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Family of Claude Robert VESEY and Zelma M GIBSON
Claude Robert VESEY b. 1914 Jul 251751 at Holland, OH2033. d. 1976 Aug 34956 at Toledo Hosp., Toledo, OH4956.
Zelma M GIBSON b. 1913 Feb 62033 at Ohio2033.
Married2033 1935 Jan 202033 at Lucas Co., OH2033. Robert Vesey and Zelma Gibson were married2033 Jan 20, 1935, in Lucas Co., OH, by "Lester D Vesey." It is assumed that the minister was Robert's uncle, Rev Leslie D Vesey. It was the first marriage for both.
This individual appears in records variously as Claude Robert Vesey, Robert Vesey, Claude Vesey, Claude R Vesey, and C Robert Vesey.
The Ohio Birth Index1751 has the birthdate of Claude Robert Vesey as Jul 25, 1914. The 1935 marriage license and certificate2033 for Robert Vesey and Zelma Gibson lists his age as 22 on 25 July 1935, his father as Claude R Vesey and mother as Fern DeMott. His birthplace is also listed.
Sometime before Apr, 1938, Robert and Zelma (nee Gison) were divorced, as C Robert Vesey is listed in the marriage record of his marriage to Louise Farnsworth as married once previously; now divorced. The 1940 marriage record for his first wife, Zelma (Gibson) Vesey, to Richard Katschke lists Zelma as married once previously to Robert Vesey, now divorced.
The 1938 marriage license and certificate2033 for C Robert Vesey's second marriage to Louise Farnsworth has his age as 25 on 25 July 1938, his father as Claude R Vesey, and his mother's maiden name as "Cecil Fern."
C Robert Vesey died4956 Aug 3, 1976, in Toledo Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, at the age of 62. He was retired credit and export manager for the Surface Combustion division of Midland-Ross Corp. He was active in various Masonic and Mason-related organizations: past commander and treasurer of St Omer Commandery, Knights Templar; past patron of the Order of the Eastern Star; member of Barton Smith Lodge, F&AM, and other activities. He was survived by his wife, Louise; daughter, Mrs Dianne Ballmer; brothers Dale and Rex, and sister, Mrs Katherine Kennedy.
Following her divorce from Robert Vesey, Zelma married second2033, Jan 15, 1940, in Lucas Co., OH, Richard E Katschke, the son of William Katschke and Clarise Pitsford.