Myrtle Pauline (Byers) Wickman (1904 - 1993)

Born 2 Aug 1904 in Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon, USA

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Wife of Harry L Wickman — married 5 Dec 1925 in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, USA

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Myrtle Pauline Byers. Given Name: Myrtle Pauline. Surname: Byers. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} Pauline Byers //. Given Name: Myrtle Pauline Byers. Surname:^[7] Found multiple versions of name. Using Myrtle Pauline Byers.

Born 2 Aug 1904. Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon, USA. ^[8][9][10]

Died 25 May 1993. ^[11]

Buried Abt May 1993. The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, USA. ^[12]

Residence 1910 Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter/West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, USA. ^[13] 1920 Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter/West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, USA. ^[14]

Marriage Husband Harry L Wickman. Wife Myrtle Pauline Byers. Marriage 5 Dec 1925. The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, USA. ^[15] Child: @I649@. Child: @I648@. Child: @I645@.

Husband William Byers. Wife Jessie Myrtle McMurray. Marriage 11 Sep 1899. Damascus, Clackamas, Oregon, USA. ^[16] Child: Cecil Robert Byers. Child: Velma Elizabeth Byers. Child: Myrtle Pauline Byers. Child: John William Byers. Child: Vera Vonnie Byers. Child: Irene Josephine Byers.

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1. ↑ Source: #S147 "Harry W. Wickman," 14 Apr 1988. Certainty: 0 «b»Harry W. Wickman«/b» Col. Harry L. Wickman, 82, a longtimeresident of The Dalles, died at the local hospital on Wednesdaymorning.«i» «/i»He was born on Aug. 9, 1905 to William A. andPauline Wickman at the family home near Petersburg. He attendedschool at the Lower Five Mile School, then at Petersburg and latermoved to The Dalles. After graduation from high school he marriedMyrtle P. Byers on Dec. 5, 1925. He began his military career inThe Dalles in 1923 and served six weeks in the CMTC (Calvary Unit) atFort Lewis in Washington, and in 1923 joined the Oregon National GuardUnit Company H. When that was activated in 1924, he became an officerwith the company and commanded it from 1928 until 1932. At that timehe was transfered to the CCC Corps in Republic, Wash. and served withthat organization at several locations in Washington and Montana.In 1940 he was reassigned to the U.S. Air Force at Hamilton Field,having previously attended the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga.He graduated from the Air University at montgomery, Ala. afterattending various other military schools. He finished his careerafter 32 years in the military and retired on Feb. 28, 1967. Col.Wickman was a World War II veteran, serving overseas with the U.S. AirForce in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany in 1944-45. Hewon the Bronze Star, the Air medal, the Belgium Defense medal, "AlbertPrince of the Regants", and many campaign medals with accompanyingcombat stars. his service overseas was as an adminstrative executiveofficer with a P-30 Fighter Group, the 474 Group, and Ninth Air Forcehe was then promoted to personnel office with the 19th Tactical AirCommand and then to Colonel of the General Staff. After the war heserved with the Fourth Air Force in San Francisco and was InspectorGeneral. He was a past member of the Sojourners, hero's of 76 andwas past president of The Dalles Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is alsopast president of the Old Wasco County Pioneer Association and a lifemember of the Order of Travelers, the military branch of the MasonicLodge. He reached the sublime degree of Master Mason in 1927, laterbecoming a member of the York Rite bodies of Free Masonry and theCommandery and Order of mystic Shrine Al Kader Lodge of portland andthe Camel herders Shrine, Survivors include his wife, Myrtle;three daughters, Mrs. Mavis Jane Ruddell, The Dalles; Mrs. Shirley AnnAllen, Yakima, Wash; and Mrs. Evelyn Marie Wilkinson, Kansas City, Mo;five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, onegreat-great-grandughter and several cousins, nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Spencer, Libby &Powell Funeral home in The Dalles. Burial will be at ParklawnCemetery. Memorials may be made to the Shriner's Hospital, in care ofSpencer, Libby & Powell Funeral home.
2. ↑ Source: #S147 "John Byers Sr. Taken by Death," 18 Jan 1962, col. 2. Certainty: 0 «b»John Byers Sr. Taken by Death«/b» John W. Byers Sr., who wouldhave been 56 years of age had he lived until today, died Wednesday ina local hospital following a long illness. Mr. Byers was born Jan.18, 1906. For many years he operated a truck produce farm on FifteenMile creek and in the late 1940's came to The Dalles and operated theTepee lunch establishment on the corner of E. 12th and WashingtonStreets near The Dalles High School. Surviving are a son, John W.Byers Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. muriel Epley of Vancouver, Wash.; abrother, cecil, of The Dalles; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Wickman of TheDalles and Mrs. Irene Knox of Seattle; his father, William byers ofThe Dalles; and four grandchildren. Funeral services will beSaturday at 2 p.m. at Smith Callaway Chapel, with interment followingat the IOOF cemetery.
3. ↑ Source: #S180 Year: 1910; Census Place: West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: T624_1290;Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0324; FHL microfilm: 1375303 Certainty: 0
4. ↑ Source: #S147 "Obituary," 15 December 1970, col. 1. Certainty: 0 «b»William Byers Dies at 93; Here Since '06 «/b»William byers, aretired farmer who had lived here since 1906, died Monday evening at alocal hospital. He was 93. Mr. Byers was born Dec. 25, 1876, atShenandoah, Iowa. Surving are a son, Cecil, of The Dalles; twodaughters, myrtle Wickman of The Dalles and Irene Knox of Seatlle;three sisters, mabel Wise, Olive Byers and Ellen Hutchins, all ofPortland; 11 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Spencer & LibbyFuneral Home. Interment will follow at Parklawn Memorial Gardens.
5. ↑ Source: #S135 Year: 1920; Census Place: West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: T625_1504;Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 220; Image: 425 Certainty: 0
6. ↑ Source: #S10 "Obituary," 7 Mar 1935, col. 2. Certainty: 0 «b»Wasco Woman Dies«/b» Velma Elizabeth Knox, aged 32, of Wasco,succumbed to a six weeks illness at a local hospital Saturday evening. She was born at Logan, Ore., August 16, 1902, but had lived in TheDalles vicinity for a number of years. Surviving her are her husband,Frank Knox, and three daughters, Donna, Dorothy and Jessie, all ofWasco; her parents, Mr. & Mrs. William Byers, The Dalles; twosisters, Mrs. Myrtle Wickman of Kettle Falls, Wash., and Irene Knox,Tygh Valley; and a brother, John W. Byers, The Dalles. Funeralservices will be conducted in Wasco at 3 p.m. tomorrow, followed bygraveside services at the I.O.O.F. cemetery here, it was announced byC. R. Callaway & Sons, in charge of arrangements.
7. ↑ Source: #S33
8. ↑ Source: #S180 Year: 1910; Census Place: West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: T624_1290;Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0324; FHL microfilm: 1375303 Certainty: 0
9. ↑ Source: #S135 Year: 1920; Census Place: West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: T625_1504;Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 220; Image: 425 Certainty: 0
10. ↑ Source: #S140 accessed 31 Dec 2010), entry for Myrtle Pauline Byers, person ID9N61-G34. Certainty: 0
11. ↑ Source: #S140 accessed 31 Dec 2010), entry for Myrtle Pauline Byers, person ID9N61-G34. Certainty: 0
12. ↑ Source: #S140 accessed 31 Dec 2010), entry for Myrtle Pauline Byers, person ID9N61-G34. Certainty: 0
13. ↑ Source: #S180 Year: 1910; Census Place: West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: T624_1290;Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0324; FHL microfilm: 1375303 Certainty: 0
14. ↑ Source: #S135 Year: 1920; Census Place: West Dalles, Wasco, Oregon; Roll: T625_1504;Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 220; Image: 425 Certainty: 0
15. ↑ Source: #S147 "Harry W. Wickman," 14 Apr 1988. Certainty: 0 «b»Harry W. Wickman«/b» Col. Harry L. Wickman, 82, a longtimeresident of The Dalles, died at the local hospital on Wednesdaymorning.«i» «/i»He was born on Aug. 9, 1905 to William A. andPauline Wickman at the family home near Petersburg. He attendedschool at the Lower Five Mile School, then at Petersburg and latermoved to The Dalles. After graduation from high school he marriedMyrtle P. Byers on Dec. 5, 1925. He began his military career inThe Dalles in 1923 and served six weeks in the CMTC (Calvary Unit) atFort Lewis in Washington, and in 1923 joined the Oregon National GuardUnit Company H. When that was activated in 1924, he became an officerwith the company and commanded it from 1928 until 1932. At that timehe was transfered to the CCC Corps in Republic, Wash. and served withthat organization at several locations in Washington and Montana.In 1940 he was reassigned to the U.S. Air Force at Hamilton Field,having previously attended the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga.He graduated from the Air University at montgomery, Ala. afterattending various other military schools. He finished his careerafter 32 years in the military and retired on Feb. 28, 1967. Col.Wickman was a World War II veteran, serving overseas with the U.S. AirForce in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany in 1944-45. Hewon the Bronze Star, the Air medal, the Belgium Defense medal, "AlbertPrince of the Regants", and many campaign medals with accompanyingcombat stars. his service overseas was as an adminstrative executiveofficer with a P-30 Fighter Group, the 474 Group, and Ninth Air Forcehe was then promoted to personnel office with the 19th Tactical AirCommand and then to Colonel of the General Staff. After the war heserved with the Fourth Air Force in San Francisco and was InspectorGeneral. He was a past member of the Sojourners, hero's of 76 andwas past president of The Dalles Downtown Kiwanis Club. He is alsopast president of the Old Wasco County Pioneer Association and a lifemember of the Order of Travelers, the military branch of the MasonicLodge. He reached the sublime degree of Master Mason in 1927, laterbecoming a member of the York Rite bodies of Free Masonry and theCommandery and Order of mystic Shrine Al Kader Lodge of portland andthe Camel herders Shrine, Survivors include his wife, Myrtle;three daughters, Mrs. Mavis Jane Ruddell, The Dalles; Mrs. Shirley AnnAllen, Yakima, Wash; and Mrs. Evelyn Marie Wilkinson, Kansas City, Mo;five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, onegreat-great-grandughter and several cousins, nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Spencer, Libby &Powell Funeral home in The Dalles. Burial will be at ParklawnCemetery. Memorials may be made to the Shriner's Hospital, in care ofSpencer, Libby & Powell Funeral home.
16. ↑ Source: #S149 Year: 1900; Census Place: Damascus, Clackamas, Oregon; Roll: 1345;Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1241345 Certainty: 0

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