CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameEarl James REUTER [955], [8448]
Birth PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
MemoOr 24-MAR-1907
Census Date23 Apr 1940 [3294] Age: 32
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo4039A No. Nineteenth Place, Block 68, Ward 9
Reside Date16 Oct 1940 [8447] Age: 33
Reside PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo4039A N. 19th Place
Census Date27 Apr 1950 [8451] Age: 42
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Reside Date1950 [7797]
Reside PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo633 E. Vine Street
Death Date23 Jul 1968 [1498, MEMORIAL# 76823247], [105], [8449] Age: 61
Death PlaceRolla, Phelps Co., Missouri, United States
Burial PlaceJoplin, Jasper Co., Missouri, United States [1498, MEMORIAL# 76823247]
MemoOzark Memorial Park Cemetery
Alias/AKAJames Earl REUTER [3294], [7797], [8447], [8449], [8452]
OccupationFreezer Man for a dairy company. [3294]
OccupationElectrical Engineer [7797], [8451]
OccupationSales Representative [8449]
FatherWalter REUTER (~1878-)
MotherEleona KIRCHATICE (~1879-)
Misc. Notes



Father born in Iowa; mother born in Minnesota. [3294]

Survived by a son, Gerald L. REUTER, but not known who his mother was. [8449]
Research
Could it have been a divorce rather than the death of James?

There was a James E. REUTER, b. 24-MAY-1907, Milwaukee, to Walter & Eleona REUTER, though his birth record says “Earl James REUTER.” Findagrave MEMORIAL# 76823247 says he was born in March, 1907, and died 23-JUL-1968, Rolla, MO. SSID agrees with the March birth date. An obituary attached to the memorial mentions his father, Walter, as a survivor, but makes no mention of a wife named Vera. Only a wife named Mrs. Millie HUCKINS, married 02-JAN-1954, Milwaukee. No mention of his children by a prior marriage.
Spouses
Birth Date19 Mar 1911 [291], [400], [451], [105], [616]
Birth PlaceMinneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
MemoBirth certificate says “Verna” but is probably an error in the 1972 alteration.
Census Date22 Jan 1920 [291] Age: 8
Census PlaceRichfield, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo5812 Humbolt Ave. So.
Census Date14 Apr 1930 [400] Age: 19
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo1188 48th St., 20th Ward, Block 3090
Census Date23 Apr 1940 [3294] Age: 29
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Memo4039A No. Nineteenth Place, Block 68, Ward 9
Census Date27 Apr 1950 [8451] Age: 39
Census PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Reside Date1950 [7797]
Reside PlaceOwatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota, United States
Memo633 E. Vine Street
Death Date17 Jun 1988 [616], [105], [1498, MEMORIAL# 185882784] Age: 77
Death PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Burial PlaceBrookfield, Wisconsin, United States
MemoWisconsin Memorial Park (cremation); Findagrave claims Holy Trinity Cemetery (Milwaukee): Block: 16 Grave: All Souls
Alias/AKAVerna [451]
Alias/AKAVera Bickner BOURQUE [7798]
OccupationInsurance Stenographer [400]
FatherFrank J. BICKNER (1882-1953)
MotherOrline Lydia FLANDERS (1889-1950)
Misc. Notes
1929-1931 (at least) she was a clerk at Wisconsin Compensation Ratings & Inspection Bureau. [428]
Lived with parents at least through 1936, which is the last year she appears in the Milwaukee City Directory. [430] Though her parents were listed in 1937 for the last time (they moved to Owatonna, MN - see death details for Vera’s parents). [431]

A misplaced source suggested one of her sons was named Jack and that he attended military church school in Owatanna, MN, but this may have been a reference to James.

Vera was reported as Mrs. James REUTER in her mother’s obituary, 02-JUN-1950, and also had two sons by that time. [955] But when Vera’s father died in 1953, only one son, James, was mentioned. But by then she was Mrs. Tony REDZINSKI. [956]
Research
Milwaukee library could not find an obituary for Vera Redjinski in either the Milwaukee Journal or Milwaukee Sentinel (searched June 17-30, 1988, in both). I checked the Milwuakee Journal for June 17 through July 8 and the Milwaukee Sentinel for June 17 through July 18, 1988, and also failed to find an obituary.
Marr Date23 Oct 1937 [8450]
Marr PlaceMilwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, United States
Children(Private)
 Gerald L. (1940-1998)
Birth Dateabt 1914
MemoThis date is only a guess for rough chronological placement.
Alias/AKAMillie [8449]
Marr Date2 Jan 1954 [8449]
Last Modified 6 May 2022Created 8 Nov 2024 using Reunion for Macintosh
First Published 22 Sep 2013. Revised 8 Nov 2024
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