Person:Willis Kruse (1)

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m. 14 Jan 1913
  1. Willis Mayer Kruse1914 - 1996
m. Abt 1940
  1. James Fordyce Kruse1945 - 2015
Facts and Events
Name Willis Mayer Kruse
Gender Male
Birth[3][4][5][10] 9 Jun 1914 Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
Census[1] 1920 Chouteau, Montana, United States
Census[2] 1930 Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
Residence[7][11] 1940 Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
Residence[8][11] 1940 Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
Marriage Abt 1940 Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United Statesto Jane Louise Fordyce
Death[4][5][6][9] 21 Dec 1996 Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States
Obituary[4] 24 Dec 1996 Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, United States
Obituary[5] 1 Jan 1997 Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
Burial[6] Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States
References
  1. School district 5, Chouteau, Montana, in United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    ED 69, p. 7B, HH 13, Fam 16.

    Kruse, Thodore [C.?], owns farm free of mtg, 37, married, b. IA, fa b. IL, mo b. OH, farmer on farm
    , Mary, wife, 35, b. PA, both parents b. Hungary
    , Walter M., son, 5, b. MT
    [next 2 families are Mary's parents and brother]

  2. Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, in United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626)
    ED 7-17, p. 18A, HH 284, Fam 303.

    2207 6th Ave North
    Kruse, Theodore, rents home at $16/mon, no radio, 47, married age 30, b. IA, fa b. IL, mo b. OH, furnace man copper "Metter" [smelter], not a veteran
    , Mary, wife, 46, married age 29, b. PA, both parents b. Germany
    , Willis, son, 15, attends school, b. MT

  3. Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009.

    Register of births, vol. D, 1893-1917, p. 269
    Male child, b. 09 Jun 1914
    Parents: Theodore Truse [sic] and Mary Y Mayer, residents of Carter, Cascade, Montana, United States

    Register of births, vol. C, 1911-1918, No. 343, p. 72
    Male child b. 09 Jun 1914,Deocs [?, Docs?] Hospital, R. B. Durwin, attending physician, 1st child
    Parents: Theodore Truse [sic] and Mary Mayer, residents of Carter, MT

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Obituary, 24 Dec 1996, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, in United States. GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014. (FamilySearch. Citing GenealogyBank, Naples, Florida.).

    Deceased: Willis Mayer Kruse, age 82
    Born 9 Jun 1914, Carter, MT
    Died 21 Dec 1996, Bozeman, MT
    Spouse and Children
    Jane Louise Fordyce Wife Female
    James Kruse Son Male
    Robert Kruse Son Male
    Parents and Siblings
    Theodore Kruse Father Male
    Mary Mayer Kruse Mother Female

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Obituaries, in Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009
    ndex to obituaries, Krall-Lambert, 1880-2002, Image 532.

    Great Falls Tribune, Wednesday, 1 Jan 1997, p. 2B
    Willis Mayer Kruse
    Bozeman -Carter native Willis Mayer Kruse, 82, d. 21 Dec at his home
    - burial will be in Highland Cemetery, Great Falls
    - b. 9 June 1914 near Carter, moved to Barlesville, OK after college
    - m. Jane Luise Fordyce in Bartlesville, 1940
    - raised family in Jackson, MS and Cincinnati, where he was employee of Proctor & Gamble
    - retired 1983 and moved to Bozeman
    - Survivors are sons James of Monroe Falls, OH and Robert of Powell, WY
    - wife died 1993

  6. 6.0 6.1 Willis Mayer Kruse, Memorial 58172389, Created by: Judyvv, 4 Sep 2010
    accessed 16 Feb 2019.

    Willis Mayer Kruse
    Birth 1914
    Death 1996 (aged 81–82)
    Burial Highland Cemetery, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA
    Plot Section 12
    [has photograph of grave stone, obituary]

  7. Bartlesville, Oklahoma 1940, in U.S. City Directories, 1821-1995: [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)
    p. 138.

    Kruse, Jane F Mrs. girls' sec YWCA h615 S Osage ave
    Kruse, Willis M (Jane F) clk PP Co h615 S Osage ave

  8. Great Falls, Montana, 1940, in U.S. City Directories, 1821-1995: [database on-line]. (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011)
    p. 226.

    Kruse,Theo C (Mary) opr ACM Co h2605 Central ave
    Kruse, Willis M acct r2605 Central ave

  9. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).

    Willis M. Kruse
    SSN: 446-05-1867
    Last Residence: 59715 Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana, USA
    Born: 24 Jun 1914
    Died: 21 Dec 1996
    State (Year) SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951)

  10. United States. Social Security Administration. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015).

    Name: Willis Mayer Kruse [Willis M Kruse], Male, White
    Birth: 9 Jun 1914, Great Falls, Montana
    Death Date: 21 Dec 1996
    Father: Theodore C Kruse
    Mother: Mary Mayer
    SSN: 446051867
    Notes:
    Jun 1937: Name listed as WILLIS MAYER KRUSE;
    04 Jan 1997: Name listed as WILLIS M KRUSE

  11. 11.0 11.1 Willis appears in City Directories for 1940 in both Great Falls, Montana, and Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He does not appear in the US Census in either location. Jane appears in the 1940 cenus under her maiden name, listed as single.

    Willis' Social Security Card was issued in Oklahoma, in or before 1937.

    Willis and Jane are said to have married about 1940.

    The most likely explanation for the discrepancies is that Willis lived in Bartlesville, at least by 1937, that he returned Great Falls briefly late in 1939, and returned to Bartlesville very early in 1940; that he was missed by census takers in both locations, and that information for the Great Falls Directory was collected late in 1939, that for the Bartlesville Directory shortly after he had returned to Bartlesville and he and Jane were married.