Gertrude Newman

Notes:

Could she be related to Florence Newman, born ca 1894, who married Henry Crocker.

Gertrude married George B. Crocker on 3 Oct 1917. George (son of John Webster Crocker and Maria "Mary" Dorothea Benkelman) was born on 23 Oct 1893 in Buena Vista Township, Saginaw County, Michigan; died on 17 Jan 1988 in Saginaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Second Lt. Geo. Crocker, Jr. is in the Pharmacy and supervised food purchases for the Field Hospital and Convalescent Home at Randolph Field. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that he was a First Lt. in the X-ray Department at Randolph Field. In September, 1947 (Vol. 10), it was written that he had moved to Memphis, Tenn. where he was employed as a chemist in the Firestone Laboratory. Volume 11 of the same periodical reported that he had been called back to the army and was stationed in Iceland.

George married Ruth Joan Blancett on 5 Apr 1946 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. Ruth was born on 6 Dec 1920 in Mounds, Pulaski County, Illinois; died on 13 Feb 2007 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee; was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]