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Virginia Mae Wolfe1,2,3

ID# 24329, (1923 - 2001)
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Parents:

FatherRobert A. Wolfe (25 Aug 1895 - Nov 1970)
MotherEdith M. Fields (27 Jun 1895 - 11 Dec 1990)
Family IndexesThe Glabe Family

Key Events:

Birth: 6 Oct 1923, Bradford, Illinois,4,5,6
Marriage: abt 1945, Edwin Frederick Prenger (b. 9 Feb 1917, d. 5 Nov 2011)7,8,9
Divorce: by 1952, Edwin Frederick Prenger (b. 9 Feb 1917, d. 5 Nov 2011)10,11
Marriage: 26 Oct 1979, St. Louis, Missouri, Clarence M. Pelker (b. 5 Jan 1925, d. 24 Jul 1980)12,13,14
Death: 31 Oct 2001, Kewanee, Illinois,15,16,17
Burial: 6 Nov 2001, Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Stark Co., Illinois,18
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Narrative:

Virginia Mae Wolfe was born on 6 Oct 1923 in Bradford, IllinoisG.4,5,6
     She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Bradford Twp., Stark Co., Illinois, G in the household of her parents, Robert A. Wolfe and Edith M. Fields.19 She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Bradford, Stark Co., Illinois, G in the household of her parents.20
     Virginia married first Edwin Frederick Prenger, son of Joseph Frank Prenger and Jessie Myrtle Watson, about 1945. He had previously been married to Marguerite Laura Huggitt and Vivian B. Wagner.7,8,9
     Virginia and Edwin moved to Iroquois Co., IllinoisG, before 1950. They appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Watseka, Iroquois Co., Illinois, at 314 N 2nd G, enumerated 24 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm. Irene McCurdy, a 55-year-old bookkeeper at a bank, was listed as a lodger.21
     Virginia and Edwin were apparently divorced by 1952 as he remarried in December of that year, and she resumed use of her maiden name.10,11
     Virginia moved to St. Louis, MissouriG, by the time of her father's death in 1970.22
     Virginia married second Clarence M. Pelker, son of Adam J. Pelker and Mary J. Kasban, on 26 Oct 1979 in St. Louis, MissouriG.12,13,14
     Her second husband died on 24 Jul 1980.23,24
     Virginia died on 31 Oct 2001 in Kewanee, IllinoisG, at age 78.15,16,17 She was cremated and her remains were interred at the Wyoming Cemetery, Wyoming, Stark Co., IllinoisG, on 6 Nov 2001.18

Children:
     There were no children with Edwin Frederick Prenger

Children:
     There were no children with Clarence M. Pelker

Citations

  1. [S13168] Robert J. Wolfe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Stark Co., Illinois, shows name as Virginia Wolfe.
  2. [S13169] Robert A. Wolfe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Stark Co., Illinois, shows name as Virginia M. Wolfe.
  3. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Virginia Mae Wolfe, Soc. Sec. No. 360-16-0525, shows father's surname as Wolfe.
  4. [S13168] Robert J. Wolfe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Stark Co., Illinois, shows age 6 and state.
  5. [S13169] Robert A. Wolfe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Stark Co., Illinois, shows age 15 and state.
  6. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Virginia Mae Wolfe, Soc. Sec. No. 360-16-0525, shows date, town, and state.
  7. [S13167] Edwin Prenger household, 1950 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., Illinois, shows married.
  8. [S3474] Polk's Peoria City Directory, 1948, pg 450, shows his wife as Virginia.
  9. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Virginia Mae Wolfe, Soc. Sec. No. 360-16-0525, shows her as Virginia Mae Prenger effective Oct 1945.
  10. [S13157] Edwin F. Prenger obituary, Herald-Whig, shows he remarried 22 Dec 1952.
  11. [S13173] Robert Wolfe obituary, Streator DailyTimes-Press, shows her name as Virginia Wolfe.
  12. [S13170] Virginia M. unknown subject obituary, Journal StarPelker, Virginia M., shows date, city, and state.
  13. [S13171] Clarence Pelker obituary, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, shows him as her husband.
  14. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Virginia Mae Wolfe, Soc. Sec. No. 360-16-0525, shows alternate names Oct 1945: Virginia Mae Prenger and 06 Nov 1979: Virginia M. Pelker.
  15. [S13170] Virginia M. unknown subject obituary, Journal StarPelker, Virginia M., shows date and town.
  16. [S1500] "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," Ancestry.com, record for Virginia Mae Wolfe, Soc. Sec. No. 360-16-0525, shows date.
  17. [S1000] "Social Security Death Index," Ancestry.com, record for Virginia M. Pelker, Soc. Sec. No. 360-16-0525, shows date, and last residence, as 61491, Wyoming, Stark, Illinois.
  18. [S13170] Virginia M. unknown subject obituary, Journal StarPelker, Virginia M.
  19. [S13168] Robert J. Wolfe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Stark Co., Illinois.
  20. [S13169] Robert A. Wolfe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Stark Co., Illinois.
  21. [S13167] Edwin Prenger household, 1950 U.S. Census, Iroquois Co., Illinois.
  22. [S13173] Robert Wolfe obituary, Streator DailyTimes-Press, shows her as living in St. Louis, Mo.
  23. [S13171] Clarence Pelker obituary, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, shows date.
  24. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 9296702, Clarence Martin Pelker, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.

 

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