Madelynne (Withers) Baals (1922 - 2013)

Born 18 Sep 1922 in Windsor, Ontario

Died 2 Oct 2013 at age 91 in Newport News, Virginia, United States

Biography

Madelynne was born in 1922.

She passed away in 2013.

Obituary

Madelynne W. Baals, a resident of Warwick Forest, passed away Oct. 2, 2013. She will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Madelynne was born Sept. 18, 1922, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She was the daughter of Ila Withers and her husband, Jim.

She grew up in Detroit and later moved to Suffolk, Va. There, she met the love of her life, Donald Baals, whom she married on June 26, 1943. They first lived in Hampton when Don began working at NASA and moved in 1952 to Newport News, where they resided together until his death. Madelynne was an active member of First United Methodist Church of Newport News for more than 60 years. She served faithfully in a women's circle at her church, was active with friends in Warwick-on-the-James Homemaker's Club, delivered Meals on Wheels, and was a member of PEO for over 50 years. To all, but most especially to her family, she was an outstanding example of a devoted wife and mother.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Don, who was her best friend for more than 70 years. She is survived by a son and three daughters. Other survivors include five granddaughters and two grandsons. (Note: Names of living persons removed.) ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Madelynne Baals obituary link

See also:

• "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBT-V7NX : 10 January 2019), Madelynne Wilma Withers in entry for Robert Stephen Wheeler and Patricia Ann Baals, 12 Aug 1978; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Hampton, , Virginia, United States, certificate 78 033256, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.