Norma Jane Depee

1917 - 2008  (90 years)

• Name	Norma Jane Depee  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Born	15 Dec 1917	Crisp, Dade County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12]
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Nov 2008	Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, California, USA   [1, 2, 12]
  Buried	8 Nov	Los Osos Valley Memorial Park, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA   [1, 12]
  Person ID	I34554068007	Miller & Lounsbury
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Budd Ray Depee,   b. 5 Sep 1891, Lamar,Barton County,Missouri ,   d. 24 Jun 1973, Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Lillie Belle Fox,   b. 11 Mar 1898, Crisp, Dade County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 1938, Lindsay, Tulare, California, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Married	5 Sep 1915	Greenfield,Dade County,MO   [13]
  Family ID	F17959	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Emmett Lounsbury,   b. 6 Feb 1913, Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, USA ,   d. 28 Sep 2006, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, California, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1936	Visalia, Tulare, California, USA   [11]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F15495	Group Sheet

  
  

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  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmcid=46988653&GRid=50061410& 2 January 1920 census of Sac, Dade County, MO, found the Depee family living in dwelling #9: Bud R. Depee 28 MO MO MO Farmer Belle L. 21 MO MO MO Lillian M. 3 MO MO MO Norman G. 2 1/2 MO MO MO Shown as "son" Gordon L. 2/12 MO MO MO 25 April 1930 census of Strike Axe, Osage County, OK, found the Depee family living in dwelling #182. Parents Bud and Belle were married at ages 24 and 17 respectively: B. R. Depee 39 MO KY KY Farmer Belle 32 MO MO MO Lillian 14 MO MO MO Norma 12 MO MO MO Gordon 10 MO MO MO Howard 8 MO MO MO Lee 6 MO MO MO 25 April 1940 census of Napa, Napa County, CA, found the Lounsbury family living at 60 St. Helena Hwy. Emmett said that he lived in San Jose, CA, on 15 April 1935. Norma said that she lived in Lindsey, CA, on 15 April 1935: Emmett Lounsbury 27 KS - Completed 4 years of high school education, Attendant - Veterans Home Hospital, Earned $865 in past year Norma Lounsbury 22 MO - Completed 3 years of high school education Janet Lounsbury 2 CA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How Emmett met Norma: Emmett's mother, Nancy Lounsbury, was working at a cannery in San Jose, CA, where she met Lillian Depee, Norma's sister. She arranged to have Emmett meet Lillian at her home, but when he got there it was Norma who caught his eye. He got "cute"(i.e. smart) with her and when she sassed him back he was hooked. Emmett was quite handsome and was considered a real catch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1942-44 California Voter Registration record showed the following individuals living at Glen Ellen Box 66, Napa County, CA: Emmett Lounsbury - Attendant - Democrat Mrs. Norma J. Lounsbury - Housewife - Democrat The 1942-44 California Voter Registration record showed the following individuals living at P.O. Box 612, Marin City, Marin County, CA: Emmett Lounsbury - Foreman - Democrat Mrs. Norma J. Lounsbury - Housewife - Declined to state ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituary - NORMA LOUNSBURY NEE DUPREE; 1918 - 2008, after a second fight with cancer, succumbed November 4th at the age of 90. Norma's grandson, Rev. Steven Lounsbury and Dr. Charles Gibbs, will conduct the funeral service on Sat., Nov. 8th at 10a.m. 2008 at Oak Park Christian Church in Grover Beach. Burial will follow at Los Osos Valley Memorial Park. She was born in 1917, one of 7 children, moving to California during the Great Depression. She was married to Emmett nearly 70 years when he passed in 2006. For 10 years, she was the bookkeeper of Reliable Sheet Metal, for their family air conditioning business in Visalia, CA. She graduated college with an AA degree at age 38, after her children were raised. Following the move to Pismo Beach, she earned her real estate broker's license doing business as White Cap Realty until she retired. Norma, hand in hand with Emmett made numerous trips to Mexico on church-relief programs and to New Guinea, helping to build a church-sponsored hospital. She was a member of the Gideon Auxiliary. She was a devout, kind-hearted woman who tended to the poor. Norma is survived by a sister, Dorothy Jungwirth of Visalia, California; son Patrick Lounsbury of Pismo Beach, California and daughter, Janet Cargay of Hayward, California. There are 10 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren, and one great-greatgrandchild. http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~rfraser/L-Tree/47Fall2008.pdf

  
  

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