My maternal grandfather, son of Edward Francis "E.F." (Edy) Linderman & Gudrun Ivara "Gud" (Lund) Linderman.
Baptized as Lutheran on September 7, 1903, in Winona, Minnesota.
Great Grandson of Abraham & Maria A. "Mary" (Hammell) Linderman of Winona, Minnesota.
Grandson of Mary Linderman.
Raised at 705 W. Third Street, Dubuque, Iowa. Played the violin, organ, and piano. Graduated from Dubuque High School. Attended Ames College.
Grandpa was a suave, debonair gentleman. He was a true salesman.
Married Phyllis Eugenia Adele Palen of Winona, Minnesota on 27 February 1923 in Clayton County, Iowa. They met in High School, and were very much in love. They eloped. Harry & Phyl moved from Iowa, to Indiana, and then Crosby, Texas.
Moved his family to Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1945.
He and Phyl ran and owned "Saturday's Tavern" in Gayhill, Texas in the 1950's. They owned Linbar, Inc. in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Elected 1954 Harris County Republican Chairman. Delegate for the 1956 Republican Convention in San Francisco, California. Harry & Phyl loved to travel.
Phyl and Harry resided at 4002 Arnold St., Houston, Texas, and were quite the gracious hosts.
Harry & Phyl had four daughters; Yvonne Phyllis, Yvarra Irene(Billie), Jean Marie, and Patricia Mae(Patsy) Linderman, and no sons.
Grandpa Harry grieved the loss of my Grandmother in 1963, when she died of Hodgekin's Disease. He went bankrupt and had to sell off the family business and home to pay his wife's medical bills.
His second wife he married on 13 July 1966 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas to Martha Burden Preston Johnston. They resided at 2727 Drexel Drive, Houston, Texas as husband and wife in 1995 when Grandpa Harry passed away. He was the family historian and photographer. I guess you could say that I came by it rightfully.--:)
HARRY WAS RAISED LUTHERAN. HE WAS THE ONLY SON OF EDWARD & GUDRUN LINDERMAN. HIS FATHER NICKNAMED HIM "BILLY", AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS FATHER" EDY". EDWARD CALLED GUDRUN "GUD". HE HAD THREE SISTERS, GLADYS, IRENE, AND EVELYN LINDERMAN. HARRY LINDERMAN WAS THE GRANDSON OF MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA, GREAT-GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM & MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA AND CRAWFORD, NEW YORK. HARRY WAS SUAVE, DEBONAIRE, WELL-MANNERED GENTLEMAN.
HARRY MARRIED PHYLIS ADELE PALEN. HE WAS RAISED AT 705 WEST THIRD ST, DUBUQUE,DUBUQUE CO, IOWA. THE LINDERMAN CHILDREN WERE RAISED LUTHERAN. HE ATTENDED LINCOLN SCHOOL, DUBUQUE,IOWA FROM SEPT. 1909- JUNE 1915. GRANDPA'S GRADES WERE ALL A'S. HARRY GRADUATED FROM DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1921. HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT,WELL MANNERED GENTLEMAN. HARRY WAS A SUAVE, DEBONAIR GENTLEMEN.
HARRY WORKED AS DISTRICT SALESMAN, AND THEN SALES MANAGER IN THE REFRACTORY [FIRE BRICK] DEPARTMENT, AT HOUSTON BUILDER'S SUPPLY, AT 119 NORTH HAMILTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THEN, HARRY AND PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN, STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN HOUSTON,TEXAS, CALLED "LINBAR INC," IN 1952, AND RAN IT UP UNTIL 1970. IT WAS INSTALLING FURNACES.
HE WORKED FOR "FLEXIBLE WALLS,INC." FROM 1970-1972. "DRYWALL INC." FROM 1972-1977, AND "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC." FROM 1977-1982. HARRY RETIRED FROM HIS BOOKKEEPING POSITION WITH "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC. AT THE AGE OF 80 IN 1982.
HARRY & PHYL BOUGHT A HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD IN WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, HOUSTON,TEXAS.
THEY ALSO BUILT A SUMMER PLACE, AND A TAVERN IN GAYHILL, BURLESON CO, TEXAS. THE TAVERN WAS NAMED "SATURDAY'S TAVERN". HARRY RAN THE BAR, PHYL PLAYED THE PIANO, AND AUNT PATSY LINDERMAN COOKE & UNCLE KENNETH JACKSON SANG IN THE TAVERN. OUR FAMILY LOVED THE "NIGHT LIFE".
GRANDPA WAS THE FAMILY BARBEQUER, AND HE BUILT A HUGE, BRICK BARBEQUE PIT THERE.
HARRY & PHYL LINDERMAN, JEAN & LEROY FREDERICK, PATSY & JAY COOKE, AND BILLIE & KEN JACKSON, AND YVONNE BURGESS SPENT MANY A SUMMER WEEKEND TOGETHER IN THE COUNTRY.
HARRY WILLIAM LINDERMAN WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF HARRIS COUNTY IN 1954.
HARRY SOLD THE FAMILY HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD TO HELP PAY FOR PHYL'S MEDICAL BILLS. PHYLIS PALEN LINDERMAN DIED OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE ON 27 DEC. 1963, IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
HARRY'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARTHA BURDEN JOHNSTON. THEY MARRIED IN RICHMOND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ON JULY 13, 1966.
HARRY AND MATTYE RESIDED AT 2727 DREXEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS FROM 1966 TO 1995. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
GRANDPA HARRY WAS THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER, AND HISTORIAN. BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960 GRANDPA TOOK ROLLS AND ROLLS OF 8mm. MOVIE FILM OF OUR FAMILY. MOST OF THE ROLLS WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ON 8 JUNE 2001, AT 11039 LAFFERTY OAKS STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
GRANDPA-HARRY WILLIAM & GRANDMA-PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN WERE ALWAYS THE GRACIOUS HOSTS. THEY WERE LOVED BY ALL.
HARRY'S FATHER WAS GERMAN, AND HIS MOTHER WAS NORWEGIAN. HARRY'S WORD WAS HIS BOND. HE WAS HONEST, HARD-WORKING, AND RESPONSIBLE. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY!
THIS LINDERMAN DESCENDANT IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.
written by Sally Ann Frederick Johnson, 2007
Baptized as Lutheran on September 7, 1903, in Winona, Minnesota.
Great Grandson of Abraham & Maria A. "Mary" (Hammell) Linderman of Winona, Minnesota.
Grandson of Mary Linderman.
Raised at 705 W. Third Street, Dubuque, Iowa. Played the violin, organ, and piano. Graduated from Dubuque High School. Attended Ames College.
Grandpa was a suave, debonair gentleman. He was a true salesman.
Married Phyllis Eugenia Adele Palen of Winona, Minnesota on 27 February 1923 in Clayton County, Iowa. They met in High School, and were very much in love. They eloped. Harry & Phyl moved from Iowa, to Indiana, and then Crosby, Texas.
Moved his family to Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1945.
He and Phyl ran and owned "Saturday's Tavern" in Gayhill, Texas in the 1950's. They owned Linbar, Inc. in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Elected 1954 Harris County Republican Chairman. Delegate for the 1956 Republican Convention in San Francisco, California. Harry & Phyl loved to travel.
Phyl and Harry resided at 4002 Arnold St., Houston, Texas, and were quite the gracious hosts.
Harry & Phyl had four daughters; Yvonne Phyllis, Yvarra Irene(Billie), Jean Marie, and Patricia Mae(Patsy) Linderman, and no sons.
Grandpa Harry grieved the loss of my Grandmother in 1963, when she died of Hodgekin's Disease. He went bankrupt and had to sell off the family business and home to pay his wife's medical bills.
His second wife he married on 13 July 1966 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas to Martha Burden Preston Johnston. They resided at 2727 Drexel Drive, Houston, Texas as husband and wife in 1995 when Grandpa Harry passed away. He was the family historian and photographer. I guess you could say that I came by it rightfully.--:)
HARRY WAS RAISED LUTHERAN. HE WAS THE ONLY SON OF EDWARD & GUDRUN LINDERMAN. HIS FATHER NICKNAMED HIM "BILLY", AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS FATHER" EDY". EDWARD CALLED GUDRUN "GUD". HE HAD THREE SISTERS, GLADYS, IRENE, AND EVELYN LINDERMAN. HARRY LINDERMAN WAS THE GRANDSON OF MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA, GREAT-GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM & MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA AND CRAWFORD, NEW YORK. HARRY WAS SUAVE, DEBONAIRE, WELL-MANNERED GENTLEMAN.
HARRY MARRIED PHYLIS ADELE PALEN. HE WAS RAISED AT 705 WEST THIRD ST, DUBUQUE,DUBUQUE CO, IOWA. THE LINDERMAN CHILDREN WERE RAISED LUTHERAN. HE ATTENDED LINCOLN SCHOOL, DUBUQUE,IOWA FROM SEPT. 1909- JUNE 1915. GRANDPA'S GRADES WERE ALL A'S. HARRY GRADUATED FROM DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1921. HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT,WELL MANNERED GENTLEMAN. HARRY WAS A SUAVE, DEBONAIR GENTLEMEN.
HARRY WORKED AS DISTRICT SALESMAN, AND THEN SALES MANAGER IN THE REFRACTORY [FIRE BRICK] DEPARTMENT, AT HOUSTON BUILDER'S SUPPLY, AT 119 NORTH HAMILTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THEN, HARRY AND PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN, STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN HOUSTON,TEXAS, CALLED "LINBAR INC," IN 1952, AND RAN IT UP UNTIL 1970. IT WAS INSTALLING FURNACES.
HE WORKED FOR "FLEXIBLE WALLS,INC." FROM 1970-1972. "DRYWALL INC." FROM 1972-1977, AND "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC." FROM 1977-1982. HARRY RETIRED FROM HIS BOOKKEEPING POSITION WITH "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC. AT THE AGE OF 80 IN 1982.
HARRY & PHYL BOUGHT A HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD IN WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, HOUSTON,TEXAS.
THEY ALSO BUILT A SUMMER PLACE, AND A TAVERN IN GAYHILL, BURLESON CO, TEXAS. THE TAVERN WAS NAMED "SATURDAY'S TAVERN". HARRY RAN THE BAR, PHYL PLAYED THE PIANO, AND AUNT PATSY LINDERMAN COOKE & UNCLE KENNETH JACKSON SANG IN THE TAVERN. OUR FAMILY LOVED THE "NIGHT LIFE".
GRANDPA WAS THE FAMILY BARBEQUER, AND HE BUILT A HUGE, BRICK BARBEQUE PIT THERE.
HARRY & PHYL LINDERMAN, JEAN & LEROY FREDERICK, PATSY & JAY COOKE, AND BILLIE & KEN JACKSON, AND YVONNE BURGESS SPENT MANY A SUMMER WEEKEND TOGETHER IN THE COUNTRY.
HARRY WILLIAM LINDERMAN WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF HARRIS COUNTY IN 1954.
HARRY SOLD THE FAMILY HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD TO HELP PAY FOR PHYL'S MEDICAL BILLS. PHYLIS PALEN LINDERMAN DIED OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE ON 27 DEC. 1963, IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
HARRY'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARTHA BURDEN JOHNSTON. THEY MARRIED IN RICHMOND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ON JULY 13, 1966.
HARRY AND MATTYE RESIDED AT 2727 DREXEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS FROM 1966 TO 1995. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
GRANDPA HARRY WAS THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER, AND HISTORIAN. BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960 GRANDPA TOOK ROLLS AND ROLLS OF 8mm. MOVIE FILM OF OUR FAMILY. MOST OF THE ROLLS WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ON 8 JUNE 2001, AT 11039 LAFFERTY OAKS STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
GRANDPA-HARRY WILLIAM & GRANDMA-PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN WERE ALWAYS THE GRACIOUS HOSTS. THEY WERE LOVED BY ALL.
HARRY'S FATHER WAS GERMAN, AND HIS MOTHER WAS NORWEGIAN. HARRY'S WORD WAS HIS BOND. HE WAS HONEST, HARD-WORKING, AND RESPONSIBLE. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY!
THIS LINDERMAN DESCENDANT IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.
written by Sally Ann Frederick Johnson, 2007
My maternal grandfather, son of Edward Francis "E.F." (Edy) Linderman & Gudrun Ivara "Gud" (Lund) Linderman.
Baptized as Lutheran on September 7, 1903, in Winona, Minnesota.
Great Grandson of Abraham & Maria A. "Mary" (Hammell) Linderman of Winona, Minnesota.
Grandson of Mary Linderman.
Raised at 705 W. Third Street, Dubuque, Iowa. Played the violin, organ, and piano. Graduated from Dubuque High School. Attended Ames College.
Grandpa was a suave, debonair gentleman. He was a true salesman.
Married Phyllis Eugenia Adele Palen of Winona, Minnesota on 27 February 1923 in Clayton County, Iowa. They met in High School, and were very much in love. They eloped. Harry & Phyl moved from Iowa, to Indiana, and then Crosby, Texas.
Moved his family to Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1945.
He and Phyl ran and owned "Saturday's Tavern" in Gayhill, Texas in the 1950's. They owned Linbar, Inc. in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Elected 1954 Harris County Republican Chairman. Delegate for the 1956 Republican Convention in San Francisco, California. Harry & Phyl loved to travel.
Phyl and Harry resided at 4002 Arnold St., Houston, Texas, and were quite the gracious hosts.
Harry & Phyl had four daughters; Yvonne Phyllis, Yvarra Irene(Billie), Jean Marie, and Patricia Mae(Patsy) Linderman, and no sons.
Grandpa Harry grieved the loss of my Grandmother in 1963, when she died of Hodgekin's Disease. He went bankrupt and had to sell off the family business and home to pay his wife's medical bills.
His second wife he married on 13 July 1966 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas to Martha Burden Preston Johnston. They resided at 2727 Drexel Drive, Houston, Texas as husband and wife in 1995 when Grandpa Harry passed away. He was the family historian and photographer. I guess you could say that I came by it rightfully.--:)
HARRY WAS RAISED LUTHERAN. HE WAS THE ONLY SON OF EDWARD & GUDRUN LINDERMAN. HIS FATHER NICKNAMED HIM "BILLY", AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS FATHER" EDY". EDWARD CALLED GUDRUN "GUD". HE HAD THREE SISTERS, GLADYS, IRENE, AND EVELYN LINDERMAN. HARRY LINDERMAN WAS THE GRANDSON OF MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA, GREAT-GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM & MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA AND CRAWFORD, NEW YORK. HARRY WAS SUAVE, DEBONAIRE, WELL-MANNERED GENTLEMAN.
HARRY MARRIED PHYLIS ADELE PALEN. HE WAS RAISED AT 705 WEST THIRD ST, DUBUQUE,DUBUQUE CO, IOWA. THE LINDERMAN CHILDREN WERE RAISED LUTHERAN. HE ATTENDED LINCOLN SCHOOL, DUBUQUE,IOWA FROM SEPT. 1909- JUNE 1915. GRANDPA'S GRADES WERE ALL A'S. HARRY GRADUATED FROM DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1921. HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT,WELL MANNERED GENTLEMAN. HARRY WAS A SUAVE, DEBONAIR GENTLEMEN.
HARRY WORKED AS DISTRICT SALESMAN, AND THEN SALES MANAGER IN THE REFRACTORY [FIRE BRICK] DEPARTMENT, AT HOUSTON BUILDER'S SUPPLY, AT 119 NORTH HAMILTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THEN, HARRY AND PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN, STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN HOUSTON,TEXAS, CALLED "LINBAR INC," IN 1952, AND RAN IT UP UNTIL 1970. IT WAS INSTALLING FURNACES.
HE WORKED FOR "FLEXIBLE WALLS,INC." FROM 1970-1972. "DRYWALL INC." FROM 1972-1977, AND "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC." FROM 1977-1982. HARRY RETIRED FROM HIS BOOKKEEPING POSITION WITH "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC. AT THE AGE OF 80 IN 1982.
HARRY & PHYL BOUGHT A HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD IN WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, HOUSTON,TEXAS.
THEY ALSO BUILT A SUMMER PLACE, AND A TAVERN IN GAYHILL, BURLESON CO, TEXAS. THE TAVERN WAS NAMED "SATURDAY'S TAVERN". HARRY RAN THE BAR, PHYL PLAYED THE PIANO, AND AUNT PATSY LINDERMAN COOKE & UNCLE KENNETH JACKSON SANG IN THE TAVERN. OUR FAMILY LOVED THE "NIGHT LIFE".
GRANDPA WAS THE FAMILY BARBEQUER, AND HE BUILT A HUGE, BRICK BARBEQUE PIT THERE.
HARRY & PHYL LINDERMAN, JEAN & LEROY FREDERICK, PATSY & JAY COOKE, AND BILLIE & KEN JACKSON, AND YVONNE BURGESS SPENT MANY A SUMMER WEEKEND TOGETHER IN THE COUNTRY.
HARRY WILLIAM LINDERMAN WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF HARRIS COUNTY IN 1954.
HARRY SOLD THE FAMILY HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD TO HELP PAY FOR PHYL'S MEDICAL BILLS. PHYLIS PALEN LINDERMAN DIED OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE ON 27 DEC. 1963, IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
HARRY'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARTHA BURDEN JOHNSTON. THEY MARRIED IN RICHMOND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ON JULY 13, 1966.
HARRY AND MATTYE RESIDED AT 2727 DREXEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS FROM 1966 TO 1995. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
GRANDPA HARRY WAS THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER, AND HISTORIAN. BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960 GRANDPA TOOK ROLLS AND ROLLS OF 8mm. MOVIE FILM OF OUR FAMILY. MOST OF THE ROLLS WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ON 8 JUNE 2001, AT 11039 LAFFERTY OAKS STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
GRANDPA-HARRY WILLIAM & GRANDMA-PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN WERE ALWAYS THE GRACIOUS HOSTS. THEY WERE LOVED BY ALL.
HARRY'S FATHER WAS GERMAN, AND HIS MOTHER WAS NORWEGIAN. HARRY'S WORD WAS HIS BOND. HE WAS HONEST, HARD-WORKING, AND RESPONSIBLE. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY!
THIS LINDERMAN DESCENDANT IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.
written by Sally Ann Frederick Johnson, 2007
Baptized as Lutheran on September 7, 1903, in Winona, Minnesota.
Great Grandson of Abraham & Maria A. "Mary" (Hammell) Linderman of Winona, Minnesota.
Grandson of Mary Linderman.
Raised at 705 W. Third Street, Dubuque, Iowa. Played the violin, organ, and piano. Graduated from Dubuque High School. Attended Ames College.
Grandpa was a suave, debonair gentleman. He was a true salesman.
Married Phyllis Eugenia Adele Palen of Winona, Minnesota on 27 February 1923 in Clayton County, Iowa. They met in High School, and were very much in love. They eloped. Harry & Phyl moved from Iowa, to Indiana, and then Crosby, Texas.
Moved his family to Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1945.
He and Phyl ran and owned "Saturday's Tavern" in Gayhill, Texas in the 1950's. They owned Linbar, Inc. in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Elected 1954 Harris County Republican Chairman. Delegate for the 1956 Republican Convention in San Francisco, California. Harry & Phyl loved to travel.
Phyl and Harry resided at 4002 Arnold St., Houston, Texas, and were quite the gracious hosts.
Harry & Phyl had four daughters; Yvonne Phyllis, Yvarra Irene(Billie), Jean Marie, and Patricia Mae(Patsy) Linderman, and no sons.
Grandpa Harry grieved the loss of my Grandmother in 1963, when she died of Hodgekin's Disease. He went bankrupt and had to sell off the family business and home to pay his wife's medical bills.
His second wife he married on 13 July 1966 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas to Martha Burden Preston Johnston. They resided at 2727 Drexel Drive, Houston, Texas as husband and wife in 1995 when Grandpa Harry passed away. He was the family historian and photographer. I guess you could say that I came by it rightfully.--:)
HARRY WAS RAISED LUTHERAN. HE WAS THE ONLY SON OF EDWARD & GUDRUN LINDERMAN. HIS FATHER NICKNAMED HIM "BILLY", AND HIS MOTHER CALLED HIS FATHER" EDY". EDWARD CALLED GUDRUN "GUD". HE HAD THREE SISTERS, GLADYS, IRENE, AND EVELYN LINDERMAN. HARRY LINDERMAN WAS THE GRANDSON OF MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA, GREAT-GRANDSON OF ABRAHAM & MARY LINDERMAN OF WINONA, MINNESOTA AND CRAWFORD, NEW YORK. HARRY WAS SUAVE, DEBONAIRE, WELL-MANNERED GENTLEMAN.
HARRY MARRIED PHYLIS ADELE PALEN. HE WAS RAISED AT 705 WEST THIRD ST, DUBUQUE,DUBUQUE CO, IOWA. THE LINDERMAN CHILDREN WERE RAISED LUTHERAN. HE ATTENDED LINCOLN SCHOOL, DUBUQUE,IOWA FROM SEPT. 1909- JUNE 1915. GRANDPA'S GRADES WERE ALL A'S. HARRY GRADUATED FROM DUBUQUE HIGH SCHOOL IN JUNE 1921. HE WAS A VERY INTELLIGENT,WELL MANNERED GENTLEMAN. HARRY WAS A SUAVE, DEBONAIR GENTLEMEN.
HARRY WORKED AS DISTRICT SALESMAN, AND THEN SALES MANAGER IN THE REFRACTORY [FIRE BRICK] DEPARTMENT, AT HOUSTON BUILDER'S SUPPLY, AT 119 NORTH HAMILTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS. THEN, HARRY AND PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN, STARTED THEIR OWN BUSINESS IN HOUSTON,TEXAS, CALLED "LINBAR INC," IN 1952, AND RAN IT UP UNTIL 1970. IT WAS INSTALLING FURNACES.
HE WORKED FOR "FLEXIBLE WALLS,INC." FROM 1970-1972. "DRYWALL INC." FROM 1972-1977, AND "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC." FROM 1977-1982. HARRY RETIRED FROM HIS BOOKKEEPING POSITION WITH "EAVES CONSTRUCTION, INC. AT THE AGE OF 80 IN 1982.
HARRY & PHYL BOUGHT A HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD IN WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, HOUSTON,TEXAS.
THEY ALSO BUILT A SUMMER PLACE, AND A TAVERN IN GAYHILL, BURLESON CO, TEXAS. THE TAVERN WAS NAMED "SATURDAY'S TAVERN". HARRY RAN THE BAR, PHYL PLAYED THE PIANO, AND AUNT PATSY LINDERMAN COOKE & UNCLE KENNETH JACKSON SANG IN THE TAVERN. OUR FAMILY LOVED THE "NIGHT LIFE".
GRANDPA WAS THE FAMILY BARBEQUER, AND HE BUILT A HUGE, BRICK BARBEQUE PIT THERE.
HARRY & PHYL LINDERMAN, JEAN & LEROY FREDERICK, PATSY & JAY COOKE, AND BILLIE & KEN JACKSON, AND YVONNE BURGESS SPENT MANY A SUMMER WEEKEND TOGETHER IN THE COUNTRY.
HARRY WILLIAM LINDERMAN WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF HARRIS COUNTY IN 1954.
HARRY SOLD THE FAMILY HOME AT 4002 ARNOLD TO HELP PAY FOR PHYL'S MEDICAL BILLS. PHYLIS PALEN LINDERMAN DIED OF HODGKIN'S DISEASE ON 27 DEC. 1963, IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
HARRY'S SECOND WIFE WAS MARTHA BURDEN JOHNSTON. THEY MARRIED IN RICHMOND, FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS ON JULY 13, 1966.
HARRY AND MATTYE RESIDED AT 2727 DREXEL DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS FROM 1966 TO 1995. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY EIGHT YEARS.
GRANDPA HARRY WAS THE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHER, AND HISTORIAN. BETWEEN 1950 AND 1960 GRANDPA TOOK ROLLS AND ROLLS OF 8mm. MOVIE FILM OF OUR FAMILY. MOST OF THE ROLLS WERE DESTROYED IN THE FLOOD FROM TROPICAL STORM ALLISON ON 8 JUNE 2001, AT 11039 LAFFERTY OAKS STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
GRANDPA-HARRY WILLIAM & GRANDMA-PHYLLIS EUGENIA PALEN LINDERMAN WERE ALWAYS THE GRACIOUS HOSTS. THEY WERE LOVED BY ALL.
HARRY'S FATHER WAS GERMAN, AND HIS MOTHER WAS NORWEGIAN. HARRY'S WORD WAS HIS BOND. HE WAS HONEST, HARD-WORKING, AND RESPONSIBLE. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY!
THIS LINDERMAN DESCENDANT IS VERY PROUD OF HIM.
written by Sally Ann Frederick Johnson, 2007
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