Doris Lucille (Smith) Windecker (1935 - 2017)

Born 2 May 1935 in Fithian, Vermilion, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Cecil Wayne Windecker — married 8 Mar 1957 in Iowa, United States

Died 24 Nov 2017 at age 82 in Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, United States

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Biography

When Doris Lucille Smith was born on May 2, 1935, in Fithian, Illinois, her father, Roy, was 35, and her mother, Rose, was 37. At age 14 she was selling popcorn in a movie theater. About 1952 Doris was married and quickly had two children. In 1957 she married Cecil Wayne Windecker. Cecil adopted the two children and they had four more children together. Doris was widowed when Cecil died in 2014. Doris died on November 24, 2017, in Ackley, Iowa, at the age of 82, and was buried in Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Sources

• 1950 United States Federal Census: Name: Doris Smith; Age: 14; Birth Date: abt 1936; Gender: Female; Race: White; Birth Place: Illinois; Marital Status: Never Married (Single); Relation to Head of House: Daughter; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, USA; Street Name: State; Farm: No; Acres: No; Occupation: Pop Corn; Industry: Theater; Occupation Category: Other; Worked Last Week: Yes; Hours Worked: 21; Worker Class: Private; Household Members: Roy Smith: 50; Head; Rose Smith: 52; Wife; Dorothy Smith: 20; Daughter; Doris Smith: 14; Daughter; Grace Smith: 12; Daughter; Raymond Smith: 10; Son; Albert Rust: 53; Lodger; Andrew Voy: 41; Lodger; Eva Voy: 83; Lodger

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185484658/doris-lucille-windecker