Individual Details
Walter Jay Vandermark
(21 Mar 1900 - 13 Jan 1949)
Walter VandeMark, brother of Vern VandeMark of Lake Park, was electrocuted near Spencer on Thursday, Jan. 13. He was 48 years of age.
Walter was moving a brooder house on a truck when the structure caught on a telephone wire 3 1/2 miles east of Spencer. He climbed the house to cut the wire, which was crossed with a highline wire, and he was instantly electrocuted.
Funeral services were held Monday Jan. 17 at Spencer, with interment in Riverside Cemetery there.
Surviving are his wife and three children; his mother of near Everly; brothers Vern and Cecil of Lake Park; and five sisters.
*Published in the Lake Park News, Jan. 27, 1949
Events
| Birth | 21 Mar 1900 | Summit, Clay County, Iowa |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 12 Jun 1900 | (George Steven Vandermark and Ethel Viola Clark) Summit, Clay County, Iowa | | | |
| Census (family)-shared | 27 Apr 1910 | (George Steven Vandermark and Ethel Viola Clark) Summit, Clay County, Iowa | | | |
| Draft registration | 12 Sep 1918 | Spencer, Clay County, Iowa | | ||
| Census (family)-shared | 24 Jan 1920 | (George Steven Vandermark and Ethel Viola Clark) Summit, Clay County, Iowa | | | |
| Census-shared | 23 Apr 1930 | (Ethel Viola Clark) Summit, Clay County, Iowa | | | |
| Census (family) | 12 Apr 1940 | Summit, Clay County, Iowa - Vivian P. Arndt | | | |
| Death | 13 Jan 1949 | Spencer, Clay County, Iowa | |||
| Burial | Riverside Cemetery, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa | |
Families
| Spouse | Vivian P. Arndt (1916 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Arlo Arthur Vandermark (1937 - 1939) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | George Steven Vandermark (1862 - 1926) |
| Mother | Ethel Viola Clark (1875 - 1950) |
| Sibling | George Vandermark (1894 - ) |
| Sibling | Ernest Stephen Vandermark (1896 - 1918) |
| Sibling | Iva Fay Vandermark (1898 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Flora Belle Vandermark (1902 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Della May Vandermark (1902 - 1903) |
| Sibling | Ruth Ethel Vandermark (1904 - ) |
| Sibling | Edna Viola Vandermark (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Vern Victor Vandermark (1909 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Mina Hazel Vandermark (1911 - ) |
| Sibling | Verna Lois Vandermark (1915 - ) |
| Sibling | Clare Cecil Vandermark (1918 - 2002) |
Notes
Birth
There are birth records indicating the date 20 March 1900 and 21 March 1900.The name is given as Walter James Vandermark, Walter Jay Vandermark, or Walter J. Van De Mark.
The draft registration has 21 March 1900 and is signed Walter Jay Vandemark.
Census (family)-shared
Stev G VandermarkHeadM38Iowa - FarmerEthel VandermarkWifeF26Iowa
Steven E VandermarkSonM4Iowa
Iva F VandermarkDaughterF2Iowa
Walter J VandermarkSonM0Iowa
Joseph E VandermarkBrotherM21Iowa
Maggie HagmeyerServantF18Un
Census (family)-shared
Stephen VandermarkHeadM48Iowa - FarmerEthel VandermarkWifeF35Iowa
Ernest VandermarkSonM14Iowa
Iva VandermarkDaughterF12Iowa
Walter VandermarkSonM10Iowa
Belle VandermarkDaughterF7Iowa
Ruth VandermarkDaughterF6Iowa
Edna VandermarkDaughterF3Iowa
Vern VandermarkSonM1Iowa
Census (family)-shared
Geo S Van De Mark Head Male 57 Iowa - FarmerEthel Van De Mark Wife Female 45 Iowa
Iva Van De Mark Daughter Female 22 Iowa
Walter Van De Mark Son Male 19 Iowa
Belle Van De Mark Daughter Female 17 Iowa
Ruth Van De Mark Daughter Female 16 Iowa
Edna Van De Mark Daughter Female 13 Iowa
Vern Van De Mark Son Male 10 Iowa
Mina Van De Mark Daughter Female 8 Iowa
Verna Van De Mark Daughter Female 4 Iowa
Cecil Van De Mark Son Male 1 Iowa
Census-shared
Ethel V Vandermark Head F 55 Iowa - Farmer, general farmIva F Vandermark Daughter F 32 Iowa - Nursing, private family
Walter J Vandermark Son M 30 Iowa - Farm hand
Vern V Vandermark Son M 21 Iowa - Farm hand
Mina H Vandermark Daughter F 18 Iowa - House maid, private family
Verna L Vandermark Daughter F 14 Iowa
Cecil C Vandermark Son M 12 Iowa
Earl Webster Employee M 21 Michigan - Farm hand
Census (family)
Walter C VandemarkHeadM40IowaVivian VandemarkWifeF23Iowa
Arlene VandemarkDaughterF4Iowa
Ronald VandemarkSonM1Iowa
Walter's mother, Ethel, lives next door.
Endnotes
1. "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV2T-54G : 3 December 2014), George Steven Vandermark in entry for Walter James Vandermark, ; citing Summit Twp.; FHL microfilm 1,434,998..
2. "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV6C-VBZ : 20 May 2016), George Steven Vandermark in entry for Walter James Vandermark, 21 Mar 1900; citing Summit, Clay, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,434,998..
3. "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV6C-4JL : 20 May 2016), Walter Jay Vandermark, 21 Mar 1900; citing Summit Township, Clay, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,434,998..
4. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92D-FCX : accessed 8 December 2016), Stev G Vandermark, Summit & Waterford Townships, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 6A, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,424..
5. "United States Census, 1910, " database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1F-DT8 : accessed 6 December 2016), Stephen Vandermark, Summit, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 7A, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 397; FHL microfilm 1,374,410..
6. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ2W-MSV : 12 December 2014), Walter Jay Vandemark, 1917-1918; citing Clay County, Iowa, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,642,989..
7. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8B8-P9W : accessed 8 December 2016), Geo S Van De Mark, Summit, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 7B, line 80, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 483; FHL microfilm 1,820,483..
8. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMN5-SL3 : accessed 8 December 2016), Walter J Vandermark in household of Ethel V Vandermark, Summit, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 5A, line 12, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 648; FHL microfilm 2,340,383..
9. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTF-XGX : accessed 8 December 2016), Walter C Vandemark, Summit Township, Clay, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-27, sheet 2B, line 70, family 39, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1148..
10. Find A Grave Memorial# 70210152.