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- [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com).
Name Mavis Ehresman
SSN 504-20-6840
Born 30 Oct 1926
Died 5 Dec 2001
State (Year) SSN issued South Dakota - Before 1951
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Mavis Ilene Dokter Ehresman
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Birth: Oct. 30, 1926
Andover
Day County
South Dakota, USA
Death: Dec. 5, 2001
Aberdeen
Brown County
South Dakota, USA
Mavis is the seventh-born, and the youngest, child of John Jacob Dokter and Amy Alice Easterby. Her father described her as "an independent child".
She attended her early years at the Belden school in rural Day County, and beginning her 7th year of school she attended in town (Andover). She graduated from Andover High School in 1943 at age 16.
Mavis Ilene Dokter married Herbert John Ehresman on February 27, 1944, in Andover, Day Co., South Dakota.
Herbert was in the US Navy, and they lived briefly in Brooklyn, NY, and then in San Diego, CA. In 1945 they settled in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
They were blessed with three children: Deanna, Delwyn, and Daryl. Daryl passed away in 1971, a victim of leukemia.
Mavis was employed as a secretary and payroll clerk for the Aberdeen School District, retiring after 19 years of service.
Mavis was active in a broad variety of church and community groups. She enjoyed traveling and she excelled in a variety of handwork crafts.
Her husband had preceded her in death in 1981.
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Parents:
John Jacob Dokter (1893 - 1979)
Amy Alice Easterby Dokter (1890 - 1978)
Spouse:
Herbert John Ehresman (1918 - 1981)*
Children:
Daryl John Ehresman (1958 - 1971)*
Siblings:
Kenneth Easterby Dokter (1912 - 1987)*
Theora Priscilla Dokter Hove (1913 - 1999)*
Reeva S. Dokter McKenzie (1915 - 1983)*
James David Dokter (1920 - 1938)*
Mavis Ilene Dokter Ehresman (1926 - 2001)
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Riverside Memorial Park
Aberdeen
Brown County
South Dakota, USA
Plot: Block E, Lot 273
Created by: DiAnn
Record added: Feb 25, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66113958
- [S770] South Dakota, Marriages, 1905-2013.
Name Herbert J Ehresman
Gender Male
Age 25
Birth Year abt 1919
Residence Post Office Aberdeen
Residence Place Brown
Marriage Date 27 Feb 1944
Marriage Place Day, South Dakota, USA
Certificate 230945
Registration Number 5928
Household Members
Name Age
Herbert J Ehresman 25
Mavis Dokter 17
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