James Francis (Fat) Trumbo and Blanche Wolverton

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Husband James Francis (Fat) Trumbo

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            AKA: James Francis Golding
           Born: 5 May 1909 - Hiawatha, Brown County, KS
       Baptized: 
           Died: 23 Jun 1977 - Maryville, Nodaway County, MO
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, IA

       Marriage: 20 Jul 1929

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Wife Blanche Wolverton

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           Born: 28 May 1909 - Gaynor, Nodaway County, MO
       Baptized: 
           Died: 5 Dec 1994 - Clearfield, Taylor County, IA
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, IA

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         Father: James Pruitt (Jim) Woolverton
         Mother: Elva Jared

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Children

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1 F Geraldine Ann (Geri) Trumbo

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           Born: 
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Doyle Irwin

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General Notes: Husband - James Francis (Fat) Trumbo

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Birth: May 5, 1909
Hiawatha
Brown County
Kansas, USA
Death: Jun. 23, 1977
Maryville
Nodaway County
Missouri, USA

James Francis Golding was adopted by Alva Claude Trumbo and Ruby Dell McCormick in childhood after moving to Taylor County, Iowa.

Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday June 30, 1977 p. 9
Last Rites Held June 25 For Francis Trumbo, 68
Funeral services for James Francis Trumbo, 68, of Bedford, were held June 25 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home in Bedford, conducted by Carl Cummings. Mr. Trumbo died June 23, 1977 in St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, Mo. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery, Bedford.

James Francis Trumbo was born at Hiawatha, Kansas, May 5, 1909. He came to Taylor County, Iowa at a very early age and was taken into the home of Claude and Ruby Trumbo, where he blessed their home as a son and was worthy of their mutual love.

He grew to maturity in the Bedford area where he attended the Forest Grove Church. He was graduated from Bedford High School.

On July 20, 1929, he was united in marriage to Blanche Wolverton and they lived in Jackson Township, where they were engaged in farming until they moved to Bedford in 1960. He was employed by Van Reenen Feed Store and for the past 13 years by the City of Bedford Water Department.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, John and Steve.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife Blanche; daughter, Geri, and her husband Doyle Irwin of Englewood, Colorado; a grandson, Richard; two brothers, Paul Golding of New Market, Iowa, and David Golding of Mississippi and a sister, Esther, who resides in California.

He will long be remembered as a kind and considerate husband, father, friend and neighbor, and he will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.

Family links:
Parents:
Alva Claude Trumbo (1882 - 1969)
Ruby Dell McCormick Trumbo (1885 - 1954)

Spouse:
Blanche Wolverton Trumbo (1909 - 1994)

Burial:
Fairview Cemetery
Bedford
Taylor County
Iowa, USA

Created by: Julia Johnson
Record added: Jun 20, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 112615500

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General Notes: Wife - Blanche Wolverton

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Birth: May 28, 1909
Gaynor
Nodaway County
Missouri, USA
Death: Dec. 5, 1994
Clearfield
Taylor County
Iowa, USA

Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Wednesday December 14, 1994
Blanche Trumbo
Blanche Trumbo, age 85, long-time resident of Bedford, was born May 28, 1909 at Gainer, Mo. to parents James P. [ruitt] and Elva (Jared) Wolverton. She died of stroke complications December 5, 1994 at the Clearview Home, Clearfield, Iowa.

She grew to maturity in the Gainer-Hopkins, Mo. as a young girl. She was married on July 20, 1929 to James Francis Trumbo in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Blanche and her husband James Francis (nicknamed Fat) then farmed in the Forest Grove and Pleasant Grove area until moving to Bedford, Iowa in 1960. To this union one daughter was born, Geraldine Ann.

Moving her into the public eye most was her business life. In 1954 Blanche purchased a partnership in The Style Shoppe of Bedford, and then in 1959 becoming sole owner. This shop was her life, and a very successful business, which she operated until her stroke on October 20, 1994. Everyone knew Blanche as a kind and sincere person and a good businesswoman.

Preceding her in death are her husband, [James] Francis Trumbo, parents, James and Elva Wolverton, a stepmother, Zella Wolverton, brother, Bruce Wolverton, and son-in-law, Doyle Irwin.

Survivors include her daughter, Geri Irwin of Cottonwood, Ariz., grandson and his wife, Richard and Julie Irwin of Littleton, Colo., and a companion and close friend, Clara Lou Hardin of Bedford.

Memorial services were held at the First Baptist Church in Bedford Wednesday, Dec. 7, with Pastor Jamie Mogler officiating. There was private interment.

Arrangements were by Novinger-Taylor Funeral Home of Bedford.

Family links:
Parents:
James Pruitt Wolverton (1881 - 1938)
Elva Jared Wolverton (1887 - 1912)

Spouse:
James Francis Trumbo (1909 - 1977)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Fairview Cemetery
Bedford
Taylor County
Iowa, USA

Created by: Julia Johnson
Record added: Jun 20, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 112615257

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Notes: Marriage

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