Hij is getrouwd met Johanna de Roos.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 5 augustus 1922 te Avon, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, hij was toen 27 jaar oud.
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From Van Gerpen Family History:
William Roy was known as W.R. which identified him as other than hisuncle who had the intitials W.W. W.R. was born on the farm south east ofAvon, SD homesteaded by his grandfather. He attended about 6 years ofgrade school, being forced to bring in the harvest in the Fall and plantthe crops in the Spring. Therefore he attended school only from Novemberto April. He also attended the Normal school at Springfield taking suchsubjects as penmanship, violin, english and it appears girl watching. Hemarried Johanna who was a school teacher near Platte SD and alsoSpringfield. He farmed until the age of 57 when he semi-retired. He andJohanna spent the last years of their life living in a mobile home in SDon the home farm during the summer and in southern Texas during thewinter. He enjoyed good health and exercised regularly. He lost hislife when he was a passenger in a car that was hit broadside with apickup at an intersection north of Donna Texas.
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