Herman Louis Emmons Jr.

 

[b 27 July 1899 at Sisson, CA; d 7 Feb. 1977 at Kalamazoo, MI] Herman, son of Herman Louis Emmons and Kate A. Greene, m Elwelda Ethel Seybert [b 15 July 1901; d 3 Dec. 1982 at Kalamazoo, MI], daughter of Henry L. and Ida Seybert, on 28 Nov. 1918 in St. Joseph, MI. They divorced. Ethel m 2nd Donald Snow before 1940.

Herman L. Emmons, Jr., 77, of 219 Burr Oak St., Kalamazoo, died in his home Sunday afternoon. He was born July 27, 1899, in Sisson, Calif. The family moved to Mendon later and he graduated from Mendon High School in 1918. He had served as a baker in the U.S. Army in both World War I and World War II. Most of his adult life was spent in Kalamazoo. Surviving are two sons, Donald and Robert, and a daughter, Mrs. George (Mary) Voce, all of Kalamazoo, five grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Kalamazoo Gazette, Feb. 1977

  1. Donald [b 12 June 1919; d 15 Sept. 2004 at Kalamazoo, MI] m Evelyn Boyle [b 20 Oct. 1918 at Dowagiac, MI; d 11 Feb. 2015 at Kalamazoo, MI]. They had Gail who m David Austin, and Lynn who m John Bournazos.

  2. Mary [b 1921] m 1st Clyde E. Edmonds [1911–2001] on 16 Sept. 1939 at Kalamazoo, MI, as his second wife; they divorced; she m 2nd George Voce.

  3. Robert L. [b 16 Apr. 1923; d 23 Feb. 1982] m Geraldine Gibbs.

  4. John R. [b 29 June 1924; d 28 Sept. 1924 at Mendon, MI].


Donald Emmons, ca. 1940.

Ethel Snow, 1966.

Herman L. Emmons, 1960s.

Herman L. Emmons, 1970s.


Lineage:
Carolus | William Arthur Isaac Lemon | Herman Samuel | Herman | Herman

Notes:
1. U.S. Census, 1930 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQB8-XWD)
2. U.S. Social Security Death Index (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J16Y-CZF)
3. Michigan Marriages, 1868–1925 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3TX-HZZ)
4. John’s memorial at FindaGrave.com, no. 132284598