Individual Details
William Earl Turkle
(16 Apr 1917 - 24 Mar 2003)
Events
| Alt name | William Turkle |  | |||
| Birth | 16 Apr 1917 | Snyder, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Sherman City Road, Sheridan, Cherokee, Kansas, United States | |||
| Residence | 1930 | Sheridan, Cherokee, Kansas, United States | | ||
| Residence | Ca 1940 | WWII Draft - West Liberty, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Marriage License | 27 Nov 1940 | Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States - Bertha Clara "Bonnie" Kruse | |||
| Marriage | 4 Dec 1940 | West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa, United States - Bertha Clara "Bonnie" Kruse | |||
| Soc Sec No | Bef 1951 | 478-20-0561 IA | |||
| Retirement | 1985 | Walcott, Scott, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Death | 24 Mar 2003 | Genesis Medical Center - West Campus, Davenport, Zip 52773, Walcott, Scott, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | Aft 24 Mar 2003 | 52773 - Walcott, Scott, Iowa, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Bertha Clara "Bonnie" Kruse (1917 - 2001) |
| Child | Bonnie Ann Turkle (1942 - ) |
| Child | Wayne Eugene Turkle (1943 - 2016) |
| Child | Dwight Allen Turkle (1944 - 2019) |
| Child | Marlene Sue Turkle |
| Child | Marion Earl Turkle (1947 - 1998) |
| Child | Ruth Turkle |
| Child | Merle Lee Turkle (1956 - ) |
| Father | William Perry Turkle (1884 - 1984) |
| Mother | Bonnie Brown Bryant (1890 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Beulah Aletha Turkle (1915 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Mabel Ola Turkle (1919 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Ross Allen Turkle (1924 - 2019) |
Notes
Residence
Relation to Head: Self; Relative Relation to Head: FatherRetirement
He and his wife had farmed starting in West Liberty and most recently they farmed 400 acres northwest of Walcott until retiring in 1985.Death
Obituary: William Turkle WALCOTT, Iowa #45;- William E. Turkle, 85, Walcott, died Monday, March 24, 2003, at Genesis Medical Center - West Campus, Davenport. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at the Runge Mortuary, Davenport. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to the Walcott Fire Department or to the Durant Ambulance. Mr. Turkle was born on April 16, 1917, in Sherman, Kan., the son of Will and Bonnie Bryant Turkle. He married Bertha C. Kruse on Nov. 27, 1940, in West Liberty. She preceded him in death on Nov. 19, 2001. He and his wife had farmed starting in West Liberty and most recently they farmed 400 acres northwest of Walcott until retiring in 1985. Survivors include daughters, Bonnie Frett and her husband, Wayne, of Bennett, Marlene Arp and her husband, Rudy, and Ruth Turkle, all of Walcott; sons, Wayne Turkle and his wife, Penny, of Durant, Dwight Turkle of Bettendorf and Merle Turkle of Charlotte; 18 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; a brother, Ross Turkle of Coos Bay, Ore.; and a sister, Beulah Sayers of Independence, Kan. He was preceded in death by a son, Marion and wife, Ann; a grandson, Ricky Turkle; a daughter-in-law, Debbie Turkle; a sister, Mabel Potts; and a brother, Ray. https://www.wittichfuneralhome.com/obituary/55863/William-Turkle/Endnotes
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4. Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002), Year: 1930; Census Place: Sheridan, Cherokee, Kansas; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 2340431.
5. Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Iowa, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 510.
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