Ethel May (West) Dumire (1890 - 1952)

Born 1 Jul 1890 in Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa

Ancestors

Wife of Chester Arthur Creery — married 16 Feb 1910 (to 1921) in Dickinson County, Iowa, USA

Wife of Elmer Franklin Becker — married 27 May 1922 (to 21 Jan 1942) in Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 13 May 1952 at age 61 in Balsam Lake, Polk, Wisconsin, USA

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Biography

Ethel May West is the daughter of John Henry West and Ellen Jane (Crowell) West. Ethel was the middle child with an older brother, Charles, and a younger sister, Lillian. Ethel contracted rheumatic fever that would affect her health for the rest of her life. She was an accomplished piano player and as an adult in the 1920's she played the piano at the theater for the silent movies. She also was an excellent cook and worked at various restaurants.

In 1909, in Iowa, Ethel married Chester Arthur Creery. Chester was born on September 15 1880. Ethel and Chester divorced in 1921, in Iowa. They had two daughters:

• Leone Eleen Creery, born November 19, 1910, in Spirit Lake, Iowa, died June 25, 1974, married Alric R. Rystedt

• Dorothy Ellen Creery, born October 4, 1918, Spirit Lake, Iowa, died January 13, 2011, in Mesa Arizona, married Harold Edward Kibby

In 1922, in Iowa, Ethel married second Elmer Franklin Becker. Elmer was born in 1893, in Kansas. They divorced in 1942.

They were the parents of four children:

• Doris Ethel Becker, born January 11, 1923, in Spirit Lake, Iowa, died November 26, 1988, in Richfield, Minnesota

• Barbara Becker, born 1924, in Minneapolis

• Jimmy Becker, born 1926, in Minneapolis

• Jerry Becker, born 1929, in Minneapolis

In 1942, in Minnesota, Ethel married third, Charles Andrew "Andy" Dumire. Charles was born on December 22 1888, in Mitchell, Mitchell, Iowa.

Ethel and Andy, her two young sons, Jimmy and Jerry, and Andy's nephew, Ron all moved to Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, where Andy and a forty acre farm.

In 1952, in Wisconsin, Ethel passed away at age 61.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 25426932
• Birth Certificate. Death Certificate. Marriage Certificate. Divorce Certificate in the possession of Patricia (Corwin-Fish) Anglesey Strot (granddaughter)