Arthur Lester Gerdes (1918 - 1966)

Born 26 Aug 1918 in Pope County, Minnesota, USA

Husband of Dorothy Naomi (Sunderland) Gerdes - Roberts — married 5 Aug 1942 in South Dakota, USA

Died 23 Aug 1966 at age 47 in Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon, USA

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Biography

Arthur Lester Gerdes was born 26 August 1918 in Pope County, Minnesota. He married Dorothy Naomi Sunderland on 5 August 1942 in South Dakota. He died 23 August 1966 in Astoria, Oregon.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWBP-VMR : 2 February 2021), Arthur L Gerdes in entry for Benjamin Gerdes, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X38R-S3H : accessed 26 April 2021), Arthur Gerdes in household of Benhart H Gerdes, Leven, Pope, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 2A, line 18, family 31, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1113; FHL microfilm 2,340,848.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSKD-VDD : 7 January 2021), Arthur Gerdes in household of Arnold Gerdes, Leven Township, Pope, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-15, sheet 2B, line 74, family 34, 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 1950.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1D-48XL : Wed Oct 04 18:16:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Dorothy Gerdes and John Gerdes, April 6, 1950.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTM1-N24 : 10 January 2021), Arthur Gerdes, Aug 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTM1-N24 : 10 January 2021), Arthur Gerdes, Aug 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVW-BS5H : 26 July 2019), Arthur Lester Gerdes, 1966; Burial, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States of America, Willamette National Cemetery; citing record ID 692408, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.