Wilbert James DemerlyAge: 86 years1907–1993
- Name
- Wilbert James Demerly
- Given names
- Wilbert James
- Surname
- Demerly
Shared note: John L Demerly Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Gerald Anderson Demerly Obituary and Family Listing
Shared note: Richard C Demerly Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | January 27, 1907 16 15 |
 Marriage of parents | John Lenard Demerly Sr — Florence May Carter — View this family February 13, 1907 (Age 17 days) |
| Birth of a brother | Gerald Anderson Demerly February 15, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | May 9, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Avanell May Demerly October 10, 1911 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | John Lenard Demerly Jr December 20, 1917 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Lenard Demerly Jr March 3, 1918 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 10 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Richard C Demerly July 2, 1921 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a mother | Florence May Carter July 2, 1921 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Minnie May Cranford March 16, 1931 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Carolina “Carrie” Hubinger December 17, 1932 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Ellsworth Carter August 24, 1934 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jacobus L Demmerle June 13, 1956 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a sister | Avanell May Demerly July 29, 1961 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a father | John Lenard Demerly Sr January 12, 1965 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | May 23, 1993 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cadillac Memorial Gardens West |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Lenard Demerly Sr Birth: August 29, 1890 24 20 — Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States Death: January 12, 1965 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Florence May Carter Birth: April 17, 1891 22 18 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: July 2, 1921 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 13, 1907 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Wilbert James Demerly Birth: January 27, 1907 16 15 — Star, Pulaski, Indiana, United States Death: May 23, 1993 — Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Gerald Anderson Demerly Birth: February 15, 1910 19 18 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 5, 2001 — Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States |
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20 months younger sister |
Avanell May Demerly Birth: October 10, 1911 21 20 — Indiana, United States Death: July 29, 1961 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
John Lenard Demerly Jr Birth: December 20, 1917 27 26 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: March 3, 1918 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Richard C Demerly Birth: July 2, 1921 30 30 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: September 28, 1997 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
Wilbert James Demerly has 20 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (20)
Parents Leo W Greer + Nellie Belle Carter
Parents Frederick Anderson Carter + Lelia Wave Gundrum
Parents John Anderson Carter + Ethel Edna Dellinger
Parents Willis Stevenson Steele Sr + Emma Delora Carter
Parents Delva Lester Good + Anna Marie Carter
Parents Thomas Sylvester “Tommy” Carter + Golda Myrtle “Goldie” Budd
Parents William James “Bill” Carter + Marguerite Ethel Frazier
Parents Fayette Lowell “Jack” Carter + Rosa Anna Vigil
3Private–
Parents Merl Cephus Carter + Blanch Marie Jones
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Lenard Demerly Sr - Household
Van Buren, Pulaski, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Lenard Demerly Sr - Household
Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
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| Name | John L Demerly Obituary and Family Listing
John L. Demerly
Dies at Age 74
THE LOGANSPORT PRESS, LOGANSPORT, INDIANA
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13,1965
John L. Demerly, 74, of 1522 Smead St., died at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Hospital after a lingering illness.
Born Aug. 29,1890 in Lafayette, he was the son of Jake and Carline Hebinger Demerly.
The retired Pennsylvania Railroad bridge inspector is survived by his wife, Rose; four
sons, Wilbert of Dearborn, Mich., and Gerald (Jack), Richard and William all of Logansport; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Two daughters, Avanelle and Norma Jean, and a son, John Jr., preceded him in death.
Rites will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at McCloskey-Hamilton- Kahle Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Taylor officiating.
Burial will be in Grass Creek Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. today.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52218607/john-lenard-demerly
https://pharostrib.newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune/1965-01-13/page-14/
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| Name | Florence May Demerly (nee Carter) Obituary and Family Listing
THE LOGANSPORT MORNING PRESS.
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921
(Deaths and Funerals)
The funeral services for Florence May Demerly, wife of J. L. Demerly,who died Saturday night, will
be held at the residence at 614 Fifteenth street, this afternoon at 1 o'cock. Services will be conducted
by the Rev. Kendall with Interment in Round Lake cemetery in Fulton county.
Survivors are her husband, J. L. Demerly, three children, Willard age 14, Grace, 11 and Annabelle, 9;
parents, Mr. and 'Mrs. James Carter, Grass Creek; five brothers, John Carter, Sheerville, Ind., Thomas, William, Fayette and Merle of Grass Creek, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Steel, South Whitley, and Nellie Geer of Kewanna.
https://pharostrib.newspaperarchive.com/logansport-pharos-tribune/1921-07-05/page-2/
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| Name | Gerald Anderson Demerly Obituary and Family Listing
PHAROS-TRIBUNE
SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2001
Gerald A, Demerly
Graveside services for Gerald A. Demerly, 91, of Manitowoc, Wis, formerly of Logansport, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Mount Calvary Cemetery.
He died at 9:56 a.m. Thursday, April 5, 2001, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Born Feb. 15, 1910, in Grass Creek, he was the son of John and Florence Carter Demerly. On June 28,1934, in Logansport, he was married to Zelma E. Rothermel, who died Nov. 11,1992.
Mr. Demerly retired in 1977 from Essex International where he was an inspector. He was a member of the former St Bridget.Church and All Saints Catholic Church in LogansporL
Surviving are one daughter, Beverly Elmore, Manitowoc, Wis.; a half-brother, William Demerly; two grandsons, Curt Elmore, Manitowoc, Wis., and Jon Elmore, Decatur, Ala; four granddaughters, Cheryl
Fromm, Green Bay, Wis., Elizabeth Hoida, Manitowoc, Wis., Marsha Webster, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Carole Schreiber, Oshkosh, Wis.; and 13 great-grandchildren, Bridget Fromm, Tanya, Trisha, Tracy and Tessa Hoida, Lydia and Hannah Webster, Savannah and Calvin Elmore, Lily and Camille
Elmore, and Larissa and Justin Schreiber.
Three brothers, one sister and one halfsister also preceded in death.
Father Leo Haigerty will officiate at the services.
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| Name | Richard C Demerly Obituary and Family Listing
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Indiana,
Monday, September 29,1997
Richard C. Demerly
Services for Richard C. Demerly, 76, of 1015 Sunset Drive, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Mount Hope Cemetery Chapel. Mr. Demerly died at 8:35 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28,1997, in Chase Center.
Born July 2,1921, in Logansport, he was the son of John and Florence Carter Demerly. On March 12,1953, in Angola, he was married to Lillian A. Morehead, who survives. Mr. Demerly was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, having served Nov. 3, 1942, through Nov. 1,1945, during World War II.
An insurance agent, he retired Jan. 1, 1992, from Western-Southern Life Insurance Co.
He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign War.
Also surviving are two brothers, Gerald Demerly, Wisconsin, and Bill Demerly, Logansport; several nieces and nephews; several great-nieces and great-nephews; and several great-great-nieces and great-greatnephews.
Two brothers and one sister preceded in death.
The Rev. Donald Ruhl will officiate at the services-Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Fisher Funeral Chapel.
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