Great Grandson of Abraham & Mary (Hammell) Linderman of Winona, Minnesota.Grandson of Mary Linderman.
Son of Edward Francis Linderman & Gudrun (Lund) Linderman. Baptized as Lutheran on September 7, 1903, in Winona, Minnesota.
Raised at 705 W. Third Street, Dubuque, Iowa. Played the violin, organ, and piano. Graduated from Dubuque High School. Attended Ames College.
Grandpa was a suave, debonaire gentleman. He was a true salesman.
Married Phylis Adele Palen of Winona, Minnesota on 27 February 1923 in Clayton County, Iowa. They met in High School, and were very much in love. They eloped. Harry & Phyl moved from Iowa, to Indiana, and then Crosby, Texas.
Moved his family to Houston, Harris County, Texas in 1945.He and Phyl ran and owned “Saturday’s Tavern” in Gayhill, Texas in the 1950′s. They owned Linbar, Inc. in Houston, Harris County, Texas.Elected January 1954 Harris County Republican Chairman. Phyl and Harry resided at 4002 Arnold St., Houston, Texas, and were quite the gracious hosts.Harry & Phyl had four daughters; Yvonne Phyllis, Yvarra (Billie) Irene, Jean Marie, and Patricia (Patsy) Mae Linderman, and no sons.Grandpa Harry grieved the loss of my Grandmother in 1963, when she died of Hodgekin’s Disease. He went bankrupt and had to sell off the family business and home to pay his wife’s medical bills.
Harry remarried in 1966 to Martha Burden Preston Johnston. They resided at 2727 Drexel Dr., Houston, Texas as husband and wife in 1995 when Grandpa Harry passed away.
He was the family historian and photographer. I guess you could say that I came by it rightfully.–:)
Family links:
Parents:
Edward Francis Linderman (1875 – 1968)
Gudrun Ivarra Lund Linderman (1881 – 1924)
Spouse:
Phyllis Eugenia Palen Linderman (1904 – 1963)
Children:
Yvonne Phyllis Linderman Levesque (1924 – 2010)*
Yvarra Irene Linderman Jackson (1925 – 1985)*
Jean Marie Linderman Mancill (1927 – 2012)*
Patricia Mae Linderman Cooke (1929 – 2000)* |
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