William R ROSS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1979-MN-025810

Notes:

A presumably different William Ross married Elida H Cobb in Hennepin County on 24 August 1921. There is no record in MOMS for the marriage date shown here.

In the 1930 census, he lives in Bloomington Twp, Hennepin County. He is shown as married but there is no wife in the household. He is a machinist helper for a railroad. His mother is living with him and his children.

In the 1940 census, he and his two children live with his sister Helen and his mother in Minneapolis. William is a sweeper in a machine shop. He has a sixth-grade education.

In the 1950 census, he and his mother, his new wife Hazel, and Hazel’s 17 year-old son William Glidden, live in Richfield at 6810 Longfellow.

Buried:
Buried with his sisters Elizabeth M (1883-1890) and Caroline A Jackson (1886-1921)

William married Hazel Lydia COBBS on 31 Mar 1920 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and was divorced. Hazel was born on 21 Sep 1905 in Pocahontas County, Iowa; died on 29 Jun 1981 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hazel Maude KENDALL. Hazel was born on 20 Apr 1902 in New Hampshire; died on 14 Mar 1993 in Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Alton, Belknap County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1923-44112

Notes:

Mother’s maiden name Cobb. In the 1930 census, that woman was born in Iowa.

A Leroy William Ross had two children with Florence Rosemary Perry in Hennepin County: Karen Lee, b. 7 Dec 1946, and Leroy William Jr., b. 20 Oct 1947.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1924-45875

Notes:

She lived in Clinton, Maryland, at the time of her mother’s death in 1981.

Theodora Lorraine Lavsa, affectionately called "Gringa", died on September 20, 2017, at the Crofton Care and Rehabilitation Center. Gringa was 93 years old and had been a resident of Annapolis for the past 27 years.

Prior to living in Annapolis, she lived in Clinton, Maryland. Born on September 9, 1924 in Bloomington, Minnesota, Gringa graduated high school and pursued a dual career as a wife and mother and a medical receptionist. In May 1945, she married Carl Lavsa, Sr., and together they raised two children. Gringa enjoyed quilting, sewing and reading and was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church.

Gringa was preceded in death by her loving husband of 60 years, Carl, who died in 2006 and by her brother, LeRoy Ross. She is survived by her son, Carl Lavsa, Jr. of Port Republic, MD; her daughter, Valerie Fridley of Shady Side, MD; a grandson, Ross Lavsa; two granddaughters, Amy Abell and Stacey Rainbolt; and six great-grandchildren.

Birth:
Bloomington

Theodora married Carl George LAVSA on 5 May 1945 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Carl was born on 10 Mar 1922 in New York; died on 7 Feb 2006 in Maryland; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]