Betty Lou was the second daughter born to Alfred James Koerth and Marie C. Zangerle, who married on 15 Jul 1919 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Their first daughter was Marjorie Marie, born on 11 Nov 1919 in Grand Rapids. Betty Lou's paternal grandparents were German immigrants, her grandfather Frederick Koerth arriving circa 1880 and her grandmother Bertha Weiss arriving circa 1895.
Sometime after Marjorie's birth, her family made their way from Grand Rapids south to South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. They may have between places when the 1920 Census was being taken and simply got missed. By the time Betty Lou was born in mid-October of 1925, they were living in South Bend.
The 1930 Census placed them at 434 Hill St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth, 32, was employed as a receiving clerk at an automobile manufacturing company. Marie, 30, was home with their two girls—Marjorie, 10 and Betty Lou, 4.
The family was still living in South Bend when the 1940 census enumerators hit the streets with their oversized notebooks. Alfred Koerth, 42, was noted as a stock clerk for an automobile company, likely Studebaker Corps. Marie, 40, was keeping house. Both of their daughters were still living at home—Marjorie, 20 and working as a stenographer for an insurance firm, and Betty Lou, 14.
Six years after the ink had dried on that decade's census, Betty Lou married the boy next door, Ronald Delbert Ackles, on 26 Oct 1946. (From: The South Bend Tribune – Mon 28 Oct 1946 p. 10) "Miss Bette Lou Koerth Weds Ronald D. Ackles. Palms, baskets of white chrysanthemums and lighted cathedral tapers banked the altar of St. Joseph's Catholic church for the wedding of Miss Bette Lou Koerth and Ronald D. Ackles, which took place at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. A.J. (Alfred and Marie) Koerth, 1226 East Miner street. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ackles, 1225 East Miner street, are the parents of the bridegroom. Rev. Philip V. Beaghan, C.S.C., read the ceremony. The couple was attended by Miss Mildred Varga, maid of honor; Donald J. Ackles, twin brother of the bridegroom, best man and the bride's cousin, Caroline Young, flower girl. The bridegroom's brother, Alfred Ackles, and Robert Fox, cousin of the bride, were ushers. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white nylon styled with a marquisette yoke which gave an off-the-shoulder effect, long pointed sleeves, a full skirt and long train. A crown of illusion held her fingertip veil. She carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums centered with an orchid, and wore a necklace, a gift of the bridegroom…A brown ensemble was selected by Mrs. Koerth and Mrs. Ackles chose deep gray accessories to accent her gray wool suit. Each wore a corsage of pompons. Breakfast was served to 100 guests in the home of the bride's parents, after which the couple left for Chicago and Milwaukee, Wis. They will reside temporarily with the Koerths and will spend the winter months in the south. The bridegroom served in the armed forces for three years." Ronald Ackles was a twin, and two years after Miss Mildred Varga served as Betty Lou's maid of honor, Mildred married Ronald's twin brother Donald.
The 1950 Census came due and caught up with Ronald and Betty, still living with Betty's parents Alfred and Marie Koerth at 1226 Miner St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth was working as a supervisor at an auto factory. Ronald, 24, was working as a welder in an auto factory, likely Studebaker Corp., which was based in South Bend. Ronald's wife Betty, 24, was working as a clerk for a car insurance company.
Betty Lou and Ronald's story will continue to add more chapters as more census records and other records are released. A part of that story will include a very special occasion. (From: The South Bend Tribune – 29 Oct 1971 p. 14) "Couple Honored With Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Ackles, 1616 Vernerlee Lane, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by taking a trip through the southern states. Friends honored the couple Tuesday evening at a dinner in the Wooden Keg Restaurant. The couple was married Oct. 26, 1946 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church by Rev. Salvator Fenneli. Mr. Ackles is a brickmason foreman for the Carl Reinke Construction Co."
Ronald had left the auto factory and was following in the footsteps of his mason father Noah. Sometimes, Ronald's work took him to great heights. (From the South Bend Tribune – 13 Aug 1986 p. 17) "[photo] Towering task. Ronald Ackles of Verkler Contruction, South Bend, cleans an area of the bell tower at Holy Cross Catholic Church, South Bend, before beginning to patch it. He was repairing the tower and steeple."
Ronald and wife Betty would enjoy forty-two years together before death parted them, first claiming Ronald on 18 Apr 1989 at age 61, victim of lung cancer. Ronald's twin brother Donald proved to be of sturdier stock, not passing until six years later 2 Nov 1995, he also claimed by lung cancer. What can I say…they were twins.
Betty Lou was in no rush to follow him into the light, and delayed her exit until her eighty-fourth year of life, passing on 12 Aug 1984. No children are mentioned in either her or Ronald's obituaries.
Sometime after Marjorie's birth, her family made their way from Grand Rapids south to South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. They may have between places when the 1920 Census was being taken and simply got missed. By the time Betty Lou was born in mid-October of 1925, they were living in South Bend.
The 1930 Census placed them at 434 Hill St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth, 32, was employed as a receiving clerk at an automobile manufacturing company. Marie, 30, was home with their two girls—Marjorie, 10 and Betty Lou, 4.
The family was still living in South Bend when the 1940 census enumerators hit the streets with their oversized notebooks. Alfred Koerth, 42, was noted as a stock clerk for an automobile company, likely Studebaker Corps. Marie, 40, was keeping house. Both of their daughters were still living at home—Marjorie, 20 and working as a stenographer for an insurance firm, and Betty Lou, 14.
Six years after the ink had dried on that decade's census, Betty Lou married the boy next door, Ronald Delbert Ackles, on 26 Oct 1946. (From: The South Bend Tribune – Mon 28 Oct 1946 p. 10) "Miss Bette Lou Koerth Weds Ronald D. Ackles. Palms, baskets of white chrysanthemums and lighted cathedral tapers banked the altar of St. Joseph's Catholic church for the wedding of Miss Bette Lou Koerth and Ronald D. Ackles, which took place at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. A.J. (Alfred and Marie) Koerth, 1226 East Miner street. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ackles, 1225 East Miner street, are the parents of the bridegroom. Rev. Philip V. Beaghan, C.S.C., read the ceremony. The couple was attended by Miss Mildred Varga, maid of honor; Donald J. Ackles, twin brother of the bridegroom, best man and the bride's cousin, Caroline Young, flower girl. The bridegroom's brother, Alfred Ackles, and Robert Fox, cousin of the bride, were ushers. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white nylon styled with a marquisette yoke which gave an off-the-shoulder effect, long pointed sleeves, a full skirt and long train. A crown of illusion held her fingertip veil. She carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums centered with an orchid, and wore a necklace, a gift of the bridegroom…A brown ensemble was selected by Mrs. Koerth and Mrs. Ackles chose deep gray accessories to accent her gray wool suit. Each wore a corsage of pompons. Breakfast was served to 100 guests in the home of the bride's parents, after which the couple left for Chicago and Milwaukee, Wis. They will reside temporarily with the Koerths and will spend the winter months in the south. The bridegroom served in the armed forces for three years." Ronald Ackles was a twin, and two years after Miss Mildred Varga served as Betty Lou's maid of honor, Mildred married Ronald's twin brother Donald.
The 1950 Census came due and caught up with Ronald and Betty, still living with Betty's parents Alfred and Marie Koerth at 1226 Miner St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth was working as a supervisor at an auto factory. Ronald, 24, was working as a welder in an auto factory, likely Studebaker Corp., which was based in South Bend. Ronald's wife Betty, 24, was working as a clerk for a car insurance company.
Betty Lou and Ronald's story will continue to add more chapters as more census records and other records are released. A part of that story will include a very special occasion. (From: The South Bend Tribune – 29 Oct 1971 p. 14) "Couple Honored With Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Ackles, 1616 Vernerlee Lane, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by taking a trip through the southern states. Friends honored the couple Tuesday evening at a dinner in the Wooden Keg Restaurant. The couple was married Oct. 26, 1946 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church by Rev. Salvator Fenneli. Mr. Ackles is a brickmason foreman for the Carl Reinke Construction Co."
Ronald had left the auto factory and was following in the footsteps of his mason father Noah. Sometimes, Ronald's work took him to great heights. (From the South Bend Tribune – 13 Aug 1986 p. 17) "[photo] Towering task. Ronald Ackles of Verkler Contruction, South Bend, cleans an area of the bell tower at Holy Cross Catholic Church, South Bend, before beginning to patch it. He was repairing the tower and steeple."
Ronald and wife Betty would enjoy forty-two years together before death parted them, first claiming Ronald on 18 Apr 1989 at age 61, victim of lung cancer. Ronald's twin brother Donald proved to be of sturdier stock, not passing until six years later 2 Nov 1995, he also claimed by lung cancer. What can I say…they were twins.
Betty Lou was in no rush to follow him into the light, and delayed her exit until her eighty-fourth year of life, passing on 12 Aug 1984. No children are mentioned in either her or Ronald's obituaries.
Betty Lou was the second daughter born to Alfred James Koerth and Marie C. Zangerle, who married on 15 Jul 1919 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Their first daughter was Marjorie Marie, born on 11 Nov 1919 in Grand Rapids. Betty Lou's paternal grandparents were German immigrants, her grandfather Frederick Koerth arriving circa 1880 and her grandmother Bertha Weiss arriving circa 1895.
Sometime after Marjorie's birth, her family made their way from Grand Rapids south to South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. They may have between places when the 1920 Census was being taken and simply got missed. By the time Betty Lou was born in mid-October of 1925, they were living in South Bend.
The 1930 Census placed them at 434 Hill St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth, 32, was employed as a receiving clerk at an automobile manufacturing company. Marie, 30, was home with their two girls—Marjorie, 10 and Betty Lou, 4.
The family was still living in South Bend when the 1940 census enumerators hit the streets with their oversized notebooks. Alfred Koerth, 42, was noted as a stock clerk for an automobile company, likely Studebaker Corps. Marie, 40, was keeping house. Both of their daughters were still living at home—Marjorie, 20 and working as a stenographer for an insurance firm, and Betty Lou, 14.
Six years after the ink had dried on that decade's census, Betty Lou married the boy next door, Ronald Delbert Ackles, on 26 Oct 1946. (From: The South Bend Tribune – Mon 28 Oct 1946 p. 10) "Miss Bette Lou Koerth Weds Ronald D. Ackles. Palms, baskets of white chrysanthemums and lighted cathedral tapers banked the altar of St. Joseph's Catholic church for the wedding of Miss Bette Lou Koerth and Ronald D. Ackles, which took place at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. A.J. (Alfred and Marie) Koerth, 1226 East Miner street. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ackles, 1225 East Miner street, are the parents of the bridegroom. Rev. Philip V. Beaghan, C.S.C., read the ceremony. The couple was attended by Miss Mildred Varga, maid of honor; Donald J. Ackles, twin brother of the bridegroom, best man and the bride's cousin, Caroline Young, flower girl. The bridegroom's brother, Alfred Ackles, and Robert Fox, cousin of the bride, were ushers. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white nylon styled with a marquisette yoke which gave an off-the-shoulder effect, long pointed sleeves, a full skirt and long train. A crown of illusion held her fingertip veil. She carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums centered with an orchid, and wore a necklace, a gift of the bridegroom…A brown ensemble was selected by Mrs. Koerth and Mrs. Ackles chose deep gray accessories to accent her gray wool suit. Each wore a corsage of pompons. Breakfast was served to 100 guests in the home of the bride's parents, after which the couple left for Chicago and Milwaukee, Wis. They will reside temporarily with the Koerths and will spend the winter months in the south. The bridegroom served in the armed forces for three years." Ronald Ackles was a twin, and two years after Miss Mildred Varga served as Betty Lou's maid of honor, Mildred married Ronald's twin brother Donald.
The 1950 Census came due and caught up with Ronald and Betty, still living with Betty's parents Alfred and Marie Koerth at 1226 Miner St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth was working as a supervisor at an auto factory. Ronald, 24, was working as a welder in an auto factory, likely Studebaker Corp., which was based in South Bend. Ronald's wife Betty, 24, was working as a clerk for a car insurance company.
Betty Lou and Ronald's story will continue to add more chapters as more census records and other records are released. A part of that story will include a very special occasion. (From: The South Bend Tribune – 29 Oct 1971 p. 14) "Couple Honored With Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Ackles, 1616 Vernerlee Lane, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by taking a trip through the southern states. Friends honored the couple Tuesday evening at a dinner in the Wooden Keg Restaurant. The couple was married Oct. 26, 1946 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church by Rev. Salvator Fenneli. Mr. Ackles is a brickmason foreman for the Carl Reinke Construction Co."
Ronald had left the auto factory and was following in the footsteps of his mason father Noah. Sometimes, Ronald's work took him to great heights. (From the South Bend Tribune – 13 Aug 1986 p. 17) "[photo] Towering task. Ronald Ackles of Verkler Contruction, South Bend, cleans an area of the bell tower at Holy Cross Catholic Church, South Bend, before beginning to patch it. He was repairing the tower and steeple."
Ronald and wife Betty would enjoy forty-two years together before death parted them, first claiming Ronald on 18 Apr 1989 at age 61, victim of lung cancer. Ronald's twin brother Donald proved to be of sturdier stock, not passing until six years later 2 Nov 1995, he also claimed by lung cancer. What can I say…they were twins.
Betty Lou was in no rush to follow him into the light, and delayed her exit until her eighty-fourth year of life, passing on 12 Aug 1984. No children are mentioned in either her or Ronald's obituaries.
Sometime after Marjorie's birth, her family made their way from Grand Rapids south to South Bend, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. They may have between places when the 1920 Census was being taken and simply got missed. By the time Betty Lou was born in mid-October of 1925, they were living in South Bend.
The 1930 Census placed them at 434 Hill St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth, 32, was employed as a receiving clerk at an automobile manufacturing company. Marie, 30, was home with their two girls—Marjorie, 10 and Betty Lou, 4.
The family was still living in South Bend when the 1940 census enumerators hit the streets with their oversized notebooks. Alfred Koerth, 42, was noted as a stock clerk for an automobile company, likely Studebaker Corps. Marie, 40, was keeping house. Both of their daughters were still living at home—Marjorie, 20 and working as a stenographer for an insurance firm, and Betty Lou, 14.
Six years after the ink had dried on that decade's census, Betty Lou married the boy next door, Ronald Delbert Ackles, on 26 Oct 1946. (From: The South Bend Tribune – Mon 28 Oct 1946 p. 10) "Miss Bette Lou Koerth Weds Ronald D. Ackles. Palms, baskets of white chrysanthemums and lighted cathedral tapers banked the altar of St. Joseph's Catholic church for the wedding of Miss Bette Lou Koerth and Ronald D. Ackles, which took place at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. A.J. (Alfred and Marie) Koerth, 1226 East Miner street. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ackles, 1225 East Miner street, are the parents of the bridegroom. Rev. Philip V. Beaghan, C.S.C., read the ceremony. The couple was attended by Miss Mildred Varga, maid of honor; Donald J. Ackles, twin brother of the bridegroom, best man and the bride's cousin, Caroline Young, flower girl. The bridegroom's brother, Alfred Ackles, and Robert Fox, cousin of the bride, were ushers. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of white nylon styled with a marquisette yoke which gave an off-the-shoulder effect, long pointed sleeves, a full skirt and long train. A crown of illusion held her fingertip veil. She carried a bouquet of white chrysanthemums centered with an orchid, and wore a necklace, a gift of the bridegroom…A brown ensemble was selected by Mrs. Koerth and Mrs. Ackles chose deep gray accessories to accent her gray wool suit. Each wore a corsage of pompons. Breakfast was served to 100 guests in the home of the bride's parents, after which the couple left for Chicago and Milwaukee, Wis. They will reside temporarily with the Koerths and will spend the winter months in the south. The bridegroom served in the armed forces for three years." Ronald Ackles was a twin, and two years after Miss Mildred Varga served as Betty Lou's maid of honor, Mildred married Ronald's twin brother Donald.
The 1950 Census came due and caught up with Ronald and Betty, still living with Betty's parents Alfred and Marie Koerth at 1226 Miner St. in South Bend. Alfred Koerth was working as a supervisor at an auto factory. Ronald, 24, was working as a welder in an auto factory, likely Studebaker Corp., which was based in South Bend. Ronald's wife Betty, 24, was working as a clerk for a car insurance company.
Betty Lou and Ronald's story will continue to add more chapters as more census records and other records are released. A part of that story will include a very special occasion. (From: The South Bend Tribune – 29 Oct 1971 p. 14) "Couple Honored With Dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Ackles, 1616 Vernerlee Lane, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by taking a trip through the southern states. Friends honored the couple Tuesday evening at a dinner in the Wooden Keg Restaurant. The couple was married Oct. 26, 1946 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church by Rev. Salvator Fenneli. Mr. Ackles is a brickmason foreman for the Carl Reinke Construction Co."
Ronald had left the auto factory and was following in the footsteps of his mason father Noah. Sometimes, Ronald's work took him to great heights. (From the South Bend Tribune – 13 Aug 1986 p. 17) "[photo] Towering task. Ronald Ackles of Verkler Contruction, South Bend, cleans an area of the bell tower at Holy Cross Catholic Church, South Bend, before beginning to patch it. He was repairing the tower and steeple."
Ronald and wife Betty would enjoy forty-two years together before death parted them, first claiming Ronald on 18 Apr 1989 at age 61, victim of lung cancer. Ronald's twin brother Donald proved to be of sturdier stock, not passing until six years later 2 Nov 1995, he also claimed by lung cancer. What can I say…they were twins.
Betty Lou was in no rush to follow him into the light, and delayed her exit until her eighty-fourth year of life, passing on 12 Aug 1984. No children are mentioned in either her or Ronald's obituaries.
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