Eleventh Generation

209. Otto Bluford VROMAN was born on 23 June 1888 in Lindsey, Wood County, WI.^92,93 (The Death Certificate of his son Oren listed Otto's birth place as Chillicothe, Missouri.) He died on 6 March 1973 at the age of 84.^92,94 He was buried in Wood River Township, Madison County, IL. in the Woodland Hills Cemetery.

Otto Bluford VROMAN and Laura Jane "Lottie" EYERS were married on 22 November 1907 in Wood County, WI.^92,94,95

CENSUS Rock Township, Wood Co, Wisconsin Federal, 1910:
259, 267, VROMAN, Otto B, head of household, male, white, age 22, 1st marriage, 2 years in marriage, born Wisconsin, father born Pennsylvania, mother born New York, language English, occupation Laborer, odd jobs, can read and write.
Lottie, wife, female, white, age 20, 1st marriage, 1 child born, 1 child living, born Wisconsin, father born Ohio, mother born Wisconsin, language English, occupation one, can read and write.
Truman H., son, male, white, 6/12 months, born Wisconsin, father born Missouri, mother born Wisconsin. Laura Jane "Lottie" EYERS, daughter of George EYERS and Mary HILLEBERT, was born on 9 July 1888 in Marshfield, Wood County, WI.⁹² She died on 12 November 1952 at the age of 64 in Alton, Madison County, IL.⁴⁴

Obituary Notes: "From the Alton Evening Telegraph Wed. Nov. 12 pg 21 col 2: "Mrs. Laura Vroman, 64, wife of Otto B. Vroman, former East Alton fire chief and water commissioner, died at 7:05 am today in St. Joseph's Hospital, where she had been a patient since late Wednesday following an automobile accident. Her husband, who also was injured in the mishap and was a patient in the hospital, was able to return to the home of one of his children in East Alton today.
Mrs. Vroman had been in ill health for many years and was unable to recover from shock of the accident. Mr. and Mrs. Vroman, who have been residing the past two years on a farm near Hettick, were en route to East Alton for a weekly visit with their children, Truman, manager of the Kroger Store, East Alton; George, proprietor of Vroman's General Store, and Vernon, an employee of Western Cartridge, Co.; at the time of the accident.

The mishap, a collision of cars at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Amelia street, Alton, resulted in both Mr. Vroman and his wife being thrown out of their automobile. Both suffered body bruises and shock. Mrs. Vroman's condition had been serious since the accident and the past few days had been critical.
A son, Hilbert of Madison, Wis., who is a service manager of a Sears, Roebuck, and Co. store there, had arrived in East Alton shortly after the mishap because of the critical condition of his mother, and other children have also been in attendance at her bedside.

Mrs. Vroman was born July 9, 1888 in Marshfield, Wis. She had resided in East Alton from 1918 until two years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Vroman were married Nov. 23, 1907 at Lindsey, Wis., and a week from next Sunday would have observed the 45th anniversary of their marriage had Mrs. Vroman lived.

Mrs. Vroman had been a member of the First Baptist Church, East Alton, for many years and was active there in work of the women's organization.
Surviving in addition to her husband and sons, Truman, George, Vernon and Hilbert are a daughter, Mrs. Edward Bowen of Brighton; two brothers, Charles Eyers of Oshkosh, Wis., and Edward of Bunker Hill; a sister, Mrs. Edwin Johnson of East Alton and seven grandchildren. A son, Oren, preceded her in death.

The body is at Streeper funeral home, Wood River, where friends may call after noon Thursday and until 11 a.m. Friday when it will be taken to First Baptist Church, East Alton, for rites at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Raymond White, assisted by the Rev. William F. Bohn, will officiate at the service. Burial will be in Woodland Hill cemetery, Wood River."
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She was buried on 14 November 1952 in Wood River Township, Madison County, IL.⁴⁴ in the Woodland Hills Cemetery.

Otto Bluford VROMAN and Laura Jane "Lottie" EYERS had the following children: