Lindsay married Hall, Jason Lee [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hall, Joshua Timothy Lee
2. Hall, Briley Elizabeth Kay

Lindsay married Sexton, Jason Darrell "Jake" [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sexton, MARCIE Grace
2. Sexton, William Blake "WILL"

Lindsay married Norris, James Joseph Aaron [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Norris, James Christian Tyler "TY"

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

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Lon
• Occupation: Owned Machine Shop

Lawrence married Duvall, Agnes Cornelia on 10 Sep 1913 in First Christian Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Agnes (daughter of Duvall, James Israel and Fouzer, Margaret Louise) was born on 25 Dec 1892 in Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 1 Aug 1971 in Keller Memorial Hospital, Fayette, Howard, Missouri, USA; was buried on 3 Aug 1971 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter/Railroad Worker
• Religion: West Boonville Evangelical Church, West Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Baptism: 27 Apr 1891, Boonville German Evangelical Church, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Richard married Simmons, Pearl on 11 Dec 1912 in Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Pearl (daughter of Simmons, Henry John and Langlotz, Marie "MARY") was born on 20 Sep 1893 in Boonville Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 2 Feb 1919 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, USA; was buried on 26 Feb 1919 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Religion: Evangelical

Notes:

Newspapers: Boonville Daily News: Obituary, Of Richard Friedrich. Pearl’s funeral service was held at Jones Chapel Methodist Church and burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery followed.

Died:
1026 University Avenue

Notes:

Married:
Bride's Home

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Iowa, PFC Infantry, WWI, Company H, 5th Replacement Regiment
• Nickname: Pop and Walt
• Occupation: Seed Salesman

Notes:

Was tall with dark brown hair.

A couple details. Frederick Walter McQuigg died in Sioux Falls, SD on February 2, 1965. It was horribly cold and icy and Linda's dad drove all day from Columbia to get there and Pop died before he could make it. He was so tired but we were so tired and glad to see him (because we waited a long time for him) and he barely got in the door of that waiting room and we jumped and said, "Oh, he is already dead!" and he just about collapsed like he had been punctured. We all got in our cars and drove to the air port in Sioux City, IA to meet Jerry flying in from KC. From Sioux City on to Schaller, it was Dottie and Jerry in their car (Dottie had been staying in Sioux Falls with Granny Mac for weeks while Pop died), Jim and Granny Mac in his car and me in mine (I had driven over from Owatonna, MN and stayed with them because he was so bad) on sheer ice. It was awful. Just don't know if you have ever heard that story. - Ruthie McQuigg

Frederick married Gould, Doris Alice on 7 Jun 1918 in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USA. Doris (daughter of Gould, George Bartholomew and Perrott, Sarah Ellen) was born on 16 Sep 1896 in Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA; died on 11 Sep 1984 in Eastern Star Masonic Home, Boone, Boone, Iowa, USA; was buried on 13 Sep 1984 in Schaller Cemetery, Schaller, Sac, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

Was tall with light brown hair. Sac County birth records list birth date as 16 Sep 1896 at 3PM.

Doris A. McQuigg, 87 to the Eastern Star Masonic home, died Sept. 11, 1984, at the home. She was born Sept. 16, 1896, in Schaller the daughter of George and Ellen Parrott Gould. She married F. W. McQuigg on June 7, 1918 at Madison, Wisconsin.
Mrs. McQuigg was a member of the Schaller Methodist Church, American Legion Auxiliary, and was a lifetime member and past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star chapter 386.
She was preceding death by her husband, one son, two sisters and one brother.
Survivors include three daughters, Margaret Miller of Ankeny, Doris Squibbs of Merriam, Kansas and Ruth McQuigg of Marshalltown; two sons, James of Columbia, Missouri and Bruce of Bloomington, Ind.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 10 AM at the Schaller cemetery. The memorial prayers will be held at 11 AM at the Schaller Methodist Church with Rev. Pacifico G. Carmiarin Jr. officiating. Memorials may be given to the Eastern Star building fund. Stark- Wellin Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
This information is provided by the Republican, Boone, Iowa Wednesday September 12, 1984.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Merchant
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 1887, Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; White School South

Notes:

He died of prostate cancer. He graduated from Epworth Seminary, Epworth, Iowa in 1901. Then he went to Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa with an projected graduation date of 1904. However, in 1903 his Dad offered to buy A. J. Schriver's General Store in Luzerne for him and his brother William if he would drop out of College to help run the store. He went to a banker in Cedar Rapids for advice as to what to do. He wanted to go on and study to be a doctor.The banker advised him to take his Dad's offer, so he did. His Cornell year book shows his picture as ex '04, the year he would have graduated. He was baptised in the White school south of Luzerne. The Congregational circuit rider preacher came to Luzerne from Vining once a month to hold services. He fell off the back of a horse drawn wagon when he was a baby. His parents found him playing in the snow when they came back looking for him. He and his wife were married in the Westinghouse home in Belle Plaine. Mrs. Westinghouse was his wife's sister. He and his brother William were merchants and ran the Kouba Bros. store in Luzerne for 45 years. (From 1903 until 1948.) The store was also a post office for Luzerne. They initiated the first telephone service for the town by connecting he store and the two homes so additional clerks could be called when a lot of customers arrived in the store at the same time. The service expanded to include the rest of the town who asked. Yearly cost for the local service was about $7.50, (in the 1950s) which paid for the services of a full-time operator. He is buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Belle Plaine, Iowa.

Birth:
Family Farm

Emil married Rosburg, Laura Maria on 1 Jan 1908 in Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA. Laura (daughter of Rosburg, Wulf WILLIAM Frederich and Nieland, Maria Dorothea) was born on 24 Feb 1887 in Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA; died on 9 Oct 1971 in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA; was buried on 13 Oct 1971 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Belle Plaine, Benton, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Religion: Lutheran
• Baptism: 8 Apr 1887, St Paul Lutheran Church (destroyed), Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA
• Confirmation: 31 May 1901, St Paul Lutheran Church (destroyed), Luzerne, Benton, Iowa, USA

Notes:

n my 25th birthday (Feb 24, 1912) Mother, Father, brothers and sisters gave me a surprise and came in the evening to our house on Main Street to celebrate my birthday.

Ester was married to Arthur Welterlen of Edgewood at the Harry Hartung home in Van Horne on Sept. 12, 1917. This was just before Arthur was called into service in World War I.

On New Year's Day 1928 we celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. Marcella was 8 years old.

On Thursday, March 21, 1929 Emil Rosburg Kouba Jr. was born in Luzerne.

Aunt Rose and Uncle Chrles Van Deusen celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at their home in Van Horn on January 24, 1934. The next year on the same day we buried Uncle Charles.

We had many family gatherings at the folks house and among their children on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and special days.

Tow of Emil Kouba Sr's brothers died very young. Joseph was killed accidentally with a shotgun and Karl Paul died wit the measles. Five other infant children died and were buried in Bohemia before they emigrated.

Emil Kouba, our Dad was lost off a load of merchandise while moving from one farm South of Luzerne to another. He was about a year old and when they got to the new place, the man on the wagon noticed that he was missing, so they went back. They found him playing in the snow. He had fallen off the load and was not missed for awhile!

Peter Kouba (Dad's Dad) was a hotel operator in Velka Lhota, Moravia, which in now in CZECHSLOVAKIA. He and his wife, Frances Loyka came to America in 1870. H ewa 27 and she was 35 years old.

The following are some memories Leora Sauerteig had of my Mom, Laura Kouba . . . ERK

In later years when Mom was living in Luzerne by herself after Dad died, almost every week Leora would take her and Meta Buch, a faormer grade school classmate of hers, to Belle Plaine on grocery shopping expeditions. They would sit in the back seat and reminisce on the 4 mile journey there and back while Leora drove them like a chauffeur. Each of the would independently go through the store and then meet again back at Leora's car. One time though, Laura and Meta got back before leora did, so they got in what they though was her car. It turned out to belong to an older gentleman, who was quite surprised to find them there. You can imagine the snickers and giggles that erupted when they realized what they had done, and exited his car very much in a hurry!.

Another time Mom noticed that they were parked on Main street in front of a millinery shop and although she wanted to buy a new hat she was too tired to go in to buy it. Leora offered to go in and bring several out, along with a hand mirror. She found one she liked, so she sent Leora back in the shop with the mirror, the rest of the hats, and a check to pay for the one she selected. Leora said that was quite an unusual shopping spreee for her.

The following from History by Jim Thoma

On January 1, 1908 he (Emil) married Laura Maria Rosburg. Leora was the child of william Fredrich Rosburg and Mary Maria Nieland. The marriage took place at the home of Specer and Amelia (Rosburg) Westinghouse, in Belle Plaine, Iowa, near the Evangelical United Brethren Church. A wedding dinner followed at the Westinghouse home. Amelia was Laura's sister. Laura was born on February 24, 1887 in Luzerne, Iowa. When she was seven years old, her sister Rose was married in the family home. There was a dance in the Rosburg home following the wedding. During the dance, Laura fell against the hard coal stove and burned her arm. Laura attened the Luzerne Lutheran Parochial school and graduated from Belle Plaine High School. She was 5' 6" tall, weighed 175 pounds and had blue eyes. She was a strong person, taking over the family farms and running them with great skill after the death of her husband. She believed in hard work as attested to by one of the many poems that she wrote. "early to bed and early to rize, till you make enough money to do other - wise." She was an avid record and scrapbook keeper. Many of these scrapbooks contain poetry that she wrote throughout her life. She kept record books or journals for almost every day of her life. She kept her sense and mind up until the day of her death. In fact, she finished writing checks on her way to the hospital.

The following is a poem she told us Christmas 1961 - Emil Jr.

I'd like to read to you a poem written by my brother,
who has just graduated with high honors from the county jail.
and it reads as follows:

He stood at the bar of justice,
Sober, but with a jag
He chewed upon a toothpick,
While his lawyers chewed the rag.

They placed on his shoulders many a crime,
So many he back was bent.
For they say he robbed the cheese works,
And stole out every scent.

Silence! yelled the grey haired judge.
The court yelled silence too.
And everyone yelled silence,
Until silence filled the place.
Then somebody woke the jury up,
With a good hard slap on the face.

"is he guilty or not?", the judge he cried.
"Guilty!", the foreman said.
And the verdict was that he be hung
Three times, until he's dead.

"Oh mercy, Oh mercy!", the prisoner cried.
"See, I'm on my knees".
And a voice cried out, "Vouch, he is innocent!"
And in rolled a case of cheese.

So never run down limburger.
Just stop and consider please.
You may never know when you life may be saved.
By a poor little piece of cheese.

Notes:

Married:
Westinghouse Home in Belle Plaine, Iowa