LaVerda Caldwell Glabe1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3579, (1920 - 2007)
FatherHenry Jacob Glabe4,5,6,7 (11 Mar 1876 - 30 Apr 1959)
MotherNellie L. Caldwell8,9,6 (3 Jul 1882 - 22 Apr 1948)

Key Events:

Birth: 27 Mar 1920, Cissna Park, Illinois10,11,12
Marriage: 1 Nov 1957, Crown Point, Lake Co., Indiana, Harold Walter Lyon (3 Feb 1922 - 18 Jan 2005)13,14,15
Death: 9 Jul 2007, Urbana, Illinois16,17
Burial: Glen Cemetery, Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois18,19
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
AncestryThe Glabe Family

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Narrative:

     LaVerda Caldwell Glabe was born on 27 Mar 1920 in Cissna Park, Illinois.10,11,12
     LaVerda's family moved to Paxton, some 30 miles south and east of Chatsworth, before 1930. She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Henry Jacob Glabe and Nellie L. Caldwell.4 She appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents.5
     She was bookkeeper for a dairy in 1940, reporting in the 1940 census that she had worked 40 hours the last week of March, and had worked 52 weeks the previous year, earning $420.5 She appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois, in the household of her father, Henry Jacob Glabe.7
     LaVerda married Harold Walter Lyon, son of William Howard Lyon Jr. and Catherine H. Wilson, on 1 Nov 1957 in Crown Point, Lake Co., Indiana, with Harvey T. Minas, justice of the peace, officiating.13,14,15
     LaVerda and Harold moved to Savoy, Illinois, in Nov 1988 living there until their deaths.6
     Her husband died on 18 Jan 2005 in Danville, Illinois.20,21,22
     LaVerda died on 9 Jul 2007 in Urbana, Illinois, at age 87.16,17 She was buried in Glen Cemetery, Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois.18,19

Children:
     Children with Harold Walter Lyon:

Harold and LaVerda's daughters are still living.

Citations

  1. [S3584] Henry J. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois, shows name as LaVerda Glabe.
  2. [S3630] The News-Gazette, 11 Jul 2007, shows father's surname as Glabe.
  3. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows name as LaVerda Caldwell Glabe.
  4. [S3584] Henry J. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois.
  5. [S3587] Henry J. Glabe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois.
  6. [S3630] The News-Gazette, 11 Jul 2007.
  7. [S13080] Henry J. Glabe household, 1950 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois.
  8. [S3584] Henry J. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Nellie's husband.
  9. [S3587] Henry J. Glabe household, 1940 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daugher of Nellie's husband.
  10. [S3584] Henry J. Glabe household, 1930 U.S. Census, Ford Co., Illinois, shows age 10 and state.
  11. [S3630] The News-Gazette, 11 Jul 2007, shows date and town, as Cissna Park.
  12. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows year, town, as Fairbury, and state.
  13. [S1302] Marriage Licenses, Lake Co., Indiana, 167:241, no. 154291, Harold W. Lyon and La Verda Glabe, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  14. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows year, as 1958, town, and state, as Crown Point, Indiana.
  15. [S3630] The News-Gazette, 11 Jul 2007, shows date, as 1 Aug, and city, as Chicago.
  16. [S3630] The News-Gazette, 11 Jul 2007, shows date and city.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 20774251, LaVerda C. Glabe Lyon, shows date, and includes photo of tombstone showing same.
  18. [S3630] The News-Gazette, 11 Jul 2007, shows cemetery and town.
  19. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 20774251, LaVerda C. Glabe Lyon, and includes photo of tombstone.
  20. [S13082] Harold W Lyon obituary, The Pantagraph, shows date and city.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 71064399, Harold W. Lyon, shows date, and includes photos of tombstone and military plaque showing same.
  22. [S1041] "U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006," Ancestry.com, record for Harold W Lyon, shows date.