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     John C. Stasney was born circa 1891 at Austria. He married Emma Anna Heyda circa 1921.
     John C. Stasney was a Farmer. SOURCE: Celia Stasney HARN. Birth Record for Stasney child, said father was 33 years old.

     Emma Anna Heyda was born circa 1901 at Minnesota. She married John C. Stasney circa 1921.
     Her married name was Stasney. SOURCE: Celia Harn. At Celia's birth, mother was 23 years old.

     Methodius Kenneth Gray was born on 19 March 1917.¹ He married Gloria Mae Sorenson, daughter of Arthur Toppenberg Sorenson and Josephine (?), on 23 August 1947.² Methodius Kenneth Gray died on 22 April 1984 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota, at age 67.² He was buried on 26 April 1984 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, Plot: 2nd Addition Block 36 Lot 8 Space 3.
     His Social Security Number was 475-01-1003 , issued in Minnesota before 1951.¹

Following from Find a Grave website:

Kenneth L Gray
Birth:      Mar. 19, 1921
Death:      Apr. 22, 1984
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA

burial 26 April 1984
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with ok from daughter, add following note:

[Send Reply] RE: Kenneth Gray
Dear Larry - We're wondering if it's possible for Dad's surviving family (his children) to leave a note of explanation on his page regarding the wrong birth date and false name "Methodius"on his stone so that anyone doing genealogy work would know they had the right person when viewing this site. Kenneth Gray was born in 1917 according to his adoption paperwork, school records, the 1920 and 1930 census, etc. When he returned to the US after WWII from civilian construction work in the Azores he reinvented himself for reasons unclear to us, making himself four years younger and using "Methodius" for his first name when he met and married our mother. He was able to get a new social security account using that false birth date which is why the death record says 1921. We had no idea of any of this until several years after his death when we came across some of his records and then started checking on everything.
Added by Elizabeth Gray on Sep 19, 2016 3:51 AM

Inscription:
Methodius Kenneth Gray is the name on the memorial marker.

Burial:
Oak Hill Cemetery
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Minnesota, USA
Plot: 2nd Addition Block 36 Lot 8 Space 3

Created by: LJP
Record added: Dec 18, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 140202073.³

     Gloria Mae Sorenson was born on 13 June 1923 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.^1,2 She was the daughter of Arthur Toppenberg Sorenson and Josephine (?)² Gloria Mae Sorenson married Methodius Kenneth Gray on 23 August 1947.² Gloria Mae Sorenson died on 9 December 2006 at Minnesota at age 83.² She was buried on 18 December 2006 at Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, Plot: 2nd Addition, Block 36, Lot 7, Space 1.
     She graduated in 1941 at Washburn High School, Washburn, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.² As of 1943,her married name was Gray. She lived between 1957 and 2002 at Burnsville, Dakota Co., Minnesota.

Gray, Gloria Mae (Sorenson) age 83, of Village Shores of Richfield, formerly Burnsville, unexpectedly after a brief illness, on Saturday December 9. Preceded in death by parents, Josephine & Arthur Sorenson; husband, Kenneth Gray (1984); and daughter, Mary Gray (2004). Survived by beloved companion, Marv Larson and his family; Gloria's children, Elizabeth (A.J. Richter), Stephen (Linda), Jill Shellum (Kirk); son-in-law, Daniel Miller; grandchildren, William and Douglas (Rosanne) Broad, Kirsten and Ryan Gray, Nicole and Keith Shellum; great-grandchild, Michael Broad; sister, Betty Anderson (Norris) of Rockford, IL; four nephews and their families. Born in Minneapolis June 13, 1923; graduated Washburn High 1941; married Kenneth Gray August 23, 1947. Burnsville resident 1957-2002. She stayed at home raising her family for several years and then worked as a secretary for three CPA firms. After a brief retirement Gloria began a second career with New Horizon Child Care graduating from the Child Development program at Dakota County Vocational and Technical School. Aside from spending time with her beloved family and friends, Gloria's lifelong passion was volunteerism. She received recognition and many awards for her dedication to the community. Some of the organizations with which Gloria shared her time and love included the 4-H Club, Crisis Nursery, Ebenezer Society, The Entertainers, Village Shores, tutoring children, and transcribing braille for the blind. In addition, Gloria's commitment to helping others led her to spend countless hours as an individual assisting friends and others with visits and food. Gloria was famous for appearing in costumes such as Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Pilgrim, Gorilla and was also known for her teddy bear shows and her homemade fudge. Memorial service Wednesday, December 13 at Cremation Society of Minnesota, Edina Chapel, 7110 France Avenue South. Visitation 4:00pm, service at 5:00pm, followed by reception until 8:00pm. Memorials preferred.
Published in the Star Tribune from 12/12/2006 - 12/13/2006.²

     William F. Sells married Louisa Caroline Perkins. William F. Sells was born circa 1845. He was buried at Little Wilson Cemetery, Volney, Grayson Co., Virginia, May not have a stone.
     SOURCE: Obituary of John Calhoun Sells, list parents.

     Louisa Caroline Perkins married William F. Sells. Louisa Caroline Perkins was born on 19 April 1845 at Virginia. She died on 11 January 1917 at Virginia at age 71. She was buried at Little Wilson Cemetery, Volney, Grayson Co., Virginia.
     Her married name was Sells. SOURCE: Obituary of John Calhoun Sells, lists parents.

     Elmer Nathan Covey married Margaret Julia Vick.

     Margaret Julia Vick married Elmer Nathan Covey.
     Her married name was Covey. SOURCE: Barbara (Harn) Covey letter of June 1995.

     John Edward Jones married Elizabeth Emily (?)
     SOURCE: Louise Harn letter 20May1991.

     Elizabeth Emily (?) married John Edward Jones.
     Her married name was Jones. SOURCE: Louise Harn letter 20May1991.

     Ralph Woods married Laura (?)

     Laura (?) married Ralph Woods.
     Her married name was Woods.

     Bill Dalton married Delores Miller.

     Delores Miller married Bill Dalton.
     Her married name was Dalton.

     Donald Elmer Tilbury was born on 20 April 1909.¹ He married Joyce Frances Eberhart. Donald Elmer Tilbury died on 9 May 1979 at Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota, at age 70.²
     His Social Security Number was 470-22-7826 issued MN.

     Joyce Frances Eberhart was born on 2 January 1912.¹ She married Donald Elmer Tilbury. Joyce Frances Eberhart died on 4 October 1994 at St. Louis Park, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, at age 82.² She was buried at Pine Island Cemetery, Pine Island Twsp., Goodhue Co., Minnesota, buried in section D of the cemetery.³
     Her married name was Tilbury. Her Social Security Number was 469-05-3948, issued in Minnesota before 1951, Social Security Index lists birth as 02 Jan 1912 and death as Oct 1994, last residence in Rochester, Olmsted Co., Minnesota.

     Jim Thompson married Marion Aarsvold.

     Marion Aarsvold married Jim Thompson.
     Her married name was Thompson.

     Jerome David Jasinski was born on 3 September 1929 at Owatonna, Steele Co., Minnesota.¹ He married JoAnn Popelka on 1 October 1949 at Immaculate Conception Church, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota.¹ Jerome David Jasinski died on 9 February 2006 at District One Hospital, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota, at age 76.¹ He was buried on 13 February 2006 at St. Lawrence Cemetery, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota.¹
     He graduated in 1947 at Bethlehem Academy, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota.¹

Following Obituary for Jerome Jasinski:

Jerome "Jerry" Jasinski 1929-2006
FARIBAULT -- Jerome "Jerry" Jasinski, age 76, of Faribault, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, at the District One Hospital in Faribault.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, Feb. 13, 2006, at 11 a.m. at the Divine Mercy Catholic Church at Immaculate Conception in Faribault with the Rev. Kevin Finnegan, pastor, officiating. Interment will be held at the St. Lawrence Cemetery in Faribault.

Visitation will be held at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home in Faribault on Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. and at the church on Monday for one hour prior to services. The family prefers that memorials be directed to Bethlehem Academy, Divine Mercy Catholic School or the Jerry Jasinski Scholarship Fund that will be established at South Central Technical College.

Jerome David Jasinski, the son of Albert and Alice (Stoetzel) Jasinski, was born on Sept. 3, 1929, in Owatonna. Jerry attended Bethlehem Academy High School and graduated with the class of 1947. After high school he attended the College of St. Thomas. On Oct. 1, 1949, he was united in marriage to JoAnne Popelka at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Faribault. Jerry worked from 1957 to 1995 as a Liquor Salesman, most recently with Griggs, Cooper and Company. For many years Jerry, with his brothers, owned and operated their family business Grampa Al's in Faribault. Jerry was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 889, the Faribault Aerie 1460 Fraternal Order of Eagle's, the V.F.W. Post 1560, the American Legion Post 43, the Elk's Lodge and Moose Lodge, all in Faribault. Jerry enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and especially enjoyed playing and watching golf. He was given an honorary lifetime membership at the Faribault Golf and Country Club.

He is survived by his wife, JoAnne Jasinski of Faribault; by six children, Jamie (and Ted) Erickson, Jim (and April Bauer) Jasinski, Judy (and Larry) Harn, Jenny Krantzberg, Jerome Jr. "Jake" (and Janine) Jasinski and John (and Shan) Jasinski, all of Faribault; by 10 grandchildren, Andy and Lizzy Erickson; Grady, Hailey and Hattie Harn; Sarah and Joe Jasinski, Sam and Jacie Jasinski and Nell Ernste; by a brother, Don (and Marie) Jasinski of Faribault; and nieces, nephews and other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Gene Jasinski.¹

     JoAnn Popelka married Jerome David Jasinski on 1 October 1949 at Immaculate Conception Church, Faribault, Rice Co., Minnesota.¹

     Jacob Shimp was born on 26 June 1812 at New Jersey.¹ He was the son of Andrew Shimp and Margaret Wendyell. Jacob Shimp married Ann Druliner in 1838.¹ Jacob Shimp married Hannah Graham on 13 January 1842 at Warren Co., Ohio; Warren Co., OH Marriage Record. Jacob Shimp died on 19 March 1901 at South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana, at age 88.¹
     The cause of death was general breaking down of the system.

The following article is from the book: "A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana", by Timothy Edward Howard, 1907, page 1089-1090.
Jacob Shimp was a native son of New Jersey, born on the 16th of June, 1812. His father died when he was a young man, and when eleven years of age he went with his widowed mother to Warren county, Ohio, there residing and continuing to care for her until her death. He came to Indiana in 1833, and his death occurred on the 19th of March, 1901, at which time the following memorial of his life appeared in one of the local papers:
"Jacob Shimp, the last Jackson voter in St. Joseph county, died at 4:30 Tuesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cyrus B. Miller at the corner of Monroe and Franklin streets, his death being painless, having been unconscious about a day. His death was due to a general breaking down of the system, but his last illness lasted but two days. Mr. Shimp would have been eighty-nine years old June 16, and he had resided in this county sixty-eight years. He bore his years remarkably well and retained his faculties to a remarkable degree. The deceased was a Mason, and was buried under the auspices of the Terre Coupee Lodge, No. 204, of New Carlisle, the services being held at the New Carlisle Christian church.
"The deceased had long been a familiar figure in this city and county, and was a citizen of most excellent repute and a Democrat of unwavering integrity. His death took the last Jackson voter from St. Joseph county. Few men were prouder of a deed that was the deceased in the fact that he had voted once for Old Hickory. Mr. Shimp was a Jacksonian.
He was one of ten children born to Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shimp, both of whom were natives of New Jersey. Andrew Shimp was born in New Jersey, February 18, 1767, and when quite a young man married Margaret Wendyell, who was boron November 12, 1771. Their children were: Susan, born August 1, 1782; Hannah, December 20, 1794; Anna, September 12, 1797; David, February 10, 1800; Elizabeth, April 8, 1802; Sarah, April 6, 1803; Samuel, October 18, 1805; Andrew, May 27, 1810; Jacob, June 16, 1811; and John, May 28, 1817."
"Jacob, the ninth child, was born in Salem county, New Jersey, but removed with his parents to Ohio in 1825, settling in Warren county, one of the old Abolition and Republican strongholds of that state. He lived there until 1833, when he removed to St. Joseph county, where he has since resided. Jacob's grandfather and grandmother were natives of Germany. His father was a prosperous farmer until the era of depreciated continental money came upon him, causing him to lose the farm which he had worked hard to develop. In 1838 Jacob married Ann Druliner, who died in 1840. Two years later he took for his second wife Hannah Graham, of Warren county, Ohio, who died March 15, 1889. To them seven children were born, and all but two survive. The survivors are: Mrs. Lewis Kirby, Of Warren county, Ohio; Mrs. Cyrus B. Miller of this city; ex-Trustee John M. Shimp of Harris township; ex-County Recorder William D. Shimp of this city; and Mrs. Joseph Burden of Olive township."
"The entire Shimp family, beginning with Andrew, the father of Jacob, have been Democrats to the backbone. The woman have been as loyal and enthusiastic as the men and would gladly have voted had the law allowed. Jacob Shimp cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson, in 1832, and had voted the straight Democratic ticket ever since until the last when he was too ill to go to the polls. He took great pride in his long record of unswerving allegiance to the Democratic party and in the fact that his sons tread in the same path. One of the latter, William D., has served as recorder of St. Joseph county and is a leading citizen of South Bend."
Throughout the long period of his residence in St. Joseph county, Mr. Shimp was ever true to the trusts reposed in him. He commanded the respect of all by his upright life, and engraved his name indelibly on the pages of the county's history.

     Hannah Graham was born at Warren Co., Ohio. She married Jacob Shimp, son of Andrew Shimp and Margaret Wendyell, on 13 January 1842 at Warren Co., Ohio; Warren Co., OH Marriage Record. Hannah Graham died on 15 March 1889.¹
     Her married name was Shimp.

     Edward Summers was born circa 1824 at Ireland.¹ He married Catherine Drullinger on 12 October 1853 at Niles, Michigan.² Edward Summers died in April 1880 at Clay Twsp., St. Joseph Co., Indiana.¹ He was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Notre Dame, St. Joseph Co., Indiana.²

     Samuel Duval married Mamie Allison.
     Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899. (database online) Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000-. Original data: See the extended description for original data sources listed by county.

In this record, listed Mary Allison marrying Samuel Duval on 14 Aug 1807, at Frederick Co., Maryland.

     Mamie Allison married Samuel Duval.
     Her married name was Duval.

     Joshua Spurrier married Harriett Baker.

     Harriett Baker married Joshua Spurrier.
     Her married name was Spurrier.

     William Long was the son of John Long and Cordelia Spurrier.

     Jacob Parker married Mary (?)

     Mary (?) married Jacob Parker.
     Her married name was Parker.