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Household of William Eldon (William Eldon "Bill") "Bill" Eykamp

He is married to Betty Lou Crawford.

They got married on December 12, 1945 at De Smet, Kingsbury Co., SD, he was 24 years old.


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Notes about William Eldon (William Eldon "Bill") "Bill" Eykamp

William Eldon "Bill" Eykamp

Sources: Author: Jones, Barb; Title: "William Eldon Eykamp," (Publication site: Lk. Preston SD, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xvii Feb MMXIII)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105372843/william-eldon-eykamp

"Photo [William's stone] added by B. Thompson

William Eldon Eykamp VVeteran Birth 28 Oct 1921 Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA Death 21 Jul 1977 (aged 55) Roll, Yuma County, Arizona, USA Burial Lake Preston Cemetery Lake Preston, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, USA Plot Block 8 Lot 18 Memorial ID 105372843

William Eykamp

LAKE PRESTON – William Eykamp, 55, formerly of Lake Preston, died Thursday at his home in Roll, Ariz. where he owned and operated a welding shop.

Funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the United church of Christ, Lake Preston, with the Rev. David Andrews officiating. Burial will be in the Lake Preston City Cemetery.

Eykamp was born Oct. 28, 1921 at Lake Preston to Mr. and Mrs. Will Eykamp. On Dec. 12, 1945, he married Betty Crawford at De Smet. He was a veteran of World War II when he served in the U.S. Navy.

Survivors include his widow; two sons, Philip and John, both of Roll; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Sanders, San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Kathy Braman, Lander, Wyo.; his parents and three brothers, Roy, Australia, Linus, Oldham, and Merle, Roseburg, Ore.

Johnson-Henry Funeral Home, Lake Preston, announced the arrangements.

Daily Plainsman, Huron, Beadle, South Dakota, July 24, 1977, p8 c7
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Sherbie58 # 48428325 provided burial plot.~10-18-2023

Created by: Barb Jones Added: Feb 17, 2013 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 105372843"

Author: Terry William NewmanTerry William Newman; Title: "William Eldon Eykamp," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxii Jan MMXIX)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GMT1-NFG

"... William Eldon Eykamp Last Changed: January 22, 2019 Terry William Newman Sex Male ...

Birth 28 October 1921 Lake Preston, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ... Last Changed: January 22, 2019 Terry William Newman

Death 21 Jul 1977 Roll, Yuma, Arizona, ... Last Changed: January 22, 2019 Terry William Newman

Burial 1977 Lake Preston Cemetery, Lake Preston, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ... Last Changed: January 22, 2019 Terry William Newman

Residence 1930 Baker, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ...
Residence 1935 Same House [from 1940 census]
Residence 1940 Baker Township, Kingsbury, South Dakota, ...

Spouses & Children

William Eldon Eykamp Male 1921-1977 GMT1-NFG [<-blood rel.]

Children (0)

Parents & Siblings

William Aurich Eykamp Male 1886-1978 GMT1-ZF4 [<-blood rel.]
Lillian B. Reynolds Female 1890-1986 LJB7-46G
Marriage 1916

Children (4)

[1] Roy Donald Eykamp Male 1918-2020 GKWX-2HY
[2] Linus Reynolds Eykamp Male 1919-2007 GKWX-JS6
[3] William Eldon Eykamp Male 1921-1977 GMT1-NFG
[4] Merrill Lester Eykamp Male 1924-2000 GGN9-9P4"
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    Historical events

    Birthday October 28, 1921

    • The temperature on October 28, 1921 was between 4.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
      • March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
      • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
      • June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
      • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
      • July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
      • October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

    Day of marriage December 12, 1945

    • The temperature on December 12, 1945 was between -0.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
    • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
      • January 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
      • March 21 » World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.
      • April 25 » Liberation Day (Italy): The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime dissolves and Benito Mussolini is captured after trying to escape. This day was set as a public holiday to celebrate the Liberation of Italy.
      • May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
      • August 8 » The London Charter is signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
      • October 18 » A group of the Venezuelan Armed Forces, led by Mario Vargas, Marcos Pérez Jiménez and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, stages a coup d'état against president Isaías Medina Angarita, who is overthrown by the end of the day.

    Day of death July 21, 1977

    • The temperature on July 21, 1977 was between 10.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
      • January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
      • March 9 » The Hanafi Siege: In a thirty-nine-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings.
      • May 31 » The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed.
      • July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
      • November 25 » Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
      • December 5 » Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.

    Day of burial July 26, 1977

    • The temperature on July 26, 1977 was between 11.8 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 16.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
      • March 11 » The 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
      • May 25 » The Chinese government removes a decade-old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
      • July 4 » The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
      • July 20 » The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
      • November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
      • December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
    

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