Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Forrest Martin Wedekamm    
       Also known as: Forest M. Wedekamm 1
                Born: Jun-25-1909          in Ritchie Co, WV  2,3
                Died: Mar-21-1975          in Erie Co, OH  4,2
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Sandusky, Erie Co, OH  6
            Military: (enlisted 4/10/1943) Pvt, US Army Air Forces, World War II  7,8
              Father:
              Mother:
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Roxie Collins   9,10  
             Married: Sep-22-1928          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  
                Born: Nov-23-1905          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
                Died: Jul- 7-1938           11
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Alfred B. Collins   (1869 - 1953) 
              Mother: Laura J. Ehret   (1870 - 1945) 
           M Child 1: Donald Clyde Wedekamm      
                Born: Apr-25-1934           12,13 (see note 1)
                Died: Jun-16-2018          in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH  14
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  12
             Resided:                      in Chesterland, Geauga Co, OH  15
             Resided: 1958                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  13,12
          Occupation:                      teacher (biology, physics, physical science) & wrestling coach at Mayfield H.S. (35 yrs)  12
            Military:                      U.S. Army  12
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Obituary of wife. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(4) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(7) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(8) Military Grave Marker. 
(9) Marriage record of son. 
(10) Obituary of son. 
(11) Headstone. 
(12) Obituary. 
(13) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11546898&Type=Marriage. 
(14) Obituary - Hospice. 
(15) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but in obituary as
Parkersburg, Wood County.







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