Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameKathryn Virginia Wells 
Birth2 Jul 1914, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
Census5 Apr 1940, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
Memoroll#1026, pg 3
Census12 Apr 1940, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
Memoroll#1026, pg 7
Death12 Aug 1997, Columbus, Bartholomew Co, IN
MemoColumbus Regional Hospital
BurialGarland Brook Cem, Columbus, IN
MemoSect 65 Lot 504
FatherCharles Clyde Wells (1888-1971)
MotherMartha Ellen “Mattie” Bolander (1893-1988)
Misc. Notes
Birth record lists her name as Catherine V. Wells, and shows her parents.
Later records list her as Kathryn B. Wells
Still living at home with her parents in 1940, as well as with her husband Jeffery VanNorman (35, IN) and daughters Tomy (4) and Nancy (9 mos).
Married name Kathryn Slemp, and lived in Columbus, IN when her father died in 1971 and sister Vivian died in 1974; then as Kathryn V. VanNorman again in 1986.
Death record lists her as Kathryn VanNorman, so she apparently reverted to that name.
Married 3 times: Jeff VanNorman (deceased), Slemp, and ?. Kathryn had 4 children - Tomy Jean VanNorman Bozell (10 Feb 1936 Columbus, IN - 23 Jan 2013 Fishers, IN), Nancy Greenlee (deceased), Virginia “Jenny” Dooley and Debbie Leahy.
[Obituary] The Republic, Columbus IN - Wednesday, 13 Aug 1997, pg 9
Kathryn VanNorman - Columbus
Kathryn V. VanNorman, 83, of Columbus died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1997, at Columbus Regional Hospital. She worked at Columbus Regional Hospital as a licensed practical nurse and a bookkeeper for 42 years, retiring in 1981. She was a member of First Christian Church.
Funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Barkes, Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mark E. Jones officiating. Calling will be from noon until service time Thursday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation.
Mrs. VanNorman was born July 2, 1914, in Columbus, the daughter of Charles and Martha Bolander Wells. She married Jeffery VanNorman May 12, 1934. He died July 12, 1957. Surviving are daughters, Tomy Bozell, Nancy Greenlee and Virginia Dooley, all of Columbus, and Deborah Leahy of Bedford; sisters, Clara Embry of Columbus, Evelyn Hardin of Indianapolis and Mildred Armstrong of Clearwater, Fla.; a brother, Charles Wells of Venice, Fla.; a stepson, Bob VanNorman of Columbus; 13 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Vivian Snoddy.
Later records list her as Kathryn B. Wells
Still living at home with her parents in 1940, as well as with her husband Jeffery VanNorman (35, IN) and daughters Tomy (4) and Nancy (9 mos).
Married name Kathryn Slemp, and lived in Columbus, IN when her father died in 1971 and sister Vivian died in 1974; then as Kathryn V. VanNorman again in 1986.
Death record lists her as Kathryn VanNorman, so she apparently reverted to that name.
Married 3 times: Jeff VanNorman (deceased), Slemp, and ?. Kathryn had 4 children - Tomy Jean VanNorman Bozell (10 Feb 1936 Columbus, IN - 23 Jan 2013 Fishers, IN), Nancy Greenlee (deceased), Virginia “Jenny” Dooley and Debbie Leahy.
[Obituary] The Republic, Columbus IN - Wednesday, 13 Aug 1997, pg 9
Kathryn VanNorman - Columbus
Kathryn V. VanNorman, 83, of Columbus died at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 1997, at Columbus Regional Hospital. She worked at Columbus Regional Hospital as a licensed practical nurse and a bookkeeper for 42 years, retiring in 1981. She was a member of First Christian Church.
Funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Barkes, Inlow and Weaver Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mark E. Jones officiating. Calling will be from noon until service time Thursday. Burial will be at Garland Brook Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation.
Mrs. VanNorman was born July 2, 1914, in Columbus, the daughter of Charles and Martha Bolander Wells. She married Jeffery VanNorman May 12, 1934. He died July 12, 1957. Surviving are daughters, Tomy Bozell, Nancy Greenlee and Virginia Dooley, all of Columbus, and Deborah Leahy of Bedford; sisters, Clara Embry of Columbus, Evelyn Hardin of Indianapolis and Mildred Armstrong of Clearwater, Fla.; a brother, Charles Wells of Venice, Fla.; a stepson, Bob VanNorman of Columbus; 13 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Vivian Snoddy.