Harry Bloem

Birth: 10 Mar 1928

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141965136/harry-james-bloem: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Harry James Bloem (1928–2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141965136, Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI.

Death: 13 Jan 2012

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141965136/harry-james-bloem: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Harry James Bloem (1928–2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141965136, Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI.

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141965136/harry-james-bloem: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Harry James Bloem (1928–2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141965136, Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI.

Spouse: Rosetta Carrel

Notes:

Per obit published in the 17 Jan 2012 edition of the Grand Rapids Press, he was survived by his wife of 62 years, Rose M. Bloem, four children, seven grandchilden, three great-grandchildren, a brother, Henry G. Bloem, and three sisters, Hilda (John) DeVries, Barbara (Ted) Sjoersdma, and Lillian (Henry) Entingh.¹

Sources:

1. Find A Grave memorial # 141965136.

John W. Carrel

Birth: about 1931, MI

• 1950 U.S. census, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Johnny Carrel, 19, grandson of Thomas Carrel, head of household.
• John W. Carrel obituary, Legacy.com (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/john-carrel-obituary?id=9137715 : accessed 8 Jan 2023); from Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 17 July 2019.

Death: 16 Jul 2019, MI

• John W. Carrel obituary, Legacy.com (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/john-carrel-obituary?id=9137715 : accessed 8 Jan 2023); from Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 17 July 2019.

Father: Lloyd Herman Wheelock
Mother: Goldie Wilson

Spouse: Geraldine L. Walton
Intention: about Mar 1956

• "Marriage License Seekers," The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 2 Mar 1956, p. 28, col. 4; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 8 January 2024.

Notes:

Per obituary, he died 16 July 2019, probably in Wyoming, Michigan, and was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine, his sister, Rosie Bloem, and his brother-in-law, Harry Bloem. He was buried in Garfield Park Cemetery.¹

Sources:

1. John W. Carrel obituary, Legacy.com (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/grandrapids/name/john-carrel-obituary?id=9137715 : accessed 8 Jan 2023); from Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 17 July 2019.

Rosetta Carrel

Birth: 27 Mar 1928, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217612243/rosetta-may-bloem: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Rosetta May “Rose” Carrel Bloem (1928–2017), Find a Grave Memorial ID 217612243, Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI.
• 1930 U.S. census, Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan, household of Winfield S. and Rosetta Thomas, in which Goldie Carrel, 30, is daughter, and Rosetta Carrel, age 2, is grand-daughter.

Death: 21 Apr 2017

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217612243/rosetta-may-bloem: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Rosetta May “Rose” Carrel Bloem (1928–2017), Find a Grave Memorial ID 217612243, Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI.

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217612243/rosetta-may-bloem: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Rosetta May “Rose” Carrel Bloem (1928–2017), Find a Grave Memorial ID 217612243, Woodlawn Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI.

Father: Lloyd Herman Wheelock
Mother: Goldie Wilson

Spouse: Harry Bloem

Notes:

Her obit, published in the 25 Apr 2017 edition of the Grand Rapids Press, states she was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Bloem in 2012, and was survived by her brother John Carrel.¹

Sources:

1. Find A Grave memorial # 217612243.

Anne Elizabeth Hayes

Birth: 2 Jan 1908, Houghton, MI

• "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-4QVR : accessed 7 January 2024), Obit for Anne Elizabeth Carrel (1996); FHL 007593966.

Death: 17 Jul 1996, probably Battle Creek, MI

• "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-4QVR : accessed 7 January 2024), Obit for Anne Elizabeth Carrel (1996); FHL 007593966.

Burial: Rosedale Memorial Park, Talmadge Township, Ottawa Co, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152593318/anne-elizabeth-carrel: accessed 07 January 2024), gravestone photo for Anne Elizabeth Hayes Carrel (1908–1996), Find a Grave Memorial ID 152593318, Rosedale Memorial Park, Tallmadge Township, Ottawa Co, MI, maintained by Patricia Zimmer (contributor 47831836).

Spouse: Lloyd Herman Wheelock

Richard W. Hockin

Birth: 1915

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177404318/richard-w-hockin: accessed 9 January 2024), gravestone photo for Richard W Hockin (1915–1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177404318, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade Township, Kent Co, MI, maintained by John Clarke (contributor 48147453).

Death: 1989

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177404318/richard-w-hockin: accessed 9 January 2024), gravestone photo for Richard W Hockin (1915–1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177404318, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade Township, Kent Co, MI, maintained by John Clarke (contributor 48147453).

Burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade Township, Kent Co, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177404318/richard-w-hockin: accessed 9 January 2024), gravestone photo for Richard W Hockin (1915–1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177404318, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade Township, Kent Co, MI, maintained by John Clarke (contributor 48147453).

Spouse: Irma Caroline Zarbeck
Marriage: after 7 May 1951

Nellie C. Jacobsen

Birth: about 1883, MI

• "Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/148149:8973 : accessed 9 Jan 2024), Irma Caroline Zarbec birth (1913), certificate no. 19742; Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, State Birth Index, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Boise, Idaho.

Spouse: Ernest M. Zarbeck

1. Irma Caroline Zarbeck, born 30 Nov 1913, East Hope, Bonner Co, ID
2. Beatrice Zarbeck, born 10 Oct 1923, Grandville, MI

Alfred Henry Monroe

Spouse: Irma Caroline Zarbeck
Marriage: 31 Jul 1943, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/69411:9092 : accessed 7 Jan 2024) Irma Carolyn Monroe and Alfred Henry Monroe (1951).

Divorce: 7 May 1951, Kent Co, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/69411:9092 : accessed 7 Jan 2024) Irma Carolyn Monroe and Alfred Henry Monroe (1951).

Geraldine L. Walton

Birth: 1933

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185123670/geraldine-l-carrel: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Geraldine L Carrel (1933–2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 185123670, Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI, maintained by Robert Worden (contributor 48546972).

Death: 2011

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185123670/geraldine-l-carrel: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Geraldine L Carrel (1933–2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 185123670, Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI, maintained by Robert Worden (contributor 48546972).

Burial: Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185123670/geraldine-l-carrel: accessed 08 January 2024), gravestone photo for Geraldine L Carrel (1933–2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 185123670, Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co, MI, maintained by Robert Worden (contributor 48546972).

Spouse: John W. Carrel
Intention: about Mar 1956

• "Marriage License Seekers," The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 2 Mar 1956, p. 28, col. 4; GenealogyBank.com, accessed 8 January 2024.

Doris C. Wheelock

Birth: 23 Apr 1934, Cook Co, IL

• 1940 U.S. census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, household of George and Erma Wheelock.
• "Cook County, Illinois Birth Index, 1916-1935," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2579535:1499 : accessed 9 Jan 2024), Doris Wheelock birth (1934); Cook County Clerk's Office, Chicago.

Father: George F. Wheelock
Mother: Irma Caroline Zarbeck

Ernest M. Zarbeck

Birth: about 1882, MI

• "Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/148149:8973 : accessed 9 Jan 2024), Irma Caroline Zarbec birth (1913), certificate no. 19742; Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, State Birth Index, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Boise, Idaho.

Spouse: Nellie C. Jacobsen

1. Irma Caroline Zarbeck, born 30 Nov 1913, East Hope, Bonner Co, ID
2. Beatrice Zarbeck, born 10 Oct 1923, Grandville, MI

Irma Caroline Zarbeck

Birth: 30 Nov 1913, East Hope, Bonner Co, ID

• "Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/148149:8973 : accessed 9 Jan 2024), Irma Caroline Zarbec birth (1913), certificate no. 19742; Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, State Birth Index, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Boise, Idaho.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files, 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ7-DRYF : accessed 9 January 2024), Irma C Hockin.

Death: 14 Mar 2002, MI

• "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPB-DMTV : accessed 9 January 2024), Mrs Irma C Hockin obit (2002); FHL 007594937.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files, 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KQ7-DRYF : accessed 9 January 2024), Irma C Hockin.

Burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade Township, Kent Co, MI

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177404329/irma-c-hockin: accessed 9 January 2024), gravestone photo for Irma C Hockin (1913–2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177404329, Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Cascade Township, Kent Co, MI, maintained by John Clarke (contributor 48147453).

Father: Ernest M. Zarbeck
Mother: Nellie C. Jacobsen

Spouse: George F. Wheelock
Marriage: 31 Oct 1932, Cedar Springs, Kent Co, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952", database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2167303:9093 : accessed 8 January 2024), George F. Wheelock and Irma Zarbeck (1932), County file no. 528, state file no. 41 12027; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing.

1. Doris C. Wheelock, born 23 Apr 1934, Cook Co, IL
2. Dorothy Wheelock, born 24 Apr 1935, Cook Co, IL
3. Phylis Wheelock, born about 1937, IL
4. Barbara Wheelock, born about 1938, IL

Spouse: Alfred Henry Monroe
Marriage: 31 Jul 1943, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/69411:9092 : accessed 7 Jan 2024) Irma Carolyn Monroe and Alfred Henry Monroe (1951).

Divorce: 7 May 1951, Kent Co, MI

• "Michigan, U.S., Divorce Records, 1897-1952," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/69411:9092 : accessed 7 Jan 2024) Irma Carolyn Monroe and Alfred Henry Monroe (1951).

Spouse: Richard W. Hockin
Marriage: after 7 May 1951

Notes:

In 1950, Irma C. Monroe was 36, living in Grand Rapids, divorced, with children Carol Monroe, 6, Marvin D. Monroe, 3, both born in Michigan, Doris C. Wheelock, 15, Phyllis A Wheelock, 13, and Barbara J Wheelock, 12, all born in Illinois.

Per obit, she left behind her children, Doris (Lewis) Todd, Phyllis Slater, Barbara Weeks, Carol (Daniel) Herbst, and Marvin (Shirley) Monroe. The obit mentions five sisters, including Beatrice Wheelock.¹

Sources:

1. "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPB-DMTV : accessed 9 January 2024), Mrs Irma C Hockin obit (2002); FHL 007594937.