Clarence Ernest "Sonny" WICKHAM ^{3 4 5}

  General Notes:

IA, COUNTY BIRTHS, 1880-1935:
Name: Clarence Ernest Wickham
Event: Birth
Event Date: 06 Aug 1915
Event Place: Clay Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Father: Ernest Clarence Wickham, b. IA, farmer
Mother: Alice Hinricks, housewife
Film Number: 1547836
Digital Folder Number: 4266227
Image Number: 00523

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Hardin Co, Eldora Twp:
Clarence Wickham, 9, b. IA; father: Ernest C. Wickham who was b. IA, age 36; mother: Alice Hendricks who was b. IA and married Steamboat Rock.
(Clarence was living with Marcie L. Smith and was listed as his nephew.)

1930 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Eldora Twp:
Clarence Wickham, 14, b. IA, parents b. IA.
(Clarence was living with his cousin Marcie L. Smith. On census he was listed as a nephew of Marcie.)

1940 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Steamboat Rock:
Clarence Wickham, lodger, 24, single, b. IA, 1935: same place, farm hand, farming.
He was living with the family of Sam Volk.

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Clarence Ernest Wickham
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Relationship to Draftee; Self (Head)
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1915
Birth Place: Hardin Co, Iowa
Residence Place: Steamboat Rock, Hardin, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Iowa, USA
Employer: Clyde Sheldon
Height: 5 10
Weight; 156
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Mrs. Bertha Smith (aunt)

ENGLAND & WALES, CIVIL REGISTRATION MARRIAGE INDEX, 1916-2005:
Name: Clarence E Wickham
Registration Date: Oct 1943 [Nov 1943] [Dec 1943]
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Spouse: Maud V Ball
Volume Number: 3a
Page number: 2359 1916-2005:

1950 IA CENSUS, Hardin Co, Steamboat Rock:
Clarence E. Wickham, 34 b. IA, farmer, farming;
Maude V., wife, 27, b. England;
Victoria M., dau, 2, b. IA.

DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BIRLS DEATH FILE, 1850-2010:
Name; Clarence E Wickham
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1915
Death Date: 15 Dec 1995
SSN: 539101227
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 6 Mar 1941
Discharge Date: 28 Sep 1945
Page number: 1

SSDI: Clarence E. Wickham; b. Aug 6, 1916; d. Dec 15, 1995; issued WA; last residence: Waverly, Bremer Co, IA.

OBIT: Waverly - Clarence E. "Wick" Wickham, 80, of Waverly died Friday, Dec. 15, at the Bartels Lutheran Home skilled nursing unit from complications of diabetes; survivors include his wife, Maud; and a daughter Victoria Wickham of Des Moines; he was preceded in death by a brother Melvin Perkins; and two sisters, Mary Alice Behn and a sister in infancy; services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly; burial will be in Harlington, Cemetery, Waverly, with military graveside rites conducted by American Legion Post 176 of Waverly; friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, with a 7:30 p.m. Masonic service by Tyrrell Masonic Lodge 116 AF and AM of Waverly, and from 9 a.m. to services Monday at the funeral home; memorials may be directed to the family for a memorial fund to be established; a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Wickham farmed in Hardin County and in Plainfield, was a night patrolman for the Waverly Police Department, and then served as chief of police from 1962 until retiring in 1977 and was mayor of Waverly from 1977 to 1983; he formed the Waverly Auxiliary Police and was a Red Cross instructor for 20 yeas; a former president of the Bremer County Peace Officers Association and the Northeast Iowa Police Officers Association, he was also past commander Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2208.

GRAVESTONE PHOTO PROJECT - Harlington Cem, Bremer Co., IA:
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Clarence E. Wickham - Aug 6, 1915 - Dec 15, 1995
Maud V. Wickham - Mar 19, 1923 -
Victoria M. Wickham - May 15, 1947 -

Clarence married Maud V. BALL on 27 Dec 1943 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England.^{1 2} (Maud V. BALL was born on 19 Mar 1923 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England,^{1 2 8} died on 1 May 2015 in Waverly, Bremer Co, IA ² and was buried in Harlington Cem, Waverly, Bremer Co, IA ².)