linda Hagedorn Finley
Originally Created by: Deb
Record added: Mar 04, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial # 18199339. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1923-1937
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Name: Willard J. Medearis
Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Henry, Illinois
Residence Place: Waterloo, Iowa
Marriage Age: 30
Marriage Date: 5 Nov 1928 * [4 Nov 1928]
Marriage Place: Lamont, Buchanan, Iowa, USA
Father: Joseph Medearis
Mother: Ethel Mallery
Spouse: Erma Celia Smith
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Marriage Age: 21
Spouse Birth Place: Lamont, Iowa
Spouse Residence Place: Lamont, Iowa
Spouse Father: Frank W. Smith
Spouse Mother: Grace Dunsmore.

Arleta Medearis was born about 1929 in Iowa.¹ She died in 1931 in Iowa. She was buried in County Corners Cemetery, Clayton Co., Iowa, USA.

Arleta Medearis was also known as Arletta Medearis.¹ Http://www.findagrave.com
Arletta Medearis
Birth: 1929
Death: 1931
Daughter of Willard Joseph Medearis and his wife Erma.
Burial: County Corners Cemetery, Clayton County, Iowa, USA
Created by: P2-ABQ
Record added: Jan 03, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial # 32604374.

Virgil Frederick Carver was born on 24 May 1925 in Manchester, Delaware, Iowa.^1,2,3,4 He died on 25 March 2007, at age 81, in Rowley, Buchanan, Iowa.^2,3 He was buried in Quasqueton Cemetery, Quasqueton, Buchanan, Iowa.^35,6

Virgil Frederick Carver was a Long Haul Semi-Driver.⁵ Virgil F. Carver
ROWLEY - Virgil F. Carver, 81, of Rowley, died Sunday, March 25, 2007, at the Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, following a short illness. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, at the Presbyterian Church in Rowley. Burial will be at a later date. The family requests no flowers and casual dress at the service on Wednesday. White Funeral Home of Independence is in charge of arrangements.
He was born May 24, 1925, in Oneida, Iowa, the son of Fred and Florence (Medaris) Carver. During World War II, he served in the Army. On Nov. 28, 1942, he and the former Katherine M. Chesmore were married in Kahoka, Mo. For 40 years, Virgil was a long-haul semi truck driver for several companies before retiring in 1988.
Survivors include his wife Katherine; two daughters, Elaine (Larry) Ague of Rowley and Jo Anne Dillon of Sioux Falls, S.D.; six sons, Glenn of Raytown, Mo., Neil (Marlene) of Center Point, Chub Carver of Riverview, Fla., Larry Dean (Julie) of Walker, Wayne (Mary) of Independence, and Merlin (Lynn) of Lawrence, Kan.; 19 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandson.