Donald Eugene Songer^[1]

1913 - 1976  (63 years)

• Name	Donald Eugene Songer
  Born	18 Jun 1913	Lamar, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Jul 1976	Veteran's Hospital Des Moines, Iowa
  Buried	Webster City, Iowa
  Person ID	I1903	Abeling Family Tree | Family of Janna Songer
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2006

  
  

  Father	Jessee Edward Songer,   b. 25 Aug 1876, Forsyth, Illinois ,   d. 6 Feb 1953, Long Beach, California  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Maude Cook,   b. 23 Mar 1882, Webster City, Iowa ,   d. 04 Jun1914, Lamar, Missouri  (Age 32 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1897	Webster City Iowa
  Documents » Slide Show		1930 US Census: Webster City, Iowa Includes: Jesse E Songer, age 54, born abt 1876 Wife (2nd wife, as his first wife Gertrude Cook died in 1914, he married Nellie in 1918), Nellie, age 50, born abt 1880 Son, Wilbur R, age 20, born abt 1910 Son, Donald E, age 16, born abt 1914 NOTE: both Wilbur and Donald are actually children of Jesse's first marriage with Gertrude Cook, as both children were born prior to Jesse's marriage to Nellie in 1918.
  		1920 US Census: Webster City, Iowa Includes Songer family living on Walnut Street... Jesse E Songer, age 42, born abt 1876 Wife, Nellie, age 40, born abt 1880 (Jesse's second wife) and children from Jesse's first marriage. Note that all the children were born in Missouri - and they appear in the Missouri census with their birth mother Gertrude Cook Songer... daughter, Clara, age 13, born abt 1907 son, Clare, age 13, born abt 1907 son, Harold, age 12, born abt 1908 son, Wilbur, age 10, born abt 1910 daughter, Helen, age 8, born abt 1912 son, Donald, age 6, born about 1914
  		1910 US Census: Richland, Barton County, Missouri Includes: J.E. (Jesse Edward) Songer, age 34 wife, Gertie M (Gertrude Maude Cook), age 28 daughter, Nora B, age 10 - born in Iowa daughter, Iona, age 8 - born in Iowa son, Gordon M, age 5 - born in Iowa daughter, Clara, age 3 - born in North Dakota son, Clara, age 3 - born in North Dakota son, Harold, age 2 - born in Missouri son, Wilbur, age 1 - born in Missouri
  		1900 US Census: Webster City, Iowa Includes Cook/Songer family living on River Street... Phebe Cook, head of house, age 48, born Apr 1852 in PA son, Cyrus A, age 26, born Apr 1874 daughter, Maud, age 18, born Mar 1882, married to Jesse E Songer son in law, Jesse Songer, age 23, born Aug 1876 in IL daughter of Jesse/Maud, Grace, age 1, born July 1898 NOTE: Lyman is not living with his family in Webster City during the 1900 census. Instead, he appears as a boarder with another family in Humboldt, Iowa.
  		1900 US Census: Webster City, Iowa Continuation of previous page, which includes... daughter of Jesse/Maud, Nora, 3 months old, born Feb 1900.
  		Gertrude Cook Songer Death Annoucement
  		Jessee Songer Death Notice
  		Jessee Songer Family Notes
  Family ID	F624	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ethel Maude Raven,   b. 5 Jun 1912, Williams, Iowa ,   d. 19 Jan 1975, Webster City, Iowa 50595  (Age 62 years)
  Married	15 Jun 1933	Webster City, Iowa
  Children	+ 1. Beverly Jean Songer   2. Songer + 3. Shirley Ann Songer + 4. Janice Kay Songer   5. Gary Lee Songer + 6. Ronald Wayne Songer
  Family ID	F623	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Donald E Songer? Can anyone help identify this photo? Is Donald E Songer in this photo? At this time, no one has confirmed it - but is this hardware store in Webster City, Iowa - and is Don one of the men in this photo?
  		Iowa Guard Camp Donald E Songer (far right) at Iowa Guard Camp, dated August 1966
  		Iowa Guard Camp, 1964 Donald E Songer (on the right) during Iowa Guard Camp in the summer of 1964
  		Donald E Songer Taken 1957

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Discharge papers from Army National Guard of Iowa Official discharge papers from the Army National Guard of Iowa for Donald E. Songer, dated 1973.
  		World War II ration book Ration book for Donald E Songer during WWII, dated August 1942
  		Obituary for Donald E Songer From Ft Dodge, Ia newspaper, dated July 1976
  		Family Tree of Ronald W Songer Containing: Donald Songer Jesse E Songer Gordon Songer

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] Ronald Wayne Songer Research, Ronald W. Songer.