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Personal data Goldie Louise Steele 

  • Alternative name: Goldie Steele Thompson
  • She was born on May 4, 1906 in New Providence, Hardin Co., IA.
  • Resident about 1991: Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA (Timely Mission Nursing Home).
  • She died on September 19, 1991 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA, she was 85 years old.
  • She is buried on September 23, 1991 in Buffalo Twp., Winnebago Co., IA (Olena Mound Cem.).
  • This information was last updated on June 27, 2015.

Household of Goldie Louise Steele

She is married to Lauren Everett Thompson.

They got married on January 1, 1925 at Meth. parsonage, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA, she was 18 years old.

Lauren Thompson oo Goldie Steele

Marriage source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs 421- 422, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 421, Col. 2]

"Lauren and Goldie Thompson Family ... Lauren Thompson, son of Reat and Eva Thompson, was born at Waterloo, Iowa on December 3, 1904. He moved with his parents to Buffalo Center in 1916. At the Methodist parsonage, on January 1, 1925, Lauren married Goldie Steele of BuffaloCenter. Goldie was born at New Providence, Iowa on May 4, 1906 and was the daughter of Rollie and Cora Steele.

The first years of their marriage they lived with Lauren's parents on the Ben Hook farm south of Buffalo Center, and did general farming in the Buffalo Center, Thompson, and Lakota area. In 1938 they moved to a farm west of Lakota wherethey lived until Lauren's death in September of 1984. Goldie then moved to the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center. ... They were the parents of: Irene (Buffalo Center) married George Wempen in 1946; they are the parents of Duane, Dale, Eugene, Rodney, Diane, and George, Jr. Everett (Ledyard, Iowa) married Helen Anderson in 1949; ..." <>

Child(ren):

  1. Irene Mae Thompson  1925-2023 


Notes about Goldie Louise Steele

Goldie Louise Steele

Source: Author: Leibrand, Ruth, et. al., Title: Celebrate a Century Buffalo Center, Iowa Centennial 1892 - 1992, (Publication location: Buffalo Center IA, Publisher: Centennial Book Committee, Publication date: MCMXCII), pgs 421 - 422,Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

[Pg. 421, Col. 2]

"Lauren and Goldie Thompson Family

[Photograph with caption, "Back Row (L to R) Everett, Howard, Glen, Larry, Raymond, Middle row: Sharon (Burt), Janice (Winter), Roger, Dorothy (Vodraska), Eldon. Front Row: Ruth (Harringa), Goldie, Lauren, Irene (Wempen)"]

Lauren Thompson, son of Reat and Eva Thompson, was born at Waterloo, Iowa on December 3, 1904. He moved with his parents to Buffalo Center in 1916. At the Methodist parsonage, on January 1, 1925, Lauren married Goldie Steele of BuffaloCenter. Goldie was born at New Providence, Iowa on May 4, 1906 and was the daughter of Rollie and Cora Steele.

The first years of their marriage they lived with Lauren's parents on the Ben Hook farm south of Buffalo Center, and did general farming in the Buffalo Center, Thompson, and Lakota area. In 1938 they moved to a farm west of Lakota wherethey lived until Lauren's death in September of 1984. Goldie then moved to the Timely Mission Nursing Home in Buffalo Center. ... They were the parents of: Irene (Buffalo Center) married George Wempen in 1946; they are the parents of Duane, Dale, Eugene, Rodney, Diane, and George, Jr. Everett (Ledyard, Iowa) married Helen Anderson in 1949; ..."

Author: Owen, Clint, Title: "Owen, Hudson and Related Lines," (Pubication location unknown, Publisher: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lcowenoh&id=I19451, Publication date: xxiii Aug MMXIII), Repository: TheCloud

"... Goldie Louise STEELE ... Sex: F ... Change Date: 23 AUG 2013 Birth: 4 MAY 1906 in New Providence, Hardin, Iowa, United States Death: 19 SEP 1991 in Buffalo Township, Winnebago, Iowa, United States

Marriage 1 Lauren Everett THOMPSON b: 3 DEC 1904 in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States Married: 1 JAN 1925 in Buffalo Township, Winnebago, Iowa, United States"

Buffalo Center [Iowa] Tribune, Vol. 100, # 26, 26 Sept. 1991, Pg. 10, Col. 3

"Funeral Services Held Sept. 23 for Goldie Thompson, 85

Funeral services were held for Goldie Louise Thompson, 85. Monday, September 23, 1991 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bethany E & R Church in Ledyard. Rev. Victor Vriesen officiated. Interment was in the Olena Mound Cemetery at Buffalo Center.Winter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Casketbearers were Dale Wempen, Kevin Thompson, James Vodraska, Rick Thompson, Jeremy Thompson, Shane Burt, Dennis Thompson and Merlyn Harringa.

The organist was Shirley Loucks and the music was by Bob and Connie Anderson, "What A Day That Will Be" and "Beyond Tomorrow".

Goldie Thompson departed from this life on Thursday, September 19, 1991.

Goldie Louise Thompson was born May 4, 1906 to Rollie and Cora (Baker) Steele in Hardin county, near New Providence, Iowa.

Goldie married Lauren Thompson at 12:00 noon on January 1. 1925 at the Buffalo Center Methodist Church parsonage. During their married years they farmed until retirement.

After Goldie and Lauren retired, they enjoyed fishing, camping, and wintering in Harlingen, Texas. She always enjoyed baking with the favorite things being bread, cinnamon rolls, frosted molasses cookies, and angel food cakes. The cookieswere especially enjoyed by her grandchildren. Gardening, sewing, and crocheting were also hobbies of Goldie's.

Surviving her are twelve children: Irene Wempen and her husband, George, of Buffalo Center; Everett and his wife, Helen, of Ledyard; Ray and his wife, Beverly, of Mesa, Arizona; Howard and his wife, Carol, of Bancroft; Ruth Harringa andher husband, Melvin, of Buffalo Center; Dorothy Vodraska of Spencer; Eldon and his wife, Beulah, of Livermore; Glen and his wife, Clair, of Simi Valley, California; Janice Winter and her husband, David, of Lakota; Sharon Burt and herhusband, Marion, of Swea City; Roger and his wife, Linda, of Reeds Spring, Missouri; and Larry E. and his wife, Rita, of Lakota.

Forty eight grandchildren and 54 greatgrandchildren; sisters, Hazel Steinberg of Buffalo Center, and Bessie Baumann of Lakota; sisters-in-law, Edith Steele of Estherville, Esther Steele of Lakota; Florine of Peoria, Illinois; and NaomiKuyper of Waterloo also survive.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, an infant son, Harold; two grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren, five brothers and one sister." <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Goldie Louise Steele

Goldie Louise Steele
1906-1991

1925

Lauren Everett Thompson
1904-1984

Irene Mae Thompson
1925-2023

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Birthday May 4, 1906

  • The temperature on May 4, 1906 was between 8.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
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Day of marriage January 1, 1925

  • The temperature on January 1, 1925 was between 3.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
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    • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
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Day of death September 19, 1991

  • The temperature on September 19, 1991 was between 6.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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    • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
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Day of burial September 23, 1991

  • The temperature on September 23, 1991 was between 12.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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