Husband: Forest Edward Wetzel
Born: May-30-1902 in Harrison Co, WV 1,2,3
Died: Sep-19-1986 2,3
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 4
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Occupation: teacher and principal, Doddridge Co (38 yrs) 1,7,8
Education: Doddridge HS, Glenville College, Salem College (AB), WVU 1
Military: Nov-10-1942 - Jun-17-1943 US Army, WW II (then defense work at Akron Goodyear plant) 9,10,11
Father: Edward Thomas Wetzel (1872 - 1939)
Mother: Alexie Bartlett (1880 - 1957)
Wife: Thelma Cowman 12 Married: Jun-20-1942 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8
Born: Jul-25-1910 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1,2 Died: May-22-1995 2 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 2,13 Census: 1920, 1930 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: teacher 7,8 Education: Doddridge HS, Glenville College, Salem College (AB), WVU 8 Father: Phillip Sherdeain Cowman (1883 - 1944) Mother: Maud Edna Shuman (1892 - 1975)
F Child 1: Living Husband: Living Husband: Living
Sources: (1) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 280. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Headstone. (4) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (6) Obituary of mother. (7) West Union Herald-Record, 2/12/2008. (8) Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 8/27/1942. (9) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (10) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 281. (12) Obituary of wife's sister. (13) Obituary of sister.