Lester Richard Bjork ^{1 2 3 4}

  Death Notes:

Name: Lester Richard Bjork
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 30 Mar 1993
Event Place: San Diego, California, United States
Birth Date: 19 Mar 1919
Birthplace: Illinois
Gender: Male
Mother's Name: Lunberg

Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPXR-HBQ : 26 November 2014), Lester Richard Bjork, 30 Mar 1993; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
--------------------------------------------

Given Name: Lester
Middle Name: R
Surname: Bjork
Birth Date: 19 March 1919
State: Illinois
Last Place of Residence: San Diego, San Diego, California
Previous Residence Postal Code: 92104
Event Date: 30 March 1993
Age: 74

Citing this Record:
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V9HV-1TB : accessed 25 Oct 2014), Lester R Bjork, 30 Mar 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
-------------------------------------------------------

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Rockford, IL on 2 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 101-72, Household 7, Roll 915
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
604 Rome Avenue; Rent $16
Lester R. Bjork..Head..21..IL..11th grade..Stock clerk, National Lock Co..earned $1000 in 1939

(Living with wife and son.)
.

• He was buried on 5 May 1993 in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, CA.

Plot: SECTION OFF SITE 231
Find A Grave Memorial #3387710
. ⁴

Lester married Venus Rose Holmes, daughter of Frank Roy Holmes and Josephine Anna Fanning, on 9 April 1937 in Boone County, IL.^{1 2} (Venus Rose Holmes was born on 31 December 1918 in Cherry Valley, IL,^{5 6 7} died on 22 April 2000 in El Cajon, CA ⁷ and was buried on 18 May 2000 in San Diego, CA ⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 9 April 1937, in Boone County, IL. ²

• They appeared on the 1940 US Census in Rockford, IL on 2 April 1940. ¹

1940 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 101-72, Household 7, Roll 915
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
604 Rome Avenue; Rent $16
Lester R. Bjork..Head..21..IL..11th grade..Stock clerk, National Lock Co..earned $1000 in 1939
Venus Bjork..Wife..20..IL..10th grade
Daniel Bjork..Son..1m..IL
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Lester Richard Bjork
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1937
Event Place: Boone, Illinois, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Venus G Holmes
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X22C-X2V : 5 November 2017), Lester Richard Bjork and Venus G Holmes, 1937; citing Boone, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,914,103.
----------------------------------------