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Personal data Mary Susan Wurm 


Household of Mary Susan Wurm

She is married to George John Leitner.

They got married on November 12, 1929 at Herndon, Rawlins Co., KS, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ronald Dean Leitner  1938-2021 


Notes about Mary Susan Wurm

Mary Susan Wurm

Sources: Author: Grey, A.; Title: "Mary Susan Wurm Leitner," (Publication location: Mt. Vernon, WA, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publiction date: vii Oct MMXIII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118359010/mary-susan-leitner

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Picture of [her grave marker] Added by agrey

Mary Susan Wurm Leitner Birth 17 Feb 1911 Herndon, Rawlins County, Kansas, USA Death 16 Feb 2007 (aged 95) Maui County, Hawaii, USA Burial Hawthorne Memorial Park Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington,
USA Memorial ID 118359010

Mary Susan Wurm Leitner, age 95, passed away on Friday, February 16, at Maui Memorial Hospital, Hawaii.

Mary was born February 17, 1911 to George and Elizabeth Wurm in a sod house on her grandparent's place near Traer, Kansas. She was the second of six children. She attended school in Kansas through the eighth grade. She then helped her mother at home and helped many other family members and friends with housekeeping and caring for their children. She loved gardening, flowers, and people, especially babies.

She was married to George Leitner in Herndon, Kansas on November 12, 1929. They had four children, including one daughter who passed away as an infant. They moved to Mount Vernon in 1943. They celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary in November 2000.

During her married life she took care of many children, including her children and grandchildren, and worked summers at Kerr's Custom Canning in Mount Vernon. Until her move to live with her daughter in Hawaii, she had been an active member of Salem Lutheran Church since 1943.

She was preceded in death by her husband George in August of 2001, and an infant daughter, Joyce Ann.

She is survived by two daughters and son-in-law's Marilyn and Daryl Dickerhoof of Mount Vernon, Donna and Glen Larson of Kihei, Hawaii, a son and daughter-in-law Ron and Skip Leitner of Mount Vernon, a sister Elsie Hayes of Hutchinson, Kansas, a brother Bob Wurm of Oberlin, Kansas, sister-in-laws Emma Oakden of Seattle and Louis Leitner of Kansas, eleven grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren.

Mary's life was filled with family, church and friends. She will always be remembered as a sweet, giving, loving person, cherished dearly by her family.
The family wishes to thank the staff of Maui Memorial Hospital for their excellent care of Mary during her illness, and especially Doctor Bulatovick.
A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 1:00PM at the Salem Lutheran Church with Pastor Kevin Forquer officiating.

Arrangements and services are under the care of Kern Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Salem Lutheran Church, 2529 N. LaVenture Road, Mount Vernon, WA 98273.
You may share your memories of Mary by signing her online guest register at www.kernfuneralhome.com.

Published in Skagit Valley Herald Publishing Company from February 21 to February 22, 2007

Family Members
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George John Wurm
1888– 1964

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Elizabeth Hoffbauer Wurm
1890– 1984

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George John Leitner
1908– 2001

Siblings
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Helen Martha Theresa Wurm
1909– 1912

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Ewald John Wurm
1913– 1982

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Herman George Wurm
1915– 1918

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Elsie Elizabeth Wurm Hayes
1917– 2011

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Robert George Wurm
1921– 2009

Children
Joyce Anne Leitner
1935– 1935

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Marilyn J Leitner Dickerhoof
1943– 2009

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Maintained by: Find a Grave Originally Created by: Teresa Added: 7 Oct 2013 Find a Grave Memorial 118359010"

Link: http://www.kernfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Ronald-Dean-Leitner?obId=23184959#/obituaryInfo

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Susan Wurm

Mary Susan Wurm
1911-2007

1929

George John Leitner
1908-2001

Ronald Dean Leitner
1938-2021

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Birthday February 17, 1911

  • The temperature on February 17, 1911 was between 6.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
    • January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
    • February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
    • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
    • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
    • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
    • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

Day of marriage November 12, 1929

  • The temperature on November 12, 1929 was between 2.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
    • June 7 » The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence.
    • June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
    • August 8 » The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
    • September 7 » Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
    • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.

Day of death February 16, 2007

  • The temperature on February 16, 2007 was between 4.1 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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    • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
    • January 22 » At least 88 people are killed when two car bombs explode in the Bab Al-Sharqi market in central Baghdad, Iraq.
    • August 20 » China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
    • October 10 » Team Fortress 2 is released by Valve Corporation
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    • November 23 » MSExplorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
    • December 20 » Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years and 243 days.


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