Wilma Gertrude, daughter of Pearle Corina Myers and Nels Rudolph Peterson, was born on 13 January 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. By the late 1920s, Wilma's family had moved to Isabella County, Michigan, and later moved to Gratiot County, Michigan, where she graduated Ithaca High School.
Miss Wilma G. Peterson and LaVern Painter were married on 29 July 1939 in Hastings Barry County, Michigan. The bride, age 18, was a student; the groom, age 22 was a factory employee; both resided in Breckenridge, Gratiot County. The couple were enumerated in 1940 in Pearle Peterson's household in Gratiot County. (Pearle Peterson's parents, Gertrude and Alexander Myers, were then enumerated in neighboring Isabella County.)
She was involved with her family in forming the Peterson Lewis Broadcasting Co., which created WPLB, the first AM and FM radio station in Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan. She retired from the radio station in 1989.
She was survived by two sons and their spouses, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Notes
Pearl Myers, age 20, and Nels Peterson, age 30, were enumerated in 1920 living next door to each other in Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois.
"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N77J-1K9 : 18 May 2016), Wilma Gertrude Myers, 13 Jan 1921; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 1712, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,480. Mother: Pearl Myers.
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21J-ZWSC : 28 November 2018), Nels R Peterson and Pearle Myers, 19 Mar 1921; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 101881755.
1930 U.S. Census, E.D. 37-4, Coe Twp., Isabella Co., Michigan; dwelling 42, family 44, lines 73-76, p. 2B (written), 5 Apr 1930.
73. Peterson, Nels R., head, 40; born in Illinois, parents in Sweden; farmer.
74. ----- Pearl C., wife, 30, Illinois.
75. ----- Wilma G., daughter, 9, Illinois.
76. ----- Nels E., son, 3 6/12, Illinois.
Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. (Image of license.)
1940 U.S. Census, E.D. 29-29, Breckenridge, Wheeler Twp., Gratiot Co., Michigan, dwelling 200, lines 2-5, p. 9A (written), -- Apr 1940.
2. Peterson, Pearl, head, married, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
3. Painter, Wilma, daughter, 19, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
4. ----- Laverne, son-in-law, 22, born in Michigan; in 1935 resident in "same place"; laborer, sugar co.
5. ----- Earl, son, 13, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
• Wilma had completed 1 year of college; her mother and husband had completed 8 years of education; her brother completed 7.
First and middle names shown birth record and on on husband's WWII Young Men's Draft Registration Card.
Dates of birth, death from SSDI. Place of death from obit. index.
"Obituary: Wilma G. Painter, 89, of Greenville," Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Ionia, Michigan, 22 Jun 2010. https://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20100622/NEWS/306229991
Reviewed 3 October 2023.
Miss Wilma G. Peterson and LaVern Painter were married on 29 July 1939 in Hastings Barry County, Michigan. The bride, age 18, was a student; the groom, age 22 was a factory employee; both resided in Breckenridge, Gratiot County. The couple were enumerated in 1940 in Pearle Peterson's household in Gratiot County. (Pearle Peterson's parents, Gertrude and Alexander Myers, were then enumerated in neighboring Isabella County.)
She was involved with her family in forming the Peterson Lewis Broadcasting Co., which created WPLB, the first AM and FM radio station in Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan. She retired from the radio station in 1989.
She was survived by two sons and their spouses, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Notes
Pearl Myers, age 20, and Nels Peterson, age 30, were enumerated in 1920 living next door to each other in Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois.
"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N77J-1K9 : 18 May 2016), Wilma Gertrude Myers, 13 Jan 1921; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 1712, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,480. Mother: Pearl Myers.
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21J-ZWSC : 28 November 2018), Nels R Peterson and Pearle Myers, 19 Mar 1921; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 101881755.
1930 U.S. Census, E.D. 37-4, Coe Twp., Isabella Co., Michigan; dwelling 42, family 44, lines 73-76, p. 2B (written), 5 Apr 1930.
73. Peterson, Nels R., head, 40; born in Illinois, parents in Sweden; farmer.
74. ----- Pearl C., wife, 30, Illinois.
75. ----- Wilma G., daughter, 9, Illinois.
76. ----- Nels E., son, 3 6/12, Illinois.
Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. (Image of license.)
1940 U.S. Census, E.D. 29-29, Breckenridge, Wheeler Twp., Gratiot Co., Michigan, dwelling 200, lines 2-5, p. 9A (written), -- Apr 1940.
2. Peterson, Pearl, head, married, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
3. Painter, Wilma, daughter, 19, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
4. ----- Laverne, son-in-law, 22, born in Michigan; in 1935 resident in "same place"; laborer, sugar co.
5. ----- Earl, son, 13, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
• Wilma had completed 1 year of college; her mother and husband had completed 8 years of education; her brother completed 7.
First and middle names shown birth record and on on husband's WWII Young Men's Draft Registration Card.
Dates of birth, death from SSDI. Place of death from obit. index.
"Obituary: Wilma G. Painter, 89, of Greenville," Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Ionia, Michigan, 22 Jun 2010. https://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20100622/NEWS/306229991
Reviewed 3 October 2023.
Wilma Gertrude, daughter of Pearle Corina Myers and Nels Rudolph Peterson, was born on 13 January 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. By the late 1920s, Wilma's family had moved to Isabella County, Michigan, and later moved to Gratiot County, Michigan, where she graduated Ithaca High School.
Miss Wilma G. Peterson and LaVern Painter were married on 29 July 1939 in Hastings Barry County, Michigan. The bride, age 18, was a student; the groom, age 22 was a factory employee; both resided in Breckenridge, Gratiot County. The couple were enumerated in 1940 in Pearle Peterson's household in Gratiot County. (Pearle Peterson's parents, Gertrude and Alexander Myers, were then enumerated in neighboring Isabella County.)
She was involved with her family in forming the Peterson Lewis Broadcasting Co., which created WPLB, the first AM and FM radio station in Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan. She retired from the radio station in 1989.
She was survived by two sons and their spouses, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Notes
Pearl Myers, age 20, and Nels Peterson, age 30, were enumerated in 1920 living next door to each other in Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois.
"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N77J-1K9 : 18 May 2016), Wilma Gertrude Myers, 13 Jan 1921; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 1712, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,480. Mother: Pearl Myers.
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21J-ZWSC : 28 November 2018), Nels R Peterson and Pearle Myers, 19 Mar 1921; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 101881755.
1930 U.S. Census, E.D. 37-4, Coe Twp., Isabella Co., Michigan; dwelling 42, family 44, lines 73-76, p. 2B (written), 5 Apr 1930.
73. Peterson, Nels R., head, 40; born in Illinois, parents in Sweden; farmer.
74. ----- Pearl C., wife, 30, Illinois.
75. ----- Wilma G., daughter, 9, Illinois.
76. ----- Nels E., son, 3 6/12, Illinois.
Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. (Image of license.)
1940 U.S. Census, E.D. 29-29, Breckenridge, Wheeler Twp., Gratiot Co., Michigan, dwelling 200, lines 2-5, p. 9A (written), -- Apr 1940.
2. Peterson, Pearl, head, married, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
3. Painter, Wilma, daughter, 19, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
4. ----- Laverne, son-in-law, 22, born in Michigan; in 1935 resident in "same place"; laborer, sugar co.
5. ----- Earl, son, 13, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
• Wilma had completed 1 year of college; her mother and husband had completed 8 years of education; her brother completed 7.
First and middle names shown birth record and on on husband's WWII Young Men's Draft Registration Card.
Dates of birth, death from SSDI. Place of death from obit. index.
"Obituary: Wilma G. Painter, 89, of Greenville," Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Ionia, Michigan, 22 Jun 2010. https://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20100622/NEWS/306229991
Reviewed 3 October 2023.
Miss Wilma G. Peterson and LaVern Painter were married on 29 July 1939 in Hastings Barry County, Michigan. The bride, age 18, was a student; the groom, age 22 was a factory employee; both resided in Breckenridge, Gratiot County. The couple were enumerated in 1940 in Pearle Peterson's household in Gratiot County. (Pearle Peterson's parents, Gertrude and Alexander Myers, were then enumerated in neighboring Isabella County.)
She was involved with her family in forming the Peterson Lewis Broadcasting Co., which created WPLB, the first AM and FM radio station in Greenville, Montcalm County, Michigan. She retired from the radio station in 1989.
She was survived by two sons and their spouses, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Notes
Pearl Myers, age 20, and Nels Peterson, age 30, were enumerated in 1920 living next door to each other in Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois.
"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N77J-1K9 : 18 May 2016), Wilma Gertrude Myers, 13 Jan 1921; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 1712, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,309,480. Mother: Pearl Myers.
"Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21J-ZWSC : 28 November 2018), Nels R Peterson and Pearle Myers, 19 Mar 1921; citing Marriage, Cook, Illinois, United States, citing Cook County Clerk. Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 101881755.
1930 U.S. Census, E.D. 37-4, Coe Twp., Isabella Co., Michigan; dwelling 42, family 44, lines 73-76, p. 2B (written), 5 Apr 1930.
73. Peterson, Nels R., head, 40; born in Illinois, parents in Sweden; farmer.
74. ----- Pearl C., wife, 30, Illinois.
75. ----- Wilma G., daughter, 9, Illinois.
76. ----- Nels E., son, 3 6/12, Illinois.
Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics. (Image of license.)
1940 U.S. Census, E.D. 29-29, Breckenridge, Wheeler Twp., Gratiot Co., Michigan, dwelling 200, lines 2-5, p. 9A (written), -- Apr 1940.
2. Peterson, Pearl, head, married, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
3. Painter, Wilma, daughter, 19, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
4. ----- Laverne, son-in-law, 22, born in Michigan; in 1935 resident in "same place"; laborer, sugar co.
5. ----- Earl, son, 13, born in Illinois; in 1935 resident in Shepherd, Isabella Co., Mich.
• Wilma had completed 1 year of college; her mother and husband had completed 8 years of education; her brother completed 7.
First and middle names shown birth record and on on husband's WWII Young Men's Draft Registration Card.
Dates of birth, death from SSDI. Place of death from obit. index.
"Obituary: Wilma G. Painter, 89, of Greenville," Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Ionia, Michigan, 22 Jun 2010. https://www.sentinel-standard.com/article/20100622/NEWS/306229991
Reviewed 3 October 2023.
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