Henry W. Lafser
(1918-1973)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Jane Black

Henry W. Lafser 1 2 3

  • Born: 14 Feb 1918, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Mary Jane Black on 1 Oct 1948 in Carson City, Carson City, NV, USA 1
  • Died: 21 Aug 1973, Reno, Washoe, NV at age 55 2 3
  • Buried: Los Angeles: Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LBM4-72H.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: Nevada State Journal: obituary of Henry W. Lafser on 26 Aug 1973 in Reno, Washoe, NV. 4 Henry W. Lafser of Sparks died in a Reno hospital Tuesday. He was born Feb. 14, 1918 in Missouri and came to Sparks 10 months ago from Grass Valley, Calif. Lafser was a sergeant in the Air Force in World War II. He is survived by a sister, Lillian Lafser of St. Louis. Mo. A military service will be held at Sawtelle National Cemetery in West Los Angeles next Friday.


Henry married Mary Jane Black, daughter of Harold Pollard Black and Leona Rittenhouse, on 1 Oct 1948 in Carson City, Carson City, NV, USA.1 The marriage ended in divorce. (Mary Jane Black was born on 23 Aug 1912 in Roswell, Chaves, NM 5 and died on 9 Oct 1986 in Spokane, Spokane, WA 6.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Carson City, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1855-1985, Certificate 39707124, Mary Jane Cantrell and Henry W. Lafser m. 1 Oct 1948 Carson City.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3725912.

3 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5W2-CX9 Henry Lafser, Aug 1973.

4 Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV), 26 Aug 1973, page 44. Obituary of Henry W. Lafser.

5 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88W-VLK Daniel A Beecher, , St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 3A, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820960.

6 FamilySearch.org, Washington Death Index, 1965-2014 (https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Collections/TitleInfo/472 .), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLWS-8RGB Mary J Lafser, 09 Oct 1986, Spokane, Spokane, Washington.



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