Peter married Thoma, Laura Christine [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jim married Hauk, Sandy [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married McQuigg, Linda Kay [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mechanical Buyer
• Residence: 1930, Surgoinsville, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
• Military: Between 1 Dec 1943 and 22 Jan 1946; Navy - World War II

Notes:

Died:
Family Home

Kenneth married Long, Nora on 5 Apr 1941 in Morgan, Tennessee, USA. Nora (daughter of Long, Clyde Lee and Stoupe, Laura Naomi) was born on 8 Jan 1922 in Hawkins, Tennessee, USA; died in Mar 1986 in Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Mar 1986 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: PETE
• Residence: 1930, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA
• Military: 16 Oct 1940, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA; 135#, Ruddy, Blue, Blonde, 5'7"

Notes:

Died:
Home of Sandy Hauk Roller

Howard married Walton, Ann Belle on 22 Mar 1941 in Triadelphia Methodist Parsonage, Triadelphia, Ohio, West Virginia, USA. Ann (daughter of Walton, Harry W and Phelps, Sylvia Ann) was born on 2 Jan 1924 in Triadelphia, Ohio, West Virginia, USA; died on 6 Jan 2012 in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA; was buried after 6 Jan 2012 in Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1930, Triadelphia, Ohio, West Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Bruiser
• Nickname: Jack
• Occupation: Feed Mill Superintendent

Notes:

Called “Jack” by his parents and “Bruiser” by his high school friends

Lawrence Thoma
Obituary: Lawrence Thoma

Columbia Daily Tribune (MO) - Thursday, February 4, 1999

Lawrence Edward Thoma, 84, of Boonville died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1999, at his home.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, at William Wood Funeral Home in Boonville with the Rev. Jon Thoma officiating. Burial will be in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at the funeral home.

Mr. Thoma was born April 12, 1914, in Boonville to Lawrence and Agnes Duvall Thoma. He married Pearl Friedrich on June 4, 1937, in Boonville, and she preceded him in death.

He was a superintendent at MFA Elevator and a member of First Christian Church.

Survivors include five sons, Gary Thoma, Jon Thoma and Robert Thoma, all of Boonville, Ronald Thoma of Jefferson City and James Thoma of Kingsport, Tenn.; a sister, Margaret Edwards of Fayette; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A sister preceded him in death.

Lawrence married Friedrich, May Pearl on 4 Jun 1937 in Boonville Evangelical and Reformed Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. May (daughter of Friedrich, Richard Adolph and Simmons, Pearl) was born on 21 Jun 1915 in Choteau Springs, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 6 Mar 1997 in Boone County Hospital Center, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried on 9 Mar 1997 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Religion: Evangelical

Notes:

May Pearl and Earl remained in Arizona until Easter Sunday 1921. The Missouri River Bridge was dedication in 1924 and I have no idea of why mom thought that was important enough to write down.

Birth:
Family Home

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Dr
• Residence: Between Apr and Dec 1953, Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, USA; 8404 12th Avenue
• Life Event: Between 76 and 19 Sep 1975, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; Director Center for Climatic and Environmental Assessment
• Education: Between 1936 and 1939, Storm Lake, Buena Vista, Iowa, USA; Buena Vista College
• Residence: Between Sep 1936 and Mar 1942, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA
• Education: Between 1939 and 1941, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Linn, Iowa, USA; Baccularate of Arts
• Military: Between 1942 and 1945; Captain in 21st Weather Squadron
• Education: 1942, University of Chicago, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Post Graduate Work in Meterology
• Residence: Between Feb 1946 and Jul 1947, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA; 1817 W 82nd Terrace
• Residence: Between Jul 1947 and Oct 1951, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA; 1415 57th Street
• Residence: Between Oct 1951 and Apr 1953, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA; 146 W 62nd Street
• Residence: Between Jan 1954 and Apr 1956, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA; 162 Evans
• Education: Between 1956 and 1960, University of Missouri, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; Master of Science
• Residence: Between Apr 1956 and Jul 1957, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; 1 West Drive
• Residence: Between Jul 1957 and 1972, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; 338 Crown Point
• Education: Between 1960 and 1964, University of Missouri, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; PhD
• Residence: Between 1972 and 1985, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; 5 Longfellow Drive

Notes:

Jim enlisted in the US Army during World War II and served in the European theatre. Immediately after enlistment they sent him to weather school at Northwestern University, near Chicago. That's when he renewed his Cornell College 'acquaintance' with Marcella Kouba. After he graduated from weather school, he was sent to England and crossed the English channel shortly after "D Day", and was surrounded during the 'Battle of the Bulge". He was in the 21st Weather Squadron. His service number was D857141. They were married in King Memorial Chapel on the campus of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where they both graduated prior to the war. His rank at discharge was Captain. He then went to work for the US Weather Bureau.

They first moved to Kansas City, MO, Des Moines, IA, Washington, DC, Omaha, NE and finally to Columbia, MO. After he retired from the weather bureau he started a private weather consulting firm predicting worldwide agricultural crop yields using computers and satellite weather data. These were very valuable to our country (and the CIA) during the Cold War, as he could tell from the satellite data how bad the crops were in Russia.

He enlisted in the US Army during World War II and served in the European theatre. Immediately after enlistment they sent him to weather school at Northwestern University, near Chicago. That's when he renewed his Cornell College 'acquaintance' with Marcella Kouba. After he graduated from weather school, he was sent to England and crossed the English channel shortly after "D Day", and was surrounded during the 'Battle of the Bulge". He was in the 21st Weather Squadron. His service number was D857141. They were married in King Memorial Chapel on the campus of Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where they graduated prior to the war. His rank at discharge was Captain. He then went to work for the US Weather Bureau. They first moved to Kansas City, MO, Des Moines, IA, Washington, DC, Omaha, NE and finally to Columbia, MO. After he retired from the weather bureau he started a private weather consulting firm predicting worldwide agricultural crop yields using computers and satellite weather data.
Buried in Memorial Park

History of the 21st Weather Squadron:

Activated at Bradley Field, Conn., in April 1943, the 21st Weather Squadron quickly moved overseas and was assigned to the 9th Air Force in October of the same year. With the purpose of providing dedicated meteorological intelligence to ground units, the 21st WS became the first fully deployable weather squadron in history with men trained specifically for combat; during Operation Overlord, 14 mobile weather units deployed 30 men in support of the ground troops. Following the Normandy invasion, Bronze Stars were awarded to 81 servicemen of the 21st WS.

The unit also earned the European-African-Middle-Eastern service streamer and three additional campaign streamers in Northern France, Rheinland, and Central Europe, for their unparalleled support to the war fighter.

Died:
Family Home

JAMES married Kouba, Marcella Mae on 4 Nov 1945 in Cornell College Campus Chapel, Mount Vernon, Linn, Iowa, USA. Marcella (daughter of Kouba, Emil and Rosburg, Laura Maria) was born on 20 Apr 1920 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 25 Oct 1975 in Boone County Hospital Center, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried on 27 Oct 1975 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Mathematican/Housewife
• Baptism: 28 Jul 1920, Blairstown United Methodist Church, Blairstown, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

She was a wonderful sister! She died of lung cancer 4 years following a mastectomy in 1971. She went to Chicago after graduation from Cornell College with a major in mathematics. She got a job there with the Continental Assurance Company. This was an insurance company established by British investors. She never smoked, but worked in smoke filled offices. She volunteered in the USO during World War II. Her Mother recorded that she was baptised by the Rev. Cuthbert S. Burnard at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Blairstown, Iowa on 20 Jun 1920. Even in her last days of life, she thought of others. She told us in which closet she had stored a birthday present for her nephew, Kevin David Kouba.

Notes:

Her marriage was in the Cornell College chapel "in the presence of 200 relatives and friends". A dinner was held in the Florentine room of the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids following the wedding for 45 guests. Mrs. Frances Nelson was the bride's attendant, and Bruce McQuigg, the brother of the bride was the best man. Emil Kouba Jr., brother of the bride, was an usher.