Individual Details
Vernon James Phelps
(23 Sep 1889 - 21 Apr 1960)
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sunday, April 24, 1960, Page 45, Col. 2: Services for Vernon J. Phelps, 70, of 2925 N. Murray av., were held Saturday afternoon at the Fass funeral home, 3601 N. Oakland av., Shorewood. Burial was in Valhalla cemetery. Mr. Phelps was the former owner of the Big 4 Sign Co., 916 N. Edison st., which specializes in gold leaf lettering on windows. He sold the firm a week ago. He died of a heart attack Thursday at Sacred Heart sanitarium. He suffered several heart attacks in the last year. Surviving are a son, Vernon A. of Ann Arbor, Mich.; two daughters, Mrs. Jeanette Smith, Grand Prairie, Tex., and Mrs. Ethel Arentsen, Janesville, Wis.; a brother, Dean, Beloit, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Wold, Hobart, Ind.
Events
| Birth | 23 Sep 1889 | Willow Lake, Brule Co., South Dakota |  | ||
| Birth | 23 Sep 1889 | Willow Lake, Brule Co., South Dakota | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1913 | Frieda Anders | |||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin | | ||
| Residence | 1942 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | | ||
| Death | 21 Apr 1960 | Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin | | ||
| Residence | Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois | | |||
| Race | White | | |||
| Burial | Valhalla Memorial Park, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin | |
Families
| Spouse | Frieda Anders (1891 - 1956) |
| Child | Vernon Anders Phelps (1918 - 1991) |
| Child | Jeanette Phelps (1920 - ) |
| Child | Ethel Phelps (1929 - ) |
| Father | James H. Phelps (1859 - 1941) |
| Mother | Avie ??? ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online. Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1613571; Draft Board: 51..
2. 1900 Census Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.
3. Ancestry.com, Wisconsin Death Index 1959-1997 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007).
4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. Ancestry.com, U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; State Headquarters: Wisconsin; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-; Record Group Number: 147; Box Number: 242; Microfilm Series: M2126; Microfilm Roll: 81.
6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
7. Ancestry.com, U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; State Headquarters: Wisconsin; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-; Record Group Number: 147; Box Number: 242; Microfilm Series: M2126; Microfilm Roll: 81.
11. Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), Database online. Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1613571; Draft Board: 51..
12. Ancestry.com, U. S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Wisconsin; State Headquarters: Wisconsin; Record Group Name: Records of the Selective Service System, 1940-; Record Group Number: 147; Box Number: 242; Microfilm Series: M2126; Microfilm Roll: 81.
13. Obituaries of Vernon James Phelps, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friday, April 22, 1960, Page 34, Col. 1 and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sunday, April 24, 1960, Page 45, Col. 2.