James Madison Straw

  General Notes:

Research of Ray and Mary Straw

22 Feb 1944 in Fort Snelling MN - WWII Enlistments - James M Straw out of Minnehaha, SD; born 1916 in SD; ED: grammar school; occ: tire rebuilder or driver's helper; married

www.ancestry.com
Name:James M Straw
Gender:Male
Birth Date:abt 1917
Age:41
Spouse:Helen Kolbrek
State:Minnesota

Argus-Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
23 Oct 2000, Mon
Page 12 [notes from clipping]
SIOUX FALLS - James Straw, 84, died 20 Oct 2000 at Royal C. Johnson Veterans Medical Center..born 3 June 1916 in Chester...served WWII US Army 1944-1946...married Mae Oaks 1939 and divorced her 1956..married Helen Kolbrek and divorced her 1974 married Wilma Embertson 26 June 1974 and she died Jan 2000...survived by sons Raymond and James...daughters Marilyn Perkins; Donna Lundy; Roberta, Mavis and Candes Staw all of Sioux Falls; stepson Terry Embertson; step daughters Helen Robb and Deloris Russell...brothers Howard and Charles

SSDI JAMES M STRAW
03 Jun 1916 20 Oct 2000 last res: 57103 (Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD) issued: South Dakota

According to the Minnehaha County Death Book 148, certificate 00146, James Madison Straw was born on 3 June 1916 in Chester, S.D. and died 84 years later on 20 October 2000 in Sioux Falls in a Dept. of Veteran Affairs nursing home (as he had been a member of the Armed Forces). He died a widower and a retired mechanic of Dual Manufacturing. He was a white male, son of Charles Straw and Martha Mead. Informant for the death certificate was Roberta Straw of 216 N. Minnesota Avenue, #3, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. Mr. Straw was buried at Hills of Rest Cemetery by the Chapel Hill Funeral Home, 4201 E. 10th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57103. He died of congestive heart failure due to coronary artery disease. His Burial certificate with Minnehaha County confirms the above and is listed in Burial Book 83, Certificate 337.

For your information, obituaries from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (beginning, I believe in 1997) are available through our public library at <www.siouxland.lib.sd.us> for members only

cemetery records: Name: James M Straw Service Info.: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II Birth Date: 3 Jun 1916 Death Date: 20 Oct 2000 Cemetery: Hills of Rest Cemetery Cemetery Address: 300 N Chapel Hill Rd Sioux Falls, SD 57103

James married Mae Arlene Celeste Oaks, daughter of Orin Sylvester Oaks and Hattie Prudence Swenson, about 6 Nov 1936 in Rock Rapids, IA. (Mae Arlene Celeste Oaks was born on 25 Feb 1923 in Hayti, SD.)

James next married Helen Kolbrek on 29 Mar 1958 in Rock County, Minnesota. (Helen Kolbrek was born on 4 May 1924 in Miles City, Custer County, Montana and died on 19 Nov 2001 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.)

James next married Wilma Rose Field, daughter of Purl A. Field and Zada, on 26 Jun 1974 in Laverne, MN. (Wilma Rose Field was born on 25 Jul 1912 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, died on 23 Jan 2000 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota and was buried in Hills of Rest Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.)