John Leon LATTA & Wanda Hazel DECKER

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John Leon LATTA
Wanda Hazel DECKER

Husband: John Leon "Johnnie" LATTA
Birth: 23 Feb 1915, AR
Death: 19 Nov 1950
Disposition: buried Mountain View Memorial Park, Boulder, Boulder Co., CO
Occupation: meat cutter for retail grocery
Military Service : World War II: GM3, US Naval Reserve
Father: Louis Marvin LATTA
Mother: Maude May RHEW

Marriage: 9 Jun 1937, Cherokee, Alfalfa Co., OK

Wife: Wanda Hazel DECKER
Birth: 11 Feb 1914, TX
Death: 5 Mar 1994, Riverside Co., CA
Disposition: buried Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside Co., CA
Occupation: homemaker
Military Service: TSgt, US Army Air Corps
Father: Frank Jay DECKER
Mother: Cora Ethel TACKETT

Child — born in Cherokee, Alfalfa Co., OK:

1. [Living] LATTA, b. May 1939

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Sources:

1. Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995 (online at FamilySearch.org [LDS]):

2. 1920 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Johnnie LATTA (æ 4y 11mm, b. AR) is living in Harrison Twp., White Co., AR, with his widowed father (q.v.). Wanda DECKER (æ 5, b. TX) is living in Springer Village, Colfax Co., NM, with her DECKER children and her parents, et al. (q.v.).

3. 1930 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): John L. LATTA (æ 15, b. AR) is living in Winfield, Cowley Co., KS (p. 211A), with his brother Virgil L. LATTA (æ 21, b. AR) and his family. Wanda DECKER (æ 16, b. TX) is living in Lacey Twp., Kingfisher Co., OK, with her mother and stepfather (q.v.).

4. 1940 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 66): 407 South Kansas [Ave.], Cherokee City (Ward 3), Lincoln Twp., Alfalfa Co., OK, Roll T627_274, p. 47A, SN 1A, SD 8, ED 2-9, enumerated 4 Apr 1940, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1940 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1940: for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean.

LOC HOUSEHOLD NAME RELATION PERSONAL EDUCATION BIRTHPLACE CIT RESIDENCE in 1935 EMPLOYMENT STATUS FS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

* 407 21 R 18 N Latta Leon Head M W 26 M N H-4 Arkansas Same Place Alfal N Y - - - - 65 Meat Cutter retail grocery store PW 52 1300 N

_____ Wanda Wife F W 25 M N H-4 Texas R Kingfisher Oklahoma Y N N N N H Nurse private PW 16 200 N

_____ [Living] Dau F W ** S N 0 Oklahoma

*South Kansas [Ave]
**unreadable, but index says 11/12.

5. CADI: California Death Index, 1940-1997 (online at RootsWeb.com):

Last Name	First Name	Middle	Birth Date	Mother Maiden	Father Last	Sex	Birth Place	Death Place (County)	Death Date	SSN
`Latta`	`Wanda`	`Hazel`	`11 Feb 1914`	`Tackett`	`Decker`	`F`	`TX`	`Riverside`	`5 Mar 1994`	`440-22-7158`

6. SSDI: Social Security Death Index (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

7. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name John Leon Latta Wanda Hazel Latta

Birth 23 Feb 1915 11 Feb 1914

Death 19 Nov 1950 5 Mar 1994

Note TSGT, US ARMY AIR CORPS

Burial Mountain View Memorial Park
Boulder, Boulder Co., CO Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside, Riverside Co., CA

Inscription [cross]
JOHN LEON LATTA
OKLAHOMA
GM3 USNR
WORLD WAR II
FEB 23 1915 NOV 19 1950 WANDA HAZEL
FEB 11 1914 MAR 6 1994
WIFE OF
GM3 JOHN LEON LATTA
USN

Memorial # 119017793 904767

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