Earl William Tooman
1910 - 1986 (76 years)
Generation: 1
1. Earl William Tooman was born on 25 Feb 1910 in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 6 Jul 1986 in Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana; was buried on 9 Jul 1986 in Christian Union Cemetery, Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. Other Events:
- Occupation: switchman on steam & diesel railroad
- Census: 1940, Keyser Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
- Census: 1950, Keyser Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
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Earl Tooman
Garrett, Ind. – Putnam County native Earl W. Tooman, 76, Garrett, died Sunday at 1 p.m. in Betz Nursing Home, Auburn, Ind.
He was born in Miller City, the son of Guy and Mary E. (Hefley) Tooman. On April 1, 1935, he married Belva Brecht, who preceded him in death. On Oct. 7, 1978, he married Helen Downend and she survives.
He was a member of the first Baptist Church of Garrett, the Garrett Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Cedar Creek Shrine Club, Eastern Star and the Nickel Plate Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was also a member of the Bellevue, Ohio, Eagles Lodge, where he was president for two years.
Other survivors include one son, Charles, of Marquette, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Judith) Beeber of Arlington Heights, Ill.; two stepsons, John Livergood of Wabash and Robert Livergood of Seattle, Wash.; two stepdaughters, Laura McDermott of Auburn and Eleanor Pyle of Monroe, Ind.; five grandchildren; 14 step-grandchildren; four sisters, Audrey Hollis of Garrett, Velma Shank of Huntertown, Gladys Schey of Paulding, Ohio, and Pauline Riddenour of Holgate, Ohio.
Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, Garrett, with Rev. Wanda Callahan officiating. Burial will follow in Christian Union Cemetery, Garrett. Visitation at Feller Funeral Home, Waterloo, is from 2-9 p.m. today with a Masonic service scheduled at 8 p.m.
Name:
son of William Guy Tooman and Mary Elizabeth Heffley
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93361546/earl-w-toomanEarl married Belva Velzora Brecht on 1 Apr 1935 in Indiana. Belva (daughter of John Detrick Brecht and Evillna "Eva" Schafer) was born on 6 Nov 1915 in Palmer Township, Putnam County, Ohio; died on 21 Feb 1977 in Auburn, DeKalb County, Indiana; was buried on 24 Feb 1977 in Christian Union Cemetery, Garrett, DeKalb County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]