Viola May Oetzel1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 3729, (1898 - 1949)
FatherAdam Oetzel4,5 (15 Jul 1852 - 13 Mar 1903)
MotherCaroline Glabe4,6,7 (8 Nov 1852 - 24 Mar 1927)

Key Events:

Birth: 4 Oct 1898, Farmdale, Illinois8,9,10
Marriage: 27 Nov 1918, Washington, Illinois, Harry H. Mooberry (16 Nov 1894 - 3 Nov 1965)8,11,12
Death: 26 Apr 1949, Peoria, Illinois13,9
Burial: Mooberry Cemetery, Tazewell Co., Illinois14
ChartsDescendants of Jakob and Anna Katharina Glebe
Selected Descendants of William and Elizabeth Mooberry (#1)
Selected Descendants of William and Elizabeth Mooberry (#2)
AncestryThe Glabe Family

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Viola May Oetzel was born on 4 Oct 1898 in Farmdale, Illinois.8,9,10 She appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of her parents, Adam Oetzel and Caroline Glabe.5
     Her father died on 13 Mar 1903, when Viola was 4 years old.15,16,17 Viola appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, in the household of her mother.7
     Viola married Harry H. Mooberry, son of Milton Mooberry and Lydia R. Mooberry, on 27 Nov 1918 in Washington, Illinois.8,11,12
     Viola and Harry H. Mooberry appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, on Bloomington Rd., enumerated 6 Jan 1920, reporting they rented their home.18
     Viola and Harry appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 30 Apr 1930, reporting that they did not own a radio. Their children Orville, Glen, Buford and Donna were listed as living with them.4
     Viola and Harry appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Groveland Twp., Tazewell Co., Illinois, enumerated 18 Apr 1940, reporting that they owned a home valued at $3,000, and that the family had lived in the same house in 1935. Their children Orville, Glen, Buford and Donna were listed as living with them.19
     Viola died on 26 Apr 1949 in Peoria, Illinois, at age 50.13,9 She was buried in Mooberry Cemetery, Tazewell Co., Illinois, next to her husband.14

Children:
     Children with Harry H. Mooberry:

  • Orville Milton Mooberry20,21,22 (6 Mar 1920 - 2 Dec 2013)
  • Glen Elmer Mooberry20,21,23,4 (24 Apr 1922 - 17 Apr 1999)
  • Buford Lee Mooberry20,21,4 (4 Feb 1924 - 7 Oct 2012)
  • Donna Mae Mooberry24,25,4 (17 Sep 1927 - 10 Jan 2016)

Citations

  1. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694813, Viola May Mooberry, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  2. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows name as Viola Oetzel.
  3. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows name as Viola Oetzel.
  4. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family.
  5. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  6. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Carolina's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S3497] Caroline Oetzel household, 1910 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  8. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, town, and state.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694813, Viola May Mooberry, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing year.
  10. [S3496] Adam Oetzel household, 1900 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows month, year, age 1 and state.
  11. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694797, Harry H. Mooberry and memorial # 33694813, Viola May Mooberry, include photo of joint tombstone.
  12. [S3875] Harry Mooberry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows married, with is first marriage at age 24 and hers at 21.
  13. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, city, and state.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 33694813, Viola May Mooberry, includes photo of joint tombstone.
  15. [S54] Pound, Glabe Family, shows date, place, murderer as "a fanatic named Minch," Oetzel was working on his barn, and that Minch was shot while trying to excape.
  16. [S3479] Farmdale Cemetery, Washington Twp., Tazewell Co., ILL, online, shows date.
  17. [S3186] "Diabolism of Minch," Muskegon Daily Chronicle, 14 Mar 1903, dated Peoria, 14 Mar, shows name of murderer and Adam was Minch's brother-in-law.
  18. [S3860] Harry Mooberry household, 1920 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  19. [S3887] Harry H. Mooberry household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois.
  20. [S3875] Harry Mooberry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
  21. [S3887] Harry H. Mooberry household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows him as the son of her husband.
  22. [S7292] Orville Mooberry obituary, Peoria Journal Star.
  23. [S3892] The Pantagraph, 18 Apr 1999.
  24. [S3875] Harry Mooberry household, 1930 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Viola's husband.
  25. [S3887] Harry H. Mooberry household, 1940 U.S. Census, Tazewell Co., Illinois, shows the girl as daughter of Viola's husband.