Individual Details

Census

SD 2, ED 53-2, sheet, 1A
visit 4, rent farm, $15/mo,
Balster, George H. Head, MW, 28, single, no, HS-4, IA, 72 hrs/wk, Farmer, farm, OA, 52 wks, 0, yes
Balster, Marion H, Brother, MW, 26, single, no, HS-4, IA, 72 hrs/wk, Farmer, farm, IA, 52 wks, 0, yes
Balster, Margaret, Sister, FW, 30, single, no, C-1, IA. 48 hrs/wk, Rural teacher, Public School, PW, 36 wks, $680, yes

Marriage

Marion Heiken Balster age 40
17019 Cimarron Ave, Torrance, Los Angeles
white, never married, 0, Iowa
Lorenze Balster, Iowa. Anna Heiken, Iowa

Doris Marie Lane, age 31
9526 Townley Dr, Pico, Los Angeles
white, divorced, one, Missouri
Charles R Barnett, Kansas. Grace Marie Roberts, Mo

Death

Marion H. Balster
Funeral services for Marion H. Balster, 79, were held on Friday, April 2, at Green Hills Mortuary, Rancho Palos Verdes. Burial was held at the Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Marion Balster of Carson, Calif., died suddenly on Tuesday, March 30. He was born on July 18, 1913, son of Lorenz and Anna Heiken Balster in Castle Grove township. He attended the rural schools in the area and graduated in 1931 from Monticello High School.
During his lifetime, he was engaged in farming in Iowa and Wisconsin. After moving to California, he was employed by the United Airlines, a dairy farm in Layton, Calif., and by the City of Manhattan Beach until his retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Doris; two sons, James and John, both of Carson; two daughters, Deborah Madore of Lomita and Karen Cook of Fresno. He was also survived by three sisters, Margaret Sattler, Hilda Grings and Frieda Brockschmidt; a brother, George; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.