Descendants of Beryl E. Flora

compiled by Stephenie Flora

Della Orr and Beryl Flora Wedding Photo

 

Generation No. 8

The individuals that are my primary line of interest are noted in red in each generation.  Any updates or additions would be most appreciated.  I do not display information on those who are still living in order to preserve their privacy.

BERYL E. FLORA (DENNIS JESSE8, ISAAC B.7, JACOB6, JOHN5, JOSEPH4, JACOB3, JOSEPH J. FLORY2 SR, UNKNOWN1 FLORA) was born 25 Aug 1894 in Flora, Carroll Co, IN, and died 13 Apr 1959 in Yamhill Co, OR.  He married DELLA LUTHANA ORR 09 Apr 1917 in Homestead, MT, daughter of ERWIN ORR and VINNIE POE.  She was born 06 Sep 1893 in Northfield, Rice Co, MN, and died 29 Jan 1972 in Woodburn, Marion Co, OR.

Notes for BERYL E. FLORA:
1900 living in Montana

1910 Dist 63 Granville, McHenry Co, ND
Flora,  Dennis J.       35  m1-17   IN VA IN    merchant at hardware store
    Nellie J.       32 m1-17      8-6   IN PA PA
    Beryl   son 16 s        IN IN IN
    Inez    dau 12 s        IN IN IN
    Alice   dau 10 s        IN IN IN
    Carl    son  8 s        ND IN IN
    Jesse   son  6 s        ND IN IN
    Fred    son  9/12 s     ND IN IN


"Beryl E. Flora Wedding--
   The wedding was in Homestead, Montana.  In those days Pastors came to town every six months, taking care of weddings, baptisms, funerals and speaking the word of the Lord.  The meetings were held in tents.  Beryl talked the pastor into staying over a day so he and Della could get married.  It was to be a secret, but a blabby pastor told and Beryl's mother made cookies and told everybody in town.  Beryl picked up Della in his horse and buggy.  When they entered, the wedding march was played.  After the vows, Beryl's mother served coffee and cookies.  Della's family were not there as they lived in Wadena, Minn.  Della had gone to Homestead to teach school.
   They left Montana and started to farm south of New York Mills, Minn.  I was born in Wadena and Lyle was born on the south New York Mills farm.  We left the farm and dad had a grocery store in Verndale, MN.  Lelyn was born in Verndale.  It was there that my sewing abilities showed up.  Mother came into the house and found that I had taken one of her good sheets and cut out a doll's dress.
   We left Verndale to go to California in an old Overland car that had izzing glass windows.  We lived in Pasadina part time in a tent.  The trip out there was on gravel trails used more or less by wagons.  They had one lane with turn outs for when one met another car.  We returned to the Wadena farm then to the farm north of New York Mills.  This was the Tiffany farm.  Here Laird was born.  We kids did most of our growing up here.  There were more fun times.
   Our dad was a farmer.  It was hard work and depression times but determination brought us through.  We had a beautiful herd of registered Gurensey cows.  We had a Welsh pony that was brown and white.  We called her Queen and she was.  I thought we kids were the richest kids in the country.  There was a lot of hard work with both parents working in the fields;  Dad with four horses and Mom dricing the tractor.  We watered the cows a distance from the house by dipping the water up by the bucket full with an iron pot and filled with rocks and a pail on the other end with a pole in the middle.
   Mother washed clothes with a washboard.  Then came the machine where one put a foot on one lever and pulled with a hand on another lever.  It was not fun.  Later dad brought a machine home that had a pulley on it that went to an engine that hated to start and the tub leaked.
   We took many trips.  Later dad made the first house on a truck bed and we had the first motor home.  It was not fancy but it served the purpose.  It was fun times.  We were lucky kids because our parents worked hard and made us good citizens.  They taught us love and we learned about God.  We had no fear of life.  Thank you for giving me these parents."  written by Lorraine Flora Tangen

 

"Leader--Mr. and Mrs Beryl Flora returned Saturday from Oregon where they have been visiting friends and relatives the last three months." [Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, MN Feb 17, 1949 p.8]



 

 

 

1917 Draft Registration Card #36 Beryl Flora  June 5th 1917
age 23 years, residence Homestead, MT; b. 25 Aug 1894; natural born citizen; b. Flora, IN; farm laborer (engineer);
working for S.K Bolstad, east of Homestead, MT; married; ? ; ? Blue eyes; brown hair






 

 

 

 

1920 living in Minnesota

More About BERYL E. FLORA:
Burial: Apr 1959, Greencrest Cemetery, Sheridan, Yamhill Co, OR

More About DELLA LUTHANA ORR:
Burial: 02 Feb 1972, Greencrest Cemetery, Sheridan, Yamhill Co, OR
Occupation: Teacher

Children of BERYL FLORA and DELLA ORR are:

    i.  LORAINE VINNIE FLORA, b. 24 Jan 1918, Wadena, MN; m. ALVIN JOHN TANGEN, 18 Jul 1940, Wadena, Wadena Co, MN; b. 18 Apr 1907, Wolf Lake, MN; d. 21 Nov 1999.
Notes for LORAINE VINNIE FLORA:

Loraine worked in the Navy Yards at Bremerton, WA during WWII.  She later was a nurses aid in nursing homes and a sewing machine operator making coats. She was active in the Methodist Church.  Loraine was the M.C. for a christian band that performed at nursing homes and churches. [per Loraine Flora Tangen]

Notes for ALVIN JOHN TANGEN:
Al was a trucker in the Navy Yards during WWII in Bemerton, WA.  He owned a farm in Motley, MN where he raised dairy cows, beef, sheep, turkeys.  He was a welder.  He retired in 1972 at the age of 65.  Al made five grandfather clocks from the trees taken from the farm where he grew up.  He later sold the farm to his oldest son, Charles. [per Loraine Flora Tangen]

    ii. LYLE HUBERT FLORA, b. 12 Sep 1920, New York Mills, MN; d. 17 Jul 1988, Salem, Marion Co, OR; m. EVELYN LOUISE THIEDE, 05 Jul 1944; b. 11 Apr 1923, Grenfield, ND.
Notes for LYLE HUBERT FLORA:

"Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Flora, Motley, announced the birth of a son, Danny Lyle, on Monday.  The mother is the former Evelyn Thiede.  This is their first child."  [Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, MN  Jun 12, 1945 p.3]

"Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Flora (Evelyn Thiede), 814 Ninth avenue Northeast, Brainerd, a daughter,, Terry Jean, May 19." [Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, MN  May 20, 1947 p.2]

"Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Flora and children, Danny and Terry, have left by motor for a visit with relatives and friends in Puyallup and Seattle, Wash."  [Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, MN  May 20, 1948 p.2]

"Saturday supper guests at the G.F. Hilderbrandt home were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Flora (Evelyn Thiede), Salem, Oreg., her father, George Thiede, and Audrey Olson of Brainerd."
[Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Brainerd, MN  Sep 7, 1976 p.16]

Lyle H. Flora
   "Sept. 12, 1920-July 17, 1988
   Lyle H. Flora, 67, of Salem, died Sunday in Salem.
   He was born in New York Mills, Minn.  He moved to Salem in 1958 from Sheridan.  He owned and operated the Evergreen Texaco in Salem from 1958 to 1967.  He later owned and operated Oak Park Automotive and owned Lyle and Dan's Mobil Brake Service.  he was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Eagles, both in Salem.
   Survivors include his wife, Evelyn L.,; son, Dan L. of Salem; daughter, Terri Ritchie of Salem; brothers, Lelyn E. of Woodburn and Laird B. of Umatilla; and sister, Loraine V. Tangen of Motley, Minn.
   Memorial Services will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday in the church.  Contributions may be made to the memorial fund in care of the church.  Howell-Edwards-Doerksen mortuary is handling arrangements." Statesman Journal July 19, 1988  [ashes scattered over Cascade Mountains near Blue Lake]

    iii.    LELYN EUGENE FLORA, b. 19 Apr 1922, Verndale, MN; m. SHIRLEY LORRAINE SAMPSON; b. 25 Mar 1923, Brainerd, Crowing Co, MN.

    iv.    LAIRD BERYL FLORA, b. 02 Dec 1927, New York Mills, MN; m. MARY JANE HAZUKA, 19 Nov 1949, MN. d. 05 Oct 2009 Woodburn, Marion Co, OR; ashes scattered in the Columbia River

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