Related Families-Page 1 (Jasper Mifflin Westfall)
Jasper Mifflin Westfall
Jasper Mifflin Westfall and Frances (McCaulley) Westfall
The above picture is a picture of a portrait of my Grandparents Jasper Mifflin Westfall and Frances (McCaulley) Westfall.
My father's father, my grandfather, was Jasper Mifflin Westfall who was born near Roanoke in Lewis County West Virginia in 1857. He died on his farm near Fieldon in Jersey County Illinois in 1934. He was the son of Emanuel (1828-1863) and Hannah Kelley Westfall (1837-1918). His father Emanuel Westfall was killed while plowing during the Civil War in 1863 in West Virginia, the year West Virginia split off and became a separate state. After my great grandfather's death his wife Hannah Kelley Westfall, moved with her 2 sons (my grandfather Jasper who was only 6 and his one year old brother Emanuel Jr.) to Bloomington, IL. She may have had relatives in the area.
In 1878 at the age of 21 my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall married his first wife Mary Jane Shannon. That same year they moved with her parents accompanying to near Coyville, Kansas. It was near the Oklahoma line. He farmed near Coyville, Kansas in the 1880's when he was married to his first wife Mary Jane Shannon. They had 6 daughters-Eva, Nora, Stella, Mamie, Grace, and Marietta who died when a baby.
It was said my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall once went on a cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail. An old family story was that Jesse James once stayed at my grandfather's farm when he was wounded and later came back with a cow and gave the family the cow for helping him. Also it was said my grandfather sometimes wore 2 pearl handled long barreled 44 caliber revolvers in those days.
In about 1886 he and his family went with a team of oxen pulling his wagon from Kansas to W. Virginia where he was born. He lived near Reedyville (now Reedy), W. Virginia in Roane County. At least two of his uncles lived there at the time, and an aunt Merinda sister to his father, having moved there from Lewis County W. Virginia. There in about 1893 after divorcing his first wife Mary Jane Shannon, he met and married my father's mother and my grandmother Frances McCaulley. Shortly after their marriage they then left West Virginia and settled in the Jersey County, IL area about 1893.
My grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall married Frances McCaulley in 1893 in West Virginia. She was born 11-16-1869 in West Virginia and died 1-18-1936 at her residence on her farm near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL. They had 4 sons--my father Walter Edward Westfall, Alonzo (Lonnie) Westfall, Jasper Westfall, and Floyd Westfall, and 2 daughters--Laura Westfall, and Anna Westfall.
My father said his father was a stern disciplinarian and once whipped him with a blacksnake whip until his back was bloody because he had disobeyed him. He said his father was a big man and his mother was small woman with red hair. He said his father planted an apple orchard on the hill above the farmhouse and had a large grape arbor. He farmed about 300 acres at one time. My father and his brother Lonnie worked in the field at a young age.
In later years his father sold off most his land. He died in 1934 on the farm after several years of stomach problems. The doctor thought he might have had cancer. My grandmother died just a year later. In January of 1936 she went out barefooted in the middle of the night to put some straw in a pen for a sow with some little pigs and died several days later with Pneumonia. My father's parents are buried in Grimes-Neely Cemetery West of Jerseyville, Illinois.
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My father had 6 half sisters, the children of his father, my grandfather, Jasper Mifflin Westfall (2-25-1857 to 12-9-1934) and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall (3-6-1859 to 1-18-1940). My great grandfather Emanuel Westfall (1828-1963) was killed while plowing during the Civil War in 1863 in West Virginia. I don't know the circumstances. He may have been killed by some kind of military action. The Civil War was raging in Virginia at the time, and the state was divided by warring factions. In 1861 West Virginia had split off to become a separate state. It entered the Union in 1863.
After my great grandfather's death his wife Hannah (Kelley) Westfall (1837-1918) moved with her 2 sons (my grandfather Jasper who was only 6 and his one year old brother Emanuel Jr.) to near Bloomington, McLean County, IL. She may have had relatives in the area.
In 1878 at the age of 21 my grandfather Jasper married his first wife Mary Jane Shannon in Bloomington, IL. That same year they moved from Bloomington with Mary Jane's parents, Abraham and Amanda Shannon, accompanying them to near Coyville, Wilson County, Kansas. It was near the Oklahoma line. In about 1886 my grandfather and his family returned to his birth state of West Virginia. He traveled all the way with oxen pulling the wagon. He had relatives in the area. He lived near Reedyville (now Reedy) W. Virginia in Roane County. Two of his uncles and an aunt Merinda had moved to Roane County from Lewis County, West Virginia.
My grandfather divorced his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall and married his second wife Frances (McCaulley) Westfall (11-16-1869 to 1-18-1936), my grandmother, in 1893. Soon after their marriage they moved to Jersey County, IL.
His first wife Mary Jane Shannon also remarried. She was born 3-6-1859 in Licking Co., Ohio, and died 1-18-1940 in Alton, Madison Co., IL. She was the daughter of Abraham (9-20-1830 to 11-6-1903) and Amanda (Elban) Shannon (8-2-1840 to 1896). Her father was born in Licking Co. Ohio, and died in Toronto, Woodson Co., Kansas. Her mother was born in Utica, Ohio, and died in Wilson Co., Kansas. Mary Jane Shannon's great grandfather William Shannon was born about 1755 in Ireland, and died in Ohio before 1830. Her grandfather William Shannon Jr. was born in PA and died in Ohio and married Mary Jane Gargey in PA.
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My father's half sisters, the daughters of Jasper Mifflin Westfall and Mary Jane (Shannon) were-Marietta who died as a baby (2 months old), Eva and Nora who were raised by his father Jasper Mifflin Westfall (my grandfather) and his second wife (my grandmother), their stepmother, Frances (McCaulley) Westfall, on the farm near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL with my father and his brothers and sisters as he grew up. The other half sisters Mamie, Stella, and Grace were raised by their mother, my grandfather's first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall in Kansas. She remarried, but her second husband's name is unknown. Stella and Mamie were born in Kansas, and Nora, Grace and Eva were born near Reedyville (now Reedy), Roane County, West Virginia.
Nora married my mother Lovie (Kraushaar) Westfall's Uncle Frank Kraushaar. Eva married Mike Haag and they had daughter Dorothy who lives in Otterville, IL and a son in Jerseyville, IL. Nora died in 1944 and Eva in 1978. Mamie married S. Lee Hopkins in Kansas and later moved to Alton, IL area. Stella married George Beaver and they lived in the Kansas and Oklahoma area, though they did live in the Alton, IL area for a time. Grace married Henry Lentz and lived in the Kansas area.
On this page I will give you what information I have about their families.
(1) Marietta Westfall
Marietta Westfall, my father Walter Edward Westfall's half sister, the daughter of my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall was born in Oct. 1879 in Bloomington, IL. She died two months later in Dec. 1879 in Verdigris Tp., Wilson Co., Kansas.
(2) Stella Margarite Westfall
Stella Margarite Westfall, my father Walter Edward Westfall's half sister, the daughter of my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall was born 4-1-1881 near Coyville, Wilson Co., Kansas. She died 3-3-1960 Thomas, Custer Co., Kansas. She was married to George Franklin Beaver (3-31-1875 to 5-5-1946). He was the son of William Brooks Beaver and Sarah Kansas (Scott) Beaver. His parents married in 1872 in Vermilion County, IL. He died 5-5-1946 in Eagle City, Blaine Co., Oklahoma.
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George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver had 6 children-Howard Lusker Beaver, Merle Brooks Beaver, Goldia Pearl Beaver, Florence Belle Beaver, Everett Gynn Beaver, and Lester Orville Beaver.
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(1a) George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver's son Howard Lusker Beaver died at birth July 30, 1904.
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(2a) George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver's son Merle Brooks Beaver was born 1-17-1906, and died 1-13-1960 in Eagle City, Oklahoma. He was unmarried.
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(3a) George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver's daughter Goldia Pearl Beaver was born 1-21-1908. She married Roy Rasmussen born 2-28-1908. He died in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma 4-30-1948. He was the son of Robert Olin and Mary (Nelson) Rasmussen. He and Goldia had 2 sons-Robert and Stephen. Their son Robert Arlo Rasmussen was born 1-1-1938 and died 10-10-1941 in Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma. Their other son Stephen Roy Rasmussen was born 11-1-1940. He married June Ann Mason born 5-30-1940.
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Note: I found this article about Glodia (Beaver) Rasmussen at- http://www.enidnews.com/birthday/local_story_019004759.html/resources_printstory - Goldia Beaver Rasmussen will celebrate her 100th birthday with a reception for family and friends at 2 p.m. Monday at Sterling House of Enid. Cards may be sent to 4613 W. Willow, Enid, OK 73703. She was born Jan. 21, 1908, near Garden City, Kan., to George Franklin and Stella Westfall Beaver. She graduated from Eagle City High School, near Canton, and earned a bachelor's degree from South-western Oklahoma State University. She married Roy Rasmus-sen Dec. 24, 1931.
She taught for 10 years at Thomas Public Schools, and began teaching at Enid Public Schools in 1960. She taught at Harrison Elementary School and Waller Junior High School until she retired after 27 years. She is a longtime member of Central Christian Church and an active resident of the Sterling House of Enid. She has one son, Stephen Rasmussen, Tulsa.
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Note: I also found this article regarding the celebration of Goldia (Beaver) Rasmussen's 100th Birthday at this website http://www.gammastate.org/PDF%20DOC%20files/March%202008.pdf - (March 2008) - Volume LIX - Kappa Member, Goldia Rasmussen, Celebrates 100th Birthday - Goldia Rasmussen, Kappa Chapter, celebrated her 100th birthday in January. She taught for 10 years in Thomas and 27 years in Enid. Goldia joined Kappa Chapter in 1961 and has been an active member until the last several years. Betty Sharpe, chapter 1st vice-president and Debbie Hart, chapter president, attended the party and presented Goldia with a special certificate to recognize her landmark birthday as well as her 45 years in Delta Kappa Gamma. It was a special day for Goldia, and, ever the language arts teacher, she had a speech composed for the occasion. Let's hope we can all be so sharp when we reach 100!--Submitted by: Debbie Hart
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(4a) George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver's daughter Florence Belle Beaver was born 2-8-1910 Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. She died 6-8-1960 in Eldorado, Butler County, Kansas. She was married to Alva Cogswell born 1-8-1909 in Pretty Prairie, Reno County, Kansas. He died March 1973 in Eldorado, Butler County, Kansas. They had one son, Larry Grant Cogswell, born 3-17-1941. He married Pamela Sue Poole, the daughter of William and Margarite Poole. They had 3 children-Scott Grant Cogswell born 9-21-1965, Timothy William Cogswell born 11-7-1967, and Heather Sue Cogswell born 4-15-1969.
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(5a) George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver's son Everett Gynn Beaver was born 6-20-1912. He married Jessie Irene Barton born 1-17-1912 the daughter of George and Lena (Hastey) Barton. They had one daughter, Paulette Rene Beaver born 3-3-1948. She married Marvin E. Smith. They had a son Richard William Smith born 9-20-1969.
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(6a) George and Stella (Westfall) Beaver's son Lester Orville Beaver was born 8-30-1914. He died 9-14-1970 in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. He married Sybil Warren, the daughter of Ora Ring and Louise Warren. They had 3 children-Darrell, Aloma, and Lavelle. Their son Darrell Beaver was born 3-27-1942. He married Constance Fishel and they had 2 children-Tammy Lynn Beaver born 4-10-1970, and Leslie Ora Beaver born 10-16-1973. Lester and Sybil's daughter Aloma Louise Beaver was born 3-26-1952. She married David Stubner born 7-29-1852. They had a daughter Heide Louise Stubner born 3-26-1972. Lester and Sybil (Warren) Beaver's daughter Lavelle Beaver was born 2-4-1954.
(3) Mamie Westfall
Mamie Westfall, my father Walter Edward Westfall's half sister, the daughter of my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall was born 3-7-1885 near Coyville, Wilson County, Kansas.
She died 2-5-1959 in Alton, Madison County, IL. She married S. Lee Hopkins born 9-5-1882 in Kansas. He died 6-5-1958 in Alton, IL. He was the son of Reiley and Mildred (Ellis) Hopkins. Lee Hopkins worked at Duncan Foundry in Alton, IL.
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Lee and Mamie (Westfall) Hopkins had 4 children-Clifford Leo Hopkins, Maynard Hopkins, Bessie Hopkins, and Velda Hopkins.
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(1a) Lee and Mamie (Westfall) Hopkins's son Clifford Leo Hopkins was born 7-15-1904 in Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas. He died 4-15-1980 in California. He married Verna Mae Scroggins in Wood River, IL She was the daughter of William Leslie and Mary Elizabeth Scroggins. She was born 5-19-1907 in Godfrey, IL, and died 9-23-1971. They moved from Alton, IL to California in 1949. Clifford and his wife Verna Mae (Scroggins) Hopkins are both buried in Westminster Memorial Cemetery in Westminster, CA.
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Clifford and Verna Mae (Scroggins) Hopkins had 3 children-Orville Leo Hopkins, Clifford Keith Hopkins, and Norma Jean Hopkins.
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(1aa) Clifford and Verna Mae (Scroggins) Hopkins's son Orville Leo Hopkins was born 7-28-1929 in East Alton, Madison County, IL. He died 3-29-2001 at age 72 in Riverside, CA. He married Frances Irene Tucker in Westminster, California in 1958. She was born 7-27-1933 in Pueblo, Colorado, the daughter of Vacy Alonzo and Fairy Mae (Langley) Tucker. She died 8-26-1998 in Riverside, CA. Orville and Frances had 2 children-Sharon Kaye Hopkins born 1-21-1960 in Orange, CA, and Maynard Keith Hopkins born 11-16-1964 in Westminster, CA. Orville was an Ordained Minister for over 50yrs. He also, was a superintendent at the postal service for some time, after being in the Army and attenting Baylor U., at Waco TX. Orville and his wife are both buried in Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, CA. Orville and Irene (Tucker) Hopkins's children Sharon Hopkins and Maynard Hapkins were unmarried as of 2006 and lived in Riverside, CA.
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(2aa) Clifford and Verna Mae (Scroggins) Hopkins's son Clifford Keith Hopkins was born 2-8-1930 in Alton, Madison County, IL. He died 12-15-1973 at age 43. He married Jeannette Ann Triplette in Whittier, California in 1959. She was born 5-19-1936 in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Frank and Katherine (Boyd) Triplette.
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Clifford Keith and Jennette (Triplette) Hopkins had 2 children-James Keith Hopkins born 6-21-1960 in Whittier, CA, and Connie Sue Hopkins born 4-12-1963 in Whittier, CA.
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(1aaa) Clifford Keith and Jeannette (Triplette) Hopkins's son James Keith Hopkins married Lori and they live in Whittier, CA. They have 2 adopted daughters, Nicole Hopkins age 15 (as of 2006), and Melissa Hopkins age 13 (as of 2006).
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(2aaa) Clifford Keith and Jeannette (Triplette) Hopkins's daughter Connie Sue Hopkins married Rick Donath and they live at Diamond Bar, CA. They have 2 daughters, Jessica Donath age 14 (as of 2006), and Amy Donath age 11 (as of 2006).
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Clifford was in the Army and became a Research Chemist with Borax. He is buried in Whittier, CA at Rose Hills Cemetery.
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(3aa) Clifford and Verna Mae (Scroggins) Hopkins's daughter Norma Jean Hopkins was born 3-25-1934 in Alton, IL. She married Frank Henry Halbardier 3-27-1955 in Midway City, CA. He was born 4-23-1932 in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Henry and Alvina (Zeinert) Halbardier. Frank was in the Marines when Norma Jean met him in Santa Ana, CA. He was stationed at El Toro Marine Base and had his basic at Oceanside, CA. Frank worked for the city of Westminster for years and I was an employee of the Westminster School District..working with children for almost 35yrs.
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Frank and Norma Jean (Hopkins) Halbardier had 2 sons-Frank Stephen Halbardier born 9-8-1958 in Garden Grove, CA, and Richard Kevin Halbardier born 3-31-1965 in Westminster, CA.
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(1aaa) Frank and Norma Jean (Hopkins) Halbardier's son Frank Stephen Halbardier, 48yrs (in Sept 2006) who lives with his wife, Debbie (Vincent) Halbardier, at Huntington Beach, CA. Frank is a Fire Captain with L. A. Fire Dept., and Debbie is an RN woking in ER. They have 2 sons, Cory, 25yrs. of age (as of 2006) and Adam, 22 yrs. of age (in Sept. 2006). Cory was married, Oct. 16, 2005, to Valerie Jean Wilkins.
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(2aaa) Frank and Norma Jean (Hopkins) Halbardier's other son Richard (Rick) Kevin Halbardier is married to Kathy Sue Huber. They have no children. Rick and Kathy own a winery in northern NV at Genoa. The name is Tahoe Ridge Winnery and Marketplace. Kathy is, also, Director of Small and New business' in northern NV, working from Carson, City, NV.
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Norma Jean's husband Frank Halbardier was having health problems, so they left Westminster CA in 1992 and moved to a drier climate...the town is Pahrump, NV. It is 60 miles northwest of Las Vegas, NV. Frank has a sister Ruby who lives in Caseyville IL, and her daughter and granddaughter also live there.
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(2a) Lee and Mamie (Westfall) Hopkins's son Maynard Hopkins was born 11-7-1909 in Kansas. He died 1-18-1933 in Illinois. He was unmarried.
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(3a) Lee and Mamie (Westfall) Hopkins's daughter Bessie Hopkins was born 3-25-1911. She married Bert Lawson born 2-6-1909, the son of John and Mary (Morton) Lawson. They had a daughter Patsy June Lawson born 10-25-1935. She married Joseph Vandergriff born 9-20-1934. They had 2 children-David Edward Vandergriff born 12-26-1961, and Brad Lee Vandergriff born 2-26-1965. Bert and Bessie Hopkins and their family lived in the Alton, IL area.
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(4a) Lee and Mamie (Westfall) Hopkins's daughter Velda Hopkins was born 5-17-1923 in Alton, IL. She married Edward Trice born 12-21-1920 in Barlow, Kentucky, the son of James and Elnora (Commines) Trice. They had a daughter, Judith Trice born 9-17-1940. She married Donald Hodapp born 7-18-1934, the son of Walter and Elizabeth Hodapp. They had 3 daughters-Linda Kay Hodapp born 9-22-1961 in Breeze, IL, Starla Lyn Hodapp born 8-23-1965 in Alton, IL, and Deanna Sue Hodapp born 3-14-1970 in Alton, IL.
(4) Nora Westfall
Nora Westfall, my father Walter Edward Westfall's half sister, the daughter of my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall was born 1-8-1887 near Reedyville (now Reedy), Roane County, West Virginia. She died 4-22-1944 in Illinois. She lived with my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and grandmother Frances (McCaulley) Westfall (her stepmother), and with my father and his other brothers and sisters growing up on their farm near Fieldon IL. She married Frank Kraushaar (my mother's uncle) 10-13-1905. Frank Kraushaar was born in 1865 near Fieldon, IL, the son of Frank and Julia (Albert) Kraushaar. He died in 1937.
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Frank and Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar had 3 children-Frank Jr. (Frankie) Kraushaar, Leo Kraushaar, and Frances Kraushaar.
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(1a) Frank and Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar's son Frank Kraushaar Jr. (Frankie) was born 8-1-1906 near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL. He died in 1995. He married Julia A. Jorden born 11-3-1897 in Alton, IL. She died in 1983. They had no children. They are both buried in Hettick City cemetery near South Palmyra Township, Macoupin County Illinois.
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(2a) Frank and Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar's daughter Frances Hattie Kraushaar was born 3-13-1908 near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL. She died 11-30-1986 in Alton, IL. She was married to Michael Fred Traunecker born 5-8-1894, the son of John and Jacobina (Ferenbach) Traunecker. His parents were born in Germany. He died 5-29-1969 in Alton, IL. Michael and Frances had one son, John Michael Traunecker born 6-12-1924. He died 7-27-1952 in Alton, IL.
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Frank & Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar's daughter Frances H. (Kraushaar) Traunecker's obituary - Frances H. Traunecker, 78, of Alton, died at 3:57 am today, October 30, 1986, at St. Joseph's hospital. Mrs Traunecker was employed at Owens-Illinois Glass Company for 9 years, retiring in 1947 as a selector. She was born in Fieldon, the daughter of the late Frank & Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar. On September 10, 1924, in Alton, she married Michael F. Traunecker, who died in 1969. 2 brothers survive, Leo Kraushaar of Godfrey and Frank Kraushaar of Hettick. Visitation is scheduled from 4-9 pm Friday at Elias-Smith Funeral Home in Godfrey. Services will be conducted there at 10:30 am Saturday by Rev. Lance Bently. Burial will be in Upper Alton cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Evangelical United Church of Christ in Godfrey, where she was a member.
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Frances Hattie (Kraushaar) Traunecker's husband Michael Fred Traunecker's sister Ida Helena (Traunecker) Miller's obituary - Died 03-29-1973. Final services were held Saturday afternoon at Jacoby Funeral Home for Ida Helena Miller, 86, of this city whose death occurred on March 29 at Jersey Community Hospital. Rev. William H. Smith officiated at the rites. Interment was in Fieldon cemetery. Born June 17, 1886 in Jersey County she was the daughter of John and Jokobina Ferenbach Traunecker. Her husband was the late David Miller. Her survivors are three sisters, Miss Elizabeth Traunecker of Jerseyville; Miss Augusta Traunecker and Mrs. Emma C. Gerson of Alton and a nephew. Her husband, two infant daughters, parents, three brothers and one sister preceded her in death. Visitation was held at Jacoby Funeral Home.
Frances Hattie (Kraushaar) Traunecker's husband Michael Fred Traunecker's sister Elizabeth Traunecker's obituary - Died 01-20-1982. Elizabeth Traunecker, 93, was found dead on the floor of the bathroom at her home, in which the temperature was 40 degrees. Miss Traunecker lived at 505 W. Spruce and a neighbor, Mrs. Mowen called the police about 1 pm January 20. She had not been able to reach the elderly woman by telephone and she had not answered her door. The police entered the home through an unlocked window and found the victim lying on the floor. The hot water was running but there was no overflow, and the stool was leaking from the tank entrance and the floor was partially covered with water. Further investigation revealed that the thermostat was turned down as low as possible and a check of the furnace by the police, found the pilot light was out. Mrs. Mowen said she last talked with the victim on Friday January 15. All the windows and the basement were secure according to the police report by Patrolman Gary Kallal. Miss Traunecker was born June 8, 1888 in Jersey County, a daughter of John & Jacobina (Ferenbach) Traunecker. She is survived by 1 sister, Emma C. Gerson of Alton. 3 brothers, and 2 sisters preceded her in death. Services were conducted Friday afternoon at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home in Jerseyville by Rev. Lance Bently with burial in Fieldon cemetery. An inquest is pending.
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(3a) Frank and Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar's son Leo Kraushaar was born 9-10-1918 near Fieldon, Jersey County, IL. He married Mary Alena Parker born 12-10-1923 in Alton, IL. They had 4 children-Robert, David, Carol, and Della. Their daughter Carol Ann Kraushaar was born 7-22-1943 in Alton, and was unmarried the last information I had. Their son Robert Dean Kraushaar was born 8-30-1945 in Alton, IL. He married Beverly Joyce Baus born 7-29-1924. They had 2 children-Jennifer Rene Kraushaar born 4-25-1968 and Robert Lee Kraushaar born 7-8-1970. Leo and Mary (Parker) Kraushaar's daughter Della Kay Kraushaar was born 6-1-1947. She married Donald Lee Cochran born 8-21-1944. hey had a daughter Susie Alene Cochran born 8-17-1967. Leo and Mary (Parker) Kraushaar's son David Leo Kraushaar born 1-21-1952 married Cristy Lane Grey born 11-9-1954.
(1aaaa) Frank and Nora (Westfall) Kraushaar's great great grandson and Leo and Mary (Parker) Kraushaar's great grandson and Robert and Beverly (Baus) Kraushaar's grandson and David and Jennifer (Kraushaar) Womack Jr's son Brian M. Womack's obituary - Brian M. Womack, 22, died at 7:06 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008, in the emergency room at Jersey Community Hospital. He was born Dec. 10, 1985, in Hopewell, Va. His parents are David Womack Jr. and his wife, Jennifer, of Grafton and his mother, Jennifer Womack, of Springfield, Ill. He married the former Heather Bell on April 20, 2007, in Jerseyville. She survives. He was a laborer in brick laying.
In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by a son, Hayden M. Womack of Grafton; his paternal grandparents, David and Kara Womack Sr. of Grafton; maternal grandparents, Robert and Beverly Kraushaar of Godfrey; paternal great-grandparents, Richard and Geraldine Waggoner of Texas; his maternal great-grandmother, Mary Kraushaar of Alton; a sister, Sarah Womack of Springfield; two brothers, Reis Gaffney and Elijah Womack, both of Grafton; and a nephew and niece, J.J. and Nevaeh. He was preceded in death by his paternal great-grandparents, Thomas and Muriel Womack; his maternal great-grandfather, Leo Kraushaar; and his paternal great-grandfather, Crystal Duff. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Alexander and Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville and from 9 a.m. until services at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at First Baptist Church in Grafton. The Rev. William Hendricks will officiate. Burial will be at Scenic Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family. Alexander and Gubser Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Frank Kraushaar's first wife was Ida Houseman (1870-1904). After her death in 1904 he married my father's half sister Nora Westfall in 1905. Frank and his first wife Ida Houseman had 4 children-William (Bill) Kraushaar, Lou Kraushaar, Henry Edward Kraushaar, and Gussie Kraushaar. Their son William (Bill) Kraushaar (1902-1962) lived on their home place farm north of Fieldon, IL. He was married to Sylvia Carter born 9-3-1910. She died 10-17-1984. They had 4 children-William, Richard, Ron, and Judy who married a man who's last name was Tanner.
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William Kraushaar's wife Sylvia L. (Carter) Kraushaar's obituary - Mrs. Sylvia Kraushaar, 74, 200 McBride St., Jerseyville, IL died at 5:10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at St. Luke's West Hospital. Mrs. Kraushaar was born Sept. 3, 1910 in Illinois. She married William Kraushaar, and he died Jan. 17, 1962. She is survived by three sons, William of Miami, Fla., Richard of Texas, and Ron of Jerseyville; a daughter, Judy Tanner of Brighton; a brother, Fred Carter of Alton, and seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Jacoby Brothers Funeral Home on Friday, Oct. 19 with Reverend R. E. George officiating. Burial was in the Fieldon Cemetery.
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Note: I remember when I was a boy back in the 1950's my parents and I visited William Kraushaar's wife Sylvia (Carter) Kraushaar at a tuberculosis sanitorium near Edwardsville, IL where she was recovering from tuberculosis. I don't know how long she was at the tuberculosis sanitorium.
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I don't have much information about the other children of Frank and Ida Houseman except that Henry Edward Kraushaar was born in 1889, and Gussie Kraushaar married Amos H. Woolsey 12-27-1913.
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Frank Kraushaar's wife's Ida (Houseman) Kraushaar's obituary - Mrs. Frank Kraushaar, died 10-00-1904 (died in Oct. 1904, exact date unknown). From Jerseyville Republican Newspaper, 20 October 1904: Mrs. Frank Kraushaar, 34 years old, died at home 12 miles northwest of city. Funeral was by I. D. Crawford with burial in Houseman cemetery.
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I found new information that Frank Kraushaar was married to Katurah Emeline Hughes 1-10-1883 prior to his marriage to Ida Houseman.
(5) Eva May Westfall
Eva May Westfall, my father Walter Edward Westfall's half sister, the daughter of my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall. She lived with my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and grandmother Frances (McCaulley) Westfall (her stepmother), and with my father and his other brothers and sisters growing up on their farm near Fieldon IL. She was born 1-10-1892 near Reedy, Roane County, West Virginia. She died 11-23-1978 in Alton, IL. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. She married Michael Thomas Haag 2-23-1916 in Jersey County, IL, the son of Jacob and Johanna (Ahrling) Haag. Eva's husband Michael Haag was born in 1890 in Jersey County, IL, and he died 1-20-1956. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL. Michael Haag's father Jacob Haag was born in 1862, and died in 1941 in Jersey County, IL. He is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, English Township, Jersey County, IL. Michael Haag's mother Johanna (Ahrling) Haag was born in 1867 and died in 1950 in Jersey County, IL. She is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery, English Township, Jersey County, IL.
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Jasper and Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall's daughter Eva M. (Westfall) Haag's obituary - The funeral of Mrs. Eva May Haag, 85, of 212 Ferguson, Jersyville was conducted Saturday afternoon at Jacoby Bros. Funeral Home by the Rev. Carl J. Cook of Alton. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. She died at 3:30 a.m. Nov. 23, 1978 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton. She was born in West Virginia Jan. 10, 1893, a daughter of Jasper and Mary Jane Shannon Westfall. Her husband, Michael T. Haag, died Jan. 20, 1956.
She is survived by a son, Michael Haag, Jerseyville; a daughter, Dorothy Michael, Alton; two half brothers, Floyd Westfall of Medora and Jasper Westfall of Alton; a half sister, Anne Coleman, Jerseyville; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two daughters, and two half brothers, a half sister and four sisters.
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Michael and Eva (Westfall) Haag had 4 children-Dorothy Stella Haag, Winnifred Kitty Haag, Michael Thomas Haag, and Mary Elizabeth Haag.
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(1a) Michael and Eva (Westfall) Haag's daughter Dorothy Stella Haag was born 10-10-1918. She married Lawrence Michael born 2-4-1915, the son of Michael and Nora (Lawliss) Michael. They had one daughter, Geraldine Michael born 3-19-1937. She married Larry Hartley born 1-5-1936, the son of Alvin and Irene Hartley. They had a son David Hartley born 9-18-1959. He now lives near Chicago, IL. Geraldine later married Frank Kovarik and they live in Grafton, IL.
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(2a) Michael and Eva (Westfall) Haag's daughter Winnifred Kitty Haag was born 11-26-1923. She is deceased. She married Arthur Herbstreit born 10-20-1916, the son of Julius and Henrietta Herbstreit. They had one son Carl Arthur Herbstreit born 3-4-1946.
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(3a) Michael and Eva (Westfall) Haag's son Michael Thomas Haag born 10-19-1930 married Donna collins born 9-24-1933, the daugter of Alvin and Ruth (Oliver) Collins. They had 3 children-Phyllis June Haag born, 6-19-1951, Steven Eugene Haag born 7-16-1953 married Deborah Dunham the daughter of Edward and Hazel (Devening) Dunham, and Byron Lee Haag born 7-19-1971.
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(4a) Michael and Eva (Westfall) Haag's daughter Mary Elizabeth Haag died in infancy 12-26-1926. She is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville, IL.
(6) Grace Westfall
Grace Westfall, my father Walter Edward Westfall's half sister, the daughter of my grandfather Jasper Mifflin Westfall and his first wife Mary Jane (Shannon) Westfall was born 8-21-1890 in Reedy, Roane County, West Virginia. She died 9-29-1974 in Kansas. She married Henry Moisten Lentz born 2-22-1885 in Abbeyville, Reno County, Kansas. He died 3-10-1957 in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. He was the son of Daniel and Mary (Whittenburg) Lentz.
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Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz had 6 children-Ethel Fern Lentz, Edith May Lentz, Ruby Genevieve Lentz, Freda Opal Lentz, Russell Enloe Lentz, and Robert Leroy Lentz.
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(1a) Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz's daughter Ethel Fern Lentz born 11-11-1907 Toronto, Woodson County, Kansas married Clarence Irwin Gnagy born 7-17-1903 in Pretty Prairie, Reno County, Kansas. He died 4-26-1959 in Hayward, California. He was the son of Irvin and Mary (Leatherman) Gnagy. She married later in Jan. 1974 to Edward Schmidt, residence Santa Cruz, CA.
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Clarence and Ethel (Lentz) Gnagy had 4 children-Rosella Lucille Gnagy, Donald Eugene Gnagy, Irvin Henry Gnagy, and Marilyn Grace Gnagy.
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(1aa) Clarence and Ethel (Lentz) Gnagy's daughter Rosella Lucille Gnagy born 2-3-1929 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Paul Hodges, the son of Clyde and Lubie Hodges of Arkansas.
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Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges had 7 children-Paul Wayne Hodges, James Clyde Hodges, Sharon Sue Hodges, Karen Kaye Hodges, Shirley Rosella Hodges, Sandra Denise Hodges, and John Michael Hodges.
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(1aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's son Paul Wayne Hodges Jr. born 11-27-1929 in Oakland, CA married Patricia Lynn Jayne, the daughter of Julian and Ruby Jayne.
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(2aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's son James Clyde Hodges born 4-25-1949 in Oakland, CA married Pamela Joan Silva, the daughter of George and Patricia Silva. They had a daughter Cassie Jean Hodges born 9-12-1973 in Hayward, CA.
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(3aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's daughter Sharon Sue Hodges born 3-25-1951 in Livermore, CA married Richard Lee McWilliams, the son of Leonard and Irene McWilliams. They had a daughter Shawnie Lee McWilliams born 6-24-1973 in Hayward, CA.
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(4aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's daughter Karen Kaye Hodges born 6-24-1952 died at birth.
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(5aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's daughter Shirley Rosella Hodges born 4-6-1954 in Almeda, CA married Jerald Martinez. They had a daughter Diana Michelle Martinez born 7-8-1971 in Hayward, CA.
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(6aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's daughter Sandra Denise Hodges was born 11-7-1955 in Almeda, CA.
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(7aaa) Paul and Rosella (Gnagy) Hodges's son John Michael Hodges was born 2-5-1957 in Almeda, CA.
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(2aa) Clarence and Ethel (Lentz) Gnagy's son Donald Eugene Gnagy died at birth in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas in 1931.
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(3aa) Clarence and Ethel (Lentz) Gnagy's son Irvin Henry Gnagy born 7-7-1932 Hutchinson, Kansas married Karen Hammer in Germany born 6-25-1941 in Erlenwiessen, Germany, the daughter of Theodore and Elfried (Franzisky) Hammer. They had 4 children-William Benn Gnagy born 3-13-1958 in Frankfort, Germany, Barbara Ann Gnagy born 12-17-1959 in Almeda, CA, Theodore John Gnagy born 10-7-1961 in Almeda, CA, and Charles Steven Ganagy born 12-17-1969 in Hayward, CA.
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(4aa) Clarence and Ethel (Lentz) Gnagy's daughter Marilyn Grace Gnagy born 7-25-1938 Hutchinson, Kansas was married and divorced twice. She had 5 children-Steven Dennis born 6-26-1956 in Hayward, CA, Kathleen Marie born 1-1-1958 in Castro Valley, CA, Teresa Gail born 1-11-1959 in Hutchinson, Kansa, Anna Jo born 10-18-1963 in Oakland, CA, and Thomas Allen born 6-12-1965 in Oakland, CA.
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(2a) Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz's daughter Edith May Lentz born 2-2-1910 in Darlow, Kansas married Roy Clarence Walker born 9-281893 in Turon, Reno County, Kansas, the son of Walter Clarence and Lodia May (Harris) Walker. He died 9-24-1957 in Hutchinson, Kansas. They had 2 children-Geraldine W. Walker and Walter Henry Walker.
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(1aa) Roy and Edith (Lentz) Walker's daughter Geraldine W. Walker was born 10-17-1932 in Hutchinson, Kansas. She was married and divorced 3 times. She had 6 children-Glen Eugene born 10-23-1951, Anita Jean born 8-8-1953, Dale Lyle born 9-19-1954,Polly Lea born 5-21-1959, Jill Ellen born 1-8-1966, and Craig Allen born 5-24-1970.
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(2aa) Roy and Edith (Lentz) Walker's son Walter Henry Walker born 109-1934 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Aiko Kivia in Japan. They had 3 children-James Henry Walker born 7-27-1957 in Hutchinson, Kansas, Larry Eugene Walker born 1-27-1959 in Hutchinson, Kansas, and Sandra Lee Walker born 6-9-1962 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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(3a) Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz's daughter Ruby Genevieve Lentz was born 10-18-1911 in Castleton, Reno County, Kansas. Much of the information about the Westfalls on my site came from a book about the Westfalls researched by her. She married Charles Willis Wilmore (Col. Retired) born 2-23-1907 in Sheridan, Hamilton County, Indiana, the son of Fred Sherman and Anna Mae (Griffin) Wilmore. Charles and Ruby (Lentz) Wilmore 3 children-Phyllis Allene Wilmore, John Howard Wilmore, and Charles Willis Wilmore Jr.
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(1aa) Charles and Ruby (Lentz) Wilmore's daughter Phyllis Allene Wilmore born 3-30-1931 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Leon Bernard Zimmerman (Lt. Col. Reserve) born 11-19-1930 in Ridgeville, Indiana, the son of Herman and Katherine (Long) Zimmerman. They had 3 chilren-David Leon Zimmerman born 5-12-1953 in El Paso, Texas, Linda Ruth Zimmerman born 8-27-1958 in Winchester, Indiana, and Steven Lee Zimmerman born 12-3-1960 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.
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(2aa) Charles and Ruby (Lentz) Wilmore's son John Howard Wilmore (Major Army Reserve) was born 12-5-1932 in Randolph County, Indiana. He married Constance Juaregui the daughter of Joseph and Winnefred Juaregui. They had 3 children-John Charles Wilmore born 5-19-1955 in Winchester, Indiana, Lucinda Elaine Wilmore born 7-7-1956 at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia, and Jefferson Edward Wilmore born 6-14-1961 at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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(3aa) Charles and Ruby (Lentz) Wilmore's son Charles Willis Wilmore Jr. (Agent FBI) born 9-16-1934 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Jean Rankin born in Richmond, Indiana, the daughter of Donald and Nancy (Bell) Rankin. They had 3 children-Garry Bruce Wilmore born 6-9-1953 in Richmond, Indiana, Michael Allen Wilmore born 5-7-1962 in Reno, Nevada, and Valerie Jean Wilmore born 6-5-1964 in Reno, Nevada.
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(4a) Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz's daughter Freda Opal Lentz born 6-30-1915 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Harold Ralston born 3-30-1916 , the son of Alexander and Winnifred (Frazier) Ralston. They had 3 children-Richard Randolph Ralston Jr, Gary Arlan Ralston, and Carole Allene Ralston.
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(1aa) Harold and Freda (Lentz) Ralston's son Richard Randolph Ralston born 12-5-1939 in Dallas, Texas married Melanie Louise Shanklin born in Petuluma, CA, the daughter of Chester and Geneva (Stratton) Shanklin. They had 3 children-Toi Jolene Ralston born 12-18-1964, Richard Randolph Ralston Jr. born 6-28-1966 in Hutchinson, Kansas, and Paul Cardwell Ralston born 2-24-1969 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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(2aa) Harold and Freda (Lentz) Ralston's son Gary Arlan Ralston born 1-22-1942 married Stella Benton, the daughter of Joseph and Anne (Thomas) Benton. They had 2 children-Christina Gayle Ralston born 12-3-1964 in Hutchinson, Kansas, and Shelley Arlene Ralston borm 11-23-1966 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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(3aa) Harold and Freda (Lentz) Ralston's daughter Carole Allene Ralston born 10-18-1946 married Michael Lynn Boyle born 1-22-1946, the son of James and Virginia (Dodge) Boyle. They had no children.
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(5a) Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz's son Russell Enloe Lentz born 6-10-1917 in Hutchinson, Kansas was unmarried.
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(6a) Henry and Grace (Westfall) Lentz's son Robert Leroy Lentz born 3-4-1919 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Marjorie Blackburn in Australia. She was born 4-10-1923 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, the daughter of Percy and Edith (Field) Blackburn. They had 5 children-Cheryl Diane Lentz, Denis Leroy Lentz, Roger Edwin Lentz, Janis Eleanor Lentz, and Julie Ann Lentz.
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(1aa) Robert Leroy and Marjorie (Blackburn) Lentz's daughter Cheryl Diane Lentz born 1-13-1945 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Dewey Duane Catlin born 8-2-1947 in Hardtner, Kansas, the son of Bruce and Betty (Lambert) Catlin. They had 2 children- Melissa Dawn Catlin born 9-16-1968, and Victoria Ann Catlin born 6-1-1974 in Goodland, Kansas.
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(2aa) Robert and Marjorie (Blackburn) Lentz's son Denis Leroy Lentz born 8-14-1950 in Hutchinson, Kansas married Joyce McNett, the daughter of Willis and Naomi (Mark) McNett. They had 1 son, John Edwin Lentz born 3-13-1974 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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(3aa & 4aa) Robert and Marjorie (Blackburn) Lentz's twins Roger Edwin Lentz and Janis Eleanor Lentz were born 8-13-1959 in Hutchinson, Kansas.
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(5aa) Robert and Marjorie (Blackburn) Lentz's daughter Julie Ann Lentz was born 10-23-1965 in Hutchinson Kansas.