Thelma completed the 8th grade in the Lamont School System. She began work at age thirteen as a nanny and housekeeper for several families in Edgewood.
At the age of eighteen, Thelma was united in marriage to Ernie Maulson. The couple moved to El Paso, Texas, to run a restaurant her brothers owned on an Army base. Ernie was an excellent tailor and sewed for themselves and soldiers on the base. Years later, Thelma and Ernie moved to Long Beach, California, where they bought an apartment house. Thelma ran the apartment while Ernie worked as a tailor. They were married 25 years when Ernie passed away from a heart attack in 1961.
Thelma remained in Long Beach after Ernie’s death. A few years later, she married Harold Grimm, whom she had known since her early years. They were married for more than 31 years before Harold passed away. Thelma returned to Iowa, where she has lived for the past 20 years.
Thelma died at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. She was survived by a niece and two nephews.
At the age of eighteen, Thelma was united in marriage to Ernie Maulson. The couple moved to El Paso, Texas, to run a restaurant her brothers owned on an Army base. Ernie was an excellent tailor and sewed for themselves and soldiers on the base. Years later, Thelma and Ernie moved to Long Beach, California, where they bought an apartment house. Thelma ran the apartment while Ernie worked as a tailor. They were married 25 years when Ernie passed away from a heart attack in 1961.
Thelma remained in Long Beach after Ernie’s death. A few years later, she married Harold Grimm, whom she had known since her early years. They were married for more than 31 years before Harold passed away. Thelma returned to Iowa, where she has lived for the past 20 years.
Thelma died at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. She was survived by a niece and two nephews.
Thelma completed the 8th grade in the Lamont School System. She began work at age thirteen as a nanny and housekeeper for several families in Edgewood.
At the age of eighteen, Thelma was united in marriage to Ernie Maulson. The couple moved to El Paso, Texas, to run a restaurant her brothers owned on an Army base. Ernie was an excellent tailor and sewed for themselves and soldiers on the base. Years later, Thelma and Ernie moved to Long Beach, California, where they bought an apartment house. Thelma ran the apartment while Ernie worked as a tailor. They were married 25 years when Ernie passed away from a heart attack in 1961.
Thelma remained in Long Beach after Ernie’s death. A few years later, she married Harold Grimm, whom she had known since her early years. They were married for more than 31 years before Harold passed away. Thelma returned to Iowa, where she has lived for the past 20 years.
Thelma died at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. She was survived by a niece and two nephews.
At the age of eighteen, Thelma was united in marriage to Ernie Maulson. The couple moved to El Paso, Texas, to run a restaurant her brothers owned on an Army base. Ernie was an excellent tailor and sewed for themselves and soldiers on the base. Years later, Thelma and Ernie moved to Long Beach, California, where they bought an apartment house. Thelma ran the apartment while Ernie worked as a tailor. They were married 25 years when Ernie passed away from a heart attack in 1961.
Thelma remained in Long Beach after Ernie’s death. A few years later, she married Harold Grimm, whom she had known since her early years. They were married for more than 31 years before Harold passed away. Thelma returned to Iowa, where she has lived for the past 20 years.
Thelma died at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. She was survived by a niece and two nephews.
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