William Warren Alexander (1896 - 2000)

Born 28 Mar 1896 in Ottawa, Ottawa Co., Kansas

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Velma Tingley — married 9 Dec 1917 in Thomas, Nebraska, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 2000 at age 103 in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska

Biography

William was born in 1896. He passed away in 2000.^[1]

Warren married Ethel V. Tingley on 9 Dec 1917 in Nebraska. ^[2]

William W. Alexander, 103, of Ord died Saturday, Jan. 8, 2000, at the Valley County Nursing Home. Mr. Alexander was cremated. There will be no services. Interment will be at Overton.

William Warren Alexander was born March 28, 1896, to Warren and Rachel (Van Horn) Alexander in Ottawa, Kan. As a teenager, he left Kansas to work on ranches in the Sandhills areas of Hyannis, Halsey, and Anselmo. On Dec. 9, 1917, he married Ethel Velma Tingley in Thedford. In 1938, the family moved to California. After living in California for 19 years, they return to Nebraska and Mr. Alexander began working with horses. At age 77, he moved to Comstock. In 1974, at the age of 78, he retired. He lived at home until age 98, when he lived with grandson Carl Waite before moving into the Valley County Nursing Home the following year. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, baseball, and horse riding.

He is survived by a son, William Frank Alexander of San Jose, Calif.; three daughters, Zada Parker of Magalia, Calif., Ruby Beier of Martinez, Calif., and Dulcie Titus of Hastings; two sisters, Edith Yeager of Bollinger, Texas, and Helen Hill of Eugene, Ore.; 17 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel; two sons, Harry "Dutch" and Joseph; and two daughters, Velma Sanchez and Eva Waite.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4W-B2TL : 11 February 2023), William W Alexander, .
2. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-JP3T : 8 June 2021), William W. Alexander, 1917.
3. ↑ Grand Island Independent, The (Nebraska) 10 January 2000, obit for William Alexander, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/145C1345E3D88B50 : accessed 25 July 2023)

"Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z2-LK68 : 8 June 2021), William Warren Alexander, 1965.