Catherine Jean (Ferguson) Giem (1920 - 1980)

Born 8 Apr 1920 in Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Frank Quincy Pray — married 12 Jun 1939 in Ord Township, Valley, Nebraska, United States

Died 21 Apr 1980 at age 60 in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States

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Biography

Great Falls (MT) Tribune, Wednesday, April 23, 1980

HELENA -- GIEM, Catherine J., 60, died at her home here Monday after an extended illness. She was born in Ord, Neb., and attended schools there. She married Frank Pray in Nebraska, and they lived in Denver a number of years. In 1963 she moved here and worked as a nurse's aide at Shodair Children's Hospital. Surviving are her mother, Cecil Ferguson of Helena; two daughters, Mrs. John (Bonnie) Luft of Great Falls, and Patricia Giem of Springfield, Ore., three sons, Jim Pray of Springfield, Bill Pray of Big Arm, and Jack Pray of Contra Costa, Calif., a sister, Mrs. Tony (Jane) Schultz of Helena, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Private services were held Tuesday at Hagler Mortuary. The body will be cremated.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2V-QJ2 : accessed 18 March 2021), Jean C Ferguson in household of Alan J Ferguson, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 10B, line 62, family 284, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1295; FHL microfilm 2,341,030.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9MB-JQ2 : 6 January 2021), Jean Ferguson in household of Allan Ferguson, Ord, Valley, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88-15, sheet 10B, line 67, family 252, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2267.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY1Q-92Z : 10 January 2021), Jean Giem, Apr 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 March 2021), memorial page for Catherine Jean Ferguson Giem (8 Apr 1920–21 Apr 1980), Find a Grave Memorial no. 224633764, ; Maintained by Michael Milliken (contributor 33120843) Cremated.