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Descendants of Thomas Okey & Elizabeth Stockley


243. Vere William6 Okey (William Freemont5, Lewis Morgan4, Henry L.3, Leven2, Thomas1) was born May 9, 1884 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, and died June 24, 1953 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. He married (1) Margaret703 Bef. 1910. He married (2) Edith Larsen April 2, 1917 in Fargo, Cass, North Dakota. She was born 1892 in Whalan, Fillmore, Minnesota, and died 1927 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota. He married (3) Margaret Emma Lena Knodt April 26, 1928 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, daughter of Henry Knodt and Rosine Bareis. She was born May 27, 1901 in Clayton, Iowa, and died June 29, 1980 in West St. Paul, Dakota, Minnesota.

Notes for Vere William Okey:
Valedictorian of high school class in 1901 in Cassville, WI. Believed to have operated or worked in livery stables in North Dakota and St. Paul around turn of century. Worked in the U. S. Postal Service as a Railway Mail Clerk ca. 1915 to 1951. Avid gardener, both flowers and vegetables.
Believed to have died from Cardiac Circulatory Disease.

Notes for Edith Larsen:
Died of tetanus from defective inoculation.
Birth date calculated from James R. Okey's birth certificate which lists age at
his birth as 30.

Notes for Margaret Emma Lena Knodt:
Raised three sons of Vere and Edith in addition to her 4 children.
Secretary at Minnesota Income Tax Office.
Middle age onset diabetic. Died suddenly of heart attack.She moved "West" from St. Paul with 3 children after divorce from V.W .Okey.
     
Children of Vere Okey and Margaret are:
  i.   CHARLES LOUIS7 OKEY704.
  ii.   EDWARD OKEY704.
  iii.   MADELAINE OKEY704, b. Abt. 1910, Fargo, Cass, North Dakota; m. HERBERT DENIS, 1930, Detroit, Michigan.
     
Children of Vere Okey and Edith Larsen are:
  iv.   WILLIAM FREEMONT7 OKEY, b. January 31, 1918705; d. July 1986705; m. ELLEN HARDEE; b. November 26, 1920, Graham, Alamance, North Carolina.
  Notes for WILLIAM FREEMONT OKEY:
Social Security #: 476-03-8436
Last residence: NC 27260
State of issue: MN

  v.   ROBERT HENRY OKEY, b. August 11, 1919706; d. February 1956706; m. HELEN JANE UTNE, June 23, 1944; b. January 23, 1923, Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota.
  Notes for ROBERT HENRY OKEY:
Social Security #: 470-10-7831
State of issue: MN

  Notes for HELEN JANE UTNE:
Moved to California after Robert's death in 1956.
Married Robert Aubrey Bliss, 9 Jun 1956.
Taught Home Economics, retired early 1980'S.
Had stroke in January, 1994.

  vi.   JAMES RICHARD OKEY, b. September 26, 1922707; d. September 1967707; m. MARY SLOCUM, June 12, 1960, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, Cherokee Presbyt; b. January 12, 1935, Fieldon Township, Watonwan, Minnesota; d. February 11, 1994, Cottage Grove, Washington, Minnesota.
  Notes for JAMES RICHARD OKEY:
Social Security #: 476-12-0897
State of issue: MN

  Notes for MARY SLOCUM:
Graduated Madelia H.S. 6/52. Dental Assistant, ROA, CDA. and Freelance
photographer (Weddings-Family Portraiture-Stock & Nature).
Joined St. Paul Park Community U.C.C. Oct 1969.
Died of Cancer.
Social Security #: 473-36-4440
Last residence: 55016
State of issue: MN

     
Children of Vere Okey and Margaret Knodt are:
  vii.   ELIZABETH CAROLINE7 OKEY, m. DANIEL ROBERT SHERN, January 6, 1951, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; b. July 7, 1926, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota.
  Notes for ELIZABETH CAROLINE OKEY:
Registered Nurse. Miami University, Hamilton, OH, 1977.
Member of St. Paul U.C.C., North College Hill, served on diaconate during her
last years.
Died of complications of diabetes which she had for 29 years.

  Notes for DANIEL ROBERT SHERN:
U. S. Navy, 1944-1946.
Univ. of Minnesota, BS Electrical Engineering, 1949
Engineer at Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1950-1983.

  viii.   JEANNE MAZIE OKEY, b. 1932; m. DR. PAUL MILTON ENGLUND; b. January 18, 1926, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
  Notes for DR. PAUL MILTON ENGLUND:
Combat Infantryman, ETO, WWII.
Dentist in Navarre, Minnesota 1953-1988.

  ix.   JOHN VERE OKEY, b. 1932; m. (1) JUNE GULLEY; m. (2) JERRY MITCHELL; b. August 6, 1931, Ridgeville, Randolph, Indiana; m. (3) JOAN LOUISE GUSTAFSON, September 5, 1953, Braham, Isanti, Minnesota; b. September 9, 1932, Braham, Isanti, Minnesota.
  Notes for JERRY MITCHELL:
Physical Ed. Teacher. Retired 1988.
Lived in Indianapolis most of life.
Butler University, College of Education, B.S. 1953, M.S. 1958
Methodist Church.

  Notes for JOAN LOUISE GUSTAFSON:
Accountant. Retired in 1988. Lives in Inver Grove Heights, MN..

  x.   MARGARET ANN OKEY, b. 1945; m. (1) GARY MCRUNNELLS; m. (2) LARRY OBERG; b. March 24, 1947, Mankato, Blue Earth, Minnesota.
  Notes for LARRY OBERG:
In management at J. C. Penney Co. since 10/72. Part time 4/64 to 6/69
B.A. Economics, 1969, University of Minnesota
U. S. Navy 7/69 to 10/72





244. Charles Lamb6 Okey (William Freemont5, Lewis Morgan4, Henry L.3, Leven2, Thomas1) was born 1886, and died 1957. He married Margaret Riley. She was born 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, and died 1983 in South Carolina.
     
Children of Charles Okey and Margaret Riley are:
  i.   MARY EUGENIA7 OKEY, b. 1911; m. CLAUDE CAUTHEN, Bef. 1933, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina.
  Notes for CLAUDE CAUTHEN:
Lives in Rock Hill, SC in 1991.

  ii.   CHARLES LAMB OKEY, b. 1914; m. CHRISTINA CAUTHEN, Bef. 1941.
  Notes for CHRISTINA CAUTHEN:
Lives in Rock Hill, SC in 1991.





245. Lewis Lebo6 Okey (William Freemont5, Lewis Morgan4, Henry L.3, Leven2, Thomas1) was born 1888, and died 1931. He married (1) Betty. He married (2) Celia Neimer Abt. 1914. She was born June 17, 1892 in Cassville, Grant, Wisconsin, and died Abt. 1988 in Verona, Dane, Wisconsin.
     
Children of Lewis Okey and Celia Neimer are:
  i.   ROBERT7 OKEY, b. 1915; d. 1915.
  ii.   WALTER L. OKEY, b. August 7, 1916708,708; d. February 16, 1988, Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin708,708; m. MERCEDES BURKETT, October 1, 1945; b. May 21, 1920, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa.
  Notes for WALTER L. OKEY:
Social Security #: 390-22-9479
Last residence: 53806
State of issue: WI

  iii.   EARL OKEY, b. 1918, Grant, Wisconsin; m. KAY IHITCAGA.
  Notes for EARL OKEY:
Works in mint in Denver, Colorado.

  iv.   FLORENCE OKEY, b. May 11, 1920, Grant, Wisconsin; m. (1) CHARLES YOUNG, Bef. 1951; b. February 28, 1920; d. November 18, 1954; m. (2) LYLE POOLE, February 1, 1974; b. July 1, 1916.
  Notes for CHARLES YOUNG:
Died of asphyxiation on a hunting trip.

  v.   JOHN OKEY, b. 1922; m. (1) KAREN CARLSON; m. (2) DELORES, Bef. 1949.
  vi.   PAUL OKEY, b. 1923, Grant, Wisconsin; m. NANCY VIVIAN, May 1951.
  vii.   RUTH OKEY, b. 1924.


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