 1928 - 2020 (91 years)
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| Name |
Mary Margaret LAMERS [1] |
| Born |
8 Sep 1928 |
Kimberly, WI  [2] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Census |
1930 |
Owaissa Street, Appleton, WI [1] |
| Occupation |
1951: Teacher, Berlin, WI [3] |
| Residence |
1951 |
Appleton, WI [3] |
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| Residence |
1979 |
Appleton, WI [2] |
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| Residence |
1988 |
Appleton, WI [2] |
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| Buried |
Aug 2020 |
Appleton, WI |
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| Died |
3 Aug 2020 |
Waupaca, WI |
| Person ID |
I31 |
Tree1 |
| Last Modified |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Father |
Henry (Hank) John LAMERS, b. 30 Jan 1902, Little Chute (Vandenbroek), WI , d. 13 Feb 1994, Calumet, WI (Age 92 years) |
| Mother |
Leona Ethelbert SCHWAB, b. 11 Oct 1905, Appleton, WI , d. 24 Oct 1985, Appleton, WI (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
1 May 1926 |
Appleton, WI [4] |
| Photos |
 | 1972 Reunion in Waupaca, WI
Reunion portrait and illustration by Franklin James Grist Jr.
At Long Meadow cottage at the end of Long Lake (near the mouth of the Crystal River). |
| Documents |
 | Draft card
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| Family ID |
F38 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos
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 | Dorothy Grist
Dorothy has written on back:
Dorothy Grist
Taken the day of Jim and Mary Grist's wedding in June 1952 [in the yard at 24 Winona Ct.]
How long the dresses were then! |
 | Franklin James Grist, Jr.
Julie Grist:
"Just found the note from my mom [Mary Lamers], in my baby book about this picture:
'Dad's first car, a 1931 Chev. Grams would not allow him lunch inside - wonder why? 'Bout 1946 - we had just met and car was purchased with discharge pay from Navy.' "
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 | Leone (Schwab) Lamers and Mary Lamers
Photo taken by an Appleton Post-Crescent photographer at Grist Furs. Used in a 1946 article to be published in an upcoming article on holilday apparel. |
 | Events at Grist Furs & Fashions
Gladys Strite writes on back:
Mrs. Byron Yule, Mrs. Henry Lamers, Mrs. F. James Grist, Mrs. Frank Biederman and Maxine Mink, the Manequin
Hear Gladys Strite tell the story of what happened in the years surrounding Franklin Grist's death (15 minutes). |
 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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 | Mary Lamers at 79
From Nancy Grist:
79-year-old Mary Grist was spotted flying behind a speedboat on her birthday. She's still got! |
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 | Franklin James Grist, aka Jim Grist
Abt 1945 Jim Grist, Seaman First Class (SFC) worked as radar man, enlisted in Appleton Wisconsin. |
 | Grist Reunion 2012
At Locksley Lodge |
 | Leaving Marco Island
Mary Lamers Grist and Jim Grist, upon leaving their condo on Marco Island. |
 | At the Airport, 1970-something
Gladys Strite, Virginia Grist, Franklin James Grist Jr. and Mary Lamers |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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| Recordings |
 | When Franklin Grist Died (15 minutes)
Charles Robert Grist talks to Gladys Strite about what happened in the years surrounding Franklin Grist's death in 1953. Topics include:
Louise Grist leaves her job as an art supervisor in Milwaukee to help Gladys in Appleton. After Franklin dies, she helps Gladys run Grist Furs and Fashions.
- Gladys eventually sends Louise to California to fulfill her dream of teaching art there. She gets a job in Benicia.
- Pat Gray follows to "convince Wese that he loves her."
- What to do about the house at 24 Winona Court? Jim and Mary Grist are living in a small apartment; Charlie is on the way (born 19 May 1954). Gladys is in a too-big house.
Lillian Cook [Coffitts] advises Gladys to wait on selling the house.
- 2 April 1955: While Gladys is on vacation in Los Angeles, she goes up to Santa Barbara to meet up with Louise and Pat, where they got married. For a honeymoon, they stayed with Gladys in the home of Glady's cousin, Lloyd Strite. He and his wife, Lorraine, were away at the time.
- Gladys proposes to share the house with Jim and Mary, creating a small apartment upstairs where she could live. They shared 24 Winona Ct. from about 1954 to 1959, when Gladys sold Grist Furs and Fashions.
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| Sources |
- [S19] 1930 U.S. Federal Census.
- [S36] U.S. Public Records Index.
- [S90] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
- [S321] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999.
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