James was born in 1933. He passed away in 2017.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K77Y-CW4 : 15 March 2018), Harold Matzen in household of Jimmie Matzen, Prairie Township, Randolph, Randolph, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88-12, sheet 5B, line 68, family 111, 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 2143.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BY-RH76 : 10 March 2017), James H. Matzen, 2017; Burial, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States of America, Cedar Lawn Cemetery; citing record ID 175354496, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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