ELIZABETH JANE (nee Kivell) FRENCH WHEAT
BORN: on 08 Aug 1921 in Terre Haute, IND
... home address in 1921 at: 1212 North 19th Street, Terre Haute, IN
.... father was aged 41 at her birth, and mother aged 23
FATHER: Frank A. Kivell
MOTHER: Reba B. (nee Hayworth) Kivell
(....thanks to member DARRELLL #47584308, for parent links! )
SIBLING:
Virginia R. Kivell Lorton, died 1967; meml #163386034
GRADUATE: of Wiley High School, class of 1939
SPOUSE #1: wed on 19 Sept 1944, to Navy Ensign: Dale Leslie French (1922-Apr 1945); his meml #69944854 . A son of Leslie D. French (#79190394) and Mamie French #79190539 (sibling of Robert Eugene French, #44745325 & JoAnn French King). He died during WWII, just 7-mos after their marriage.
... CHILD: Miss Dale Leslie French (13Sept1945-01Mar2008) - born 5mos after father's death
SPOUSE #2: wed on 20 June 1959 to Mr. Bertham L. 'Bert' Wheat... he pre-deceased her in 1984.
DIED: a widow, on 01 Jan 2000 in Terre Haute's Regional Hospital, of Sepsis due to Infection
BURIED: at Roselawn Meml Park on 04 Jan 2000
(Facts gleaned from magazine WORLD WAR II, article 'War Letters' by Andrew Carroll from his project, The Legacy Project, to preserve & collect correspondence from America's wars.)
Elizabeth Jane Kivell wrote letters to a high school friend who was overseas during WWII, a Charles W.Faust. Two of his Navy ensign mates, Ensign F.Nye Moses, and Ensign William Bill Wilhoit, found one of her letters. They thought her beautiful & neat hand-writing, and sweetly perfumed letters, were sent by someone more wonderful than Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner, Betty Hutton and Ingrid Bergman. Thus, they wrote Elizabeth a letter and asked that she, '1st - fall in love with them; 2nd - write them a letter; 3rd - enclose a snapshot.' The story goes on to recount that, 'although Miss Kivell did respond, she was in love with - and would go on to marry - a pilot named Dale Leslie French.
BORN: on 08 Aug 1921 in Terre Haute, IND
... home address in 1921 at: 1212 North 19th Street, Terre Haute, IN
.... father was aged 41 at her birth, and mother aged 23
FATHER: Frank A. Kivell
MOTHER: Reba B. (nee Hayworth) Kivell
(....thanks to member DARRELLL #47584308, for parent links! )
SIBLING:
Virginia R. Kivell Lorton, died 1967; meml #163386034
GRADUATE: of Wiley High School, class of 1939
SPOUSE #1: wed on 19 Sept 1944, to Navy Ensign: Dale Leslie French (1922-Apr 1945); his meml #69944854 . A son of Leslie D. French (#79190394) and Mamie French #79190539 (sibling of Robert Eugene French, #44745325 & JoAnn French King). He died during WWII, just 7-mos after their marriage.
... CHILD: Miss Dale Leslie French (13Sept1945-01Mar2008) - born 5mos after father's death
SPOUSE #2: wed on 20 June 1959 to Mr. Bertham L. 'Bert' Wheat... he pre-deceased her in 1984.
DIED: a widow, on 01 Jan 2000 in Terre Haute's Regional Hospital, of Sepsis due to Infection
BURIED: at Roselawn Meml Park on 04 Jan 2000
(Facts gleaned from magazine WORLD WAR II, article 'War Letters' by Andrew Carroll from his project, The Legacy Project, to preserve & collect correspondence from America's wars.)
Elizabeth Jane Kivell wrote letters to a high school friend who was overseas during WWII, a Charles W.Faust. Two of his Navy ensign mates, Ensign F.Nye Moses, and Ensign William Bill Wilhoit, found one of her letters. They thought her beautiful & neat hand-writing, and sweetly perfumed letters, were sent by someone more wonderful than Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner, Betty Hutton and Ingrid Bergman. Thus, they wrote Elizabeth a letter and asked that she, '1st - fall in love with them; 2nd - write them a letter; 3rd - enclose a snapshot.' The story goes on to recount that, 'although Miss Kivell did respond, she was in love with - and would go on to marry - a pilot named Dale Leslie French.
ELIZABETH JANE (nee Kivell) FRENCH WHEAT
BORN: on 08 Aug 1921 in Terre Haute, IND
... home address in 1921 at: 1212 North 19th Street, Terre Haute, IN
.... father was aged 41 at her birth, and mother aged 23
FATHER: Frank A. Kivell
MOTHER: Reba B. (nee Hayworth) Kivell
(....thanks to member DARRELLL #47584308, for parent links! )
SIBLING:
Virginia R. Kivell Lorton, died 1967; meml #163386034
GRADUATE: of Wiley High School, class of 1939
SPOUSE #1: wed on 19 Sept 1944, to Navy Ensign: Dale Leslie French (1922-Apr 1945); his meml #69944854 . A son of Leslie D. French (#79190394) and Mamie French #79190539 (sibling of Robert Eugene French, #44745325 & JoAnn French King). He died during WWII, just 7-mos after their marriage.
... CHILD: Miss Dale Leslie French (13Sept1945-01Mar2008) - born 5mos after father's death
SPOUSE #2: wed on 20 June 1959 to Mr. Bertham L. 'Bert' Wheat... he pre-deceased her in 1984.
DIED: a widow, on 01 Jan 2000 in Terre Haute's Regional Hospital, of Sepsis due to Infection
BURIED: at Roselawn Meml Park on 04 Jan 2000
(Facts gleaned from magazine WORLD WAR II, article 'War Letters' by Andrew Carroll from his project, The Legacy Project, to preserve & collect correspondence from America's wars.)
Elizabeth Jane Kivell wrote letters to a high school friend who was overseas during WWII, a Charles W.Faust. Two of his Navy ensign mates, Ensign F.Nye Moses, and Ensign William Bill Wilhoit, found one of her letters. They thought her beautiful & neat hand-writing, and sweetly perfumed letters, were sent by someone more wonderful than Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner, Betty Hutton and Ingrid Bergman. Thus, they wrote Elizabeth a letter and asked that she, '1st - fall in love with them; 2nd - write them a letter; 3rd - enclose a snapshot.' The story goes on to recount that, 'although Miss Kivell did respond, she was in love with - and would go on to marry - a pilot named Dale Leslie French.
BORN: on 08 Aug 1921 in Terre Haute, IND
... home address in 1921 at: 1212 North 19th Street, Terre Haute, IN
.... father was aged 41 at her birth, and mother aged 23
FATHER: Frank A. Kivell
MOTHER: Reba B. (nee Hayworth) Kivell
(....thanks to member DARRELLL #47584308, for parent links! )
SIBLING:
Virginia R. Kivell Lorton, died 1967; meml #163386034
GRADUATE: of Wiley High School, class of 1939
SPOUSE #1: wed on 19 Sept 1944, to Navy Ensign: Dale Leslie French (1922-Apr 1945); his meml #69944854 . A son of Leslie D. French (#79190394) and Mamie French #79190539 (sibling of Robert Eugene French, #44745325 & JoAnn French King). He died during WWII, just 7-mos after their marriage.
... CHILD: Miss Dale Leslie French (13Sept1945-01Mar2008) - born 5mos after father's death
SPOUSE #2: wed on 20 June 1959 to Mr. Bertham L. 'Bert' Wheat... he pre-deceased her in 1984.
DIED: a widow, on 01 Jan 2000 in Terre Haute's Regional Hospital, of Sepsis due to Infection
BURIED: at Roselawn Meml Park on 04 Jan 2000
(Facts gleaned from magazine WORLD WAR II, article 'War Letters' by Andrew Carroll from his project, The Legacy Project, to preserve & collect correspondence from America's wars.)
Elizabeth Jane Kivell wrote letters to a high school friend who was overseas during WWII, a Charles W.Faust. Two of his Navy ensign mates, Ensign F.Nye Moses, and Ensign William Bill Wilhoit, found one of her letters. They thought her beautiful & neat hand-writing, and sweetly perfumed letters, were sent by someone more wonderful than Paulette Goddard, Lana Turner, Betty Hutton and Ingrid Bergman. Thus, they wrote Elizabeth a letter and asked that she, '1st - fall in love with them; 2nd - write them a letter; 3rd - enclose a snapshot.' The story goes on to recount that, 'although Miss Kivell did respond, she was in love with - and would go on to marry - a pilot named Dale Leslie French.
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