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Household of Dora Irene Thompson

She is married to Walter Gerhard Harms.

They got married on June 2, 1935 at Butler Ctr., Jefferson Twp., Butler Co., IA (Ebenezer Luth. Chr.), she was 24 years old.

Walter Gerhard Harms oo Dora Irene Thompson

Marriage sources: Author: Hoodjer, Mandy, Title: "Hoodjer/Hinders Family Tree," (Publication location: Lehi, UT, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: St. Patrick's Day MMIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mhoodjer&id=I0577

"... Dora Irene Thompson Sex: F ...

Marriage 1 Walter Gerhard Harms b: 3 AUG 1906 Married: 2 JUN 1935 in Ebenezer Lutheran Church-Butler Center, Iowa ..."
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Notes about Dora Irene Thompson

Dora Irene Thompson

Sources: Author: Hoodjer, Mandy; Title: "Hoodjer/Hinders Family Tree," (Publication location: Lehi, UT, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publiation date: St. Patrick's Day MMIV), Repository: The Cloud

Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mhoodjer&id=I0577

"... Dora Irene Thompson Sex: F

Father: Alexander Noble Thompson
Mother: Rosa Moore

Marriage 1 Walter Gerhard Harms b: 3 AUG 1906 Married: 2 JUN 1935 in Ebenezer Lutheran Church-Butler Center, Iowa

Children

1. Living Harms"

Author: Thein, Mark; Hulsey, J.; Hoodjer, Corey; Anchee, B. M.; Dawson, John Harvey; Title: "Dora Irene Thompson," (Publication location: Salt Lk. City, UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xix Oct MMXVII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6WP-PRT

"... Dora Irene Thompson Last Changed: January 8, 2014 by C. L. Morris Sex Female Birth 23 December 1910 Pope, Minnesota, United States Death 24 October 1989 Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa, United States Last Changed: February 25, 2017 by Corey Hoodjer Burial 1989 Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa, United States of America
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Residence 1920 Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa, United States Last Changed: February 24, 2015 by B. M. Anchee
Residence 1925 Butler, Butler, Iowa, United States
Residence 1935 Frankville, Winneshiek, Iowa
Residence 1940 Jefferson Township, Butler, Iowa, United States

Spouses and Children

Walter Gerhard Harms 1906 - 1990
Marriage: 2 June 1935
Dora Irene Thompson 1910 - 1989

Parents and Siblings

Alexander Noble Thompson 1862 - 1927
Marriage: 29 November 1906 Shell Rock, Butler, Iowa, United States
Rosa Gertrude Moore 1887 - 1971

Children of Rosa Gertrude Moore and Alexander Noble Thompson (10)

[1] Herbert Thompson 1907 - 1907
[2] Nelle Elizabeth Thompson 1909 - 1987
[3] Dora Irene Thompson 1910 - 1989
[4] Arthur Noble Thompson 1912 - 1972
[5] Alice Merle Thompson 1915 - 2002
[6] Francis Carl 'Fritz' Thompson 1917 - 1989
[7] Robert Alexander Thompson 1919 - 1990
[8] Lucille Mae Thompson 1921 - 2003
[9] Harland Herbert "Harley" Thompson 1924 - 1984
[10] Mary Lavonne Thompson 1927 - 2003"

Author: N.N. (family name not given), Louis; Title: "Dora I Thompson Harms," (Publication location: Shell Rock, IA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxxi Jan MMXII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84286025/dora-i-harms

"Photo [stone shared with Walter G. Harms] added by Louis
Picture of [Dora's obituary] Added by Louis

Dora I Thompson Harms Birth 23 Dec 1910 Glenwood, Pope County, Minnesota, USA Death 24 Oct 1989 (aged 78) Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa, USA Burial Riverside Cemetery Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa, USA Plot 14-KAS Memorial ID 84286025

Parents
[photo - his stone] Alexander Noble Thompson 1862 - 1927
[photo - her stone] Rosa Gertrude Moore Thompson 1887 - 1971

Spouse
[photo - stone shared with Dora I. Harms] Walter G Harms 1906 - 1990

Siblings

[photo - his stone] Herbert Thompson 1907 - 1907
[photo - her stone] Nelle E Thompson 1909 - 1987
[photo - stone shared with Anna R. Thompson] Arthur N Thompson 1912 - 1972
[photo - stone shared with John G. Harms] Alice Meryl Thompson Roelfs 1915 - 2002
[photo - his military-style grave marker on reverse of stone shared with Helen Hill Thompson] Francis Carl Thompson 1917 - 1989
[photo - stone shared with Lucille M. Thompson] Harland H Thompson 1924 - 1984
[photo - woman] Mary Lavonne Thompson Nieman 1926 - 2003

Created by: Louis Added: 31 Jan 2012 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 84286025"

Text of Dora's obituary, Bremer County Independent, 24 Oct 1989:

"DORA I. HARMS

SHELL ROCK - Dora I. Harms, 78, Shell Rock, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 24 at the Shell Rock Care Center where she had been a patient for the past three years.

She was born Dec. 23, 1910 in Glenwood, Minn., the daughter of Alexander and Rosa Moore Thompson. She attended country school and graduated form Shell Rock High School in 1928. She then attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls and worked for the Meredith Publishing Co. in Des Moines for a short time. She then taught in rural schoos in Butler and Blackhawk for six years. She taught m in the Frankville elementary school for two years. On June 2 1935 she was united in marriage to Walter Harms at Butler Center Church. The couple lived and farmed in Butler and in 1946 they moved to their present farm. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Shell Rock and taught Sunday School. Dora was a long time member of the Happy Hour Club at Norton Corners, held county office in Farm Bureau, was school board secretary at Jefferson Township School, and also secretary of Norton Corners School for several years. Dora also was secretary/treasurer of the Coster Cemetery for 50 years.

She is survived by her husband Walter; two sons, Richard and Joyce Harms of Tripoli and Dennis and Carol Harms of Corvallis, Ore.; three sisters, Mrs. John (Alice) Harms of Allison, Mrs. James (Lucille) Hollen of Winterset and Mrs. Darrel Nieman of Shell Rock; one brother, Robert Thompson of St. Charles, Mo., and four grandchildren, Mrs. Allen (Penelope) Hoeper of Spring Valley, Minn., Steven Harms of Des Moines and Deborah and Catherine Harms, borth of Carvallis. She was receded in death by her parents, one sister, Nelle Thompson and four brothers, Arthur, Harland, F.C. 'Fritz' and a brother in infancy.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at Faith Lutheran Church, Shell Rock with Rev. Vernon W. Fasse officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Shell Rock.

Bremer County Independent, published in Waverly, Iowa on Tuesday, October 24th, 1989"
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Dora Irene Thompson
1910-1989

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1906-1990

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Birthday December 23, 1910

  • The temperature on December 23, 1910 was between 1.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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    • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
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    • December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.

Day of marriage June 2, 1935

  • The temperature on June 2, 1935 was between 3.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
    • April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
    • June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
    • July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
    • September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

Day of death October 24, 1989

  • The temperature on October 24, 1989 was between 9.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
    • January 8 » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
    • February 3 » A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
    • April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
    • June 4 » Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
    • June 24 » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
    • October 15 » Eight of those convicted in the Rivonia Trial are released from prison.

Day of burial October 27, 1989

  • The temperature on October 27, 1989 was between 10.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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    • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
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    • February 14 » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
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