Velma Darlene Weese

Chester Arthur Weese
(Abt 1895-)

Martha Barnes
(Abt 1900-)

Velma Darlene Weese
(1925-2010)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harold Melvin Lightfoot

Velma Darlene Weese ¹

Born: 23 August 1925, Gentry County, MO ¹
Marriage (1): Harold Melvin Lightfoot about 1944 ¹
Died: 21 March 2010, Orland Park, IL at age 84

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• 1950 US Census: 17 April 1950, in Salem, OR. ¹ 1950 US Census
Sheet 7, Family 78, District 24-24
Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
870 North 17th
V. Darlene Lightfoot..Wife..24..Missouri

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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Velma married Harold Melvin Lightfoot, son of Charles Clifford Lightfoot and Thelma M. Grimes, about 1944.¹ (Harold Melvin Lightfoot was born on 16 June 1918 in Carrollton, MO,¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ died on 30 July 1971 in Blythe, CA ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ and was buried after 30 July 1971 in De Witt Township, Carroll, MO ⁷.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• 1950 US Census: 17 April 1950, in Salem, OR. ¹ 1950 US Census
Sheet 7, Family 78, District 24-24
Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States
870 North 17th
Harold M. Lightfoot..Head..31..Missouri..Regional Field Representative Health Insurance Company
V. Darlene Lightfoot..Wife..24..Missouri
Lana L. Lightfoot..Daughter..4..Kansas
Loyal L. Lightfoot..Son..2..Kansas
Lizbeth L. Lightfoot..Daughter..Oregon
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bullet Marriage Notes:

Their first daughter, Lana, was born in 1945 in Atchinson, Kansas. Their first son, Loyal, was born in 1947 also in Kansas. By 1949 they had moved to Oregon where their second daughter, Lizbeth, was born in 1949. The 1950 US Census shows the family living in Salem, Marion, Oregon.

By 1971, Harold had moved to Riverside County in Southern California where he died in 1971 at the age of 53. His body was returned to Missouri and he was buried in Pleasant Park Cemetery in De Witt, Missouri where his paternal grandparents are also buried. His 2nd wife, Velma, lived until 2010 where she died outside of Chicago. I do not know if she remarried or not.
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1 1950 US Census, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, p. 7, family 78; digital images, "1950 US Census,"(accessed 22 Aug 2022).

2 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri, enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 3B, dwelling 67, family 67, Aaron Lightfoot; index and images (accessed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625.

3 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri, United States, enumeration district (ED) 0009, sheet 5B, family 119, Charles Clifford Lightfoot and Thelma M. Grimes; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1181.

4 1940 U.S. census, population schedule, Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri, United States, enumeration district (ED) 17-7, sheet 1A, household 7, Harold Melvin Lightfoot and Louise (?); index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 31 May 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T627, roll 2094.

5 "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (accessed 31 May 2014), Name: Harold Lightfoot; Event Date: July 1971.

6 "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015582 : accessed 31 May 2014), Name: Harold M Lightfoot; Event Date: 30 Jul 1971; Event Place: Riverside, California, United States.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 31 May 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60339783.

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