Vernice Charlotte Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Vernice Charlotte, b 23 Mar 1912, Wright Co; died 4 Nov 2007, Buffalo, MN;
married: 9 Jan 1936, Indiana
Jerome Joseph Schaefer, b 14 Jan 1905, Maple Lake, Wright Co MN; died 22 Sep 1979, Buffalo, MN

Vernice OBIT, posted on Legacy.com [also published in the Star Tribune]
- died 4 Nov 2007; parents Oscar and Alice Bonstrom, born 23 May 1911
- married Jerome Schaefer
- lived in Buffalo
- predeceased by parents, sisters Glaydy Callerstrom Vikner; Marly Rustad; brother Vernon Bonstrom
- survived by brother Orlin (Mary) Bonstrom; brother in law Bernie Rustad, sister in law, LaVerne Bonstrom
- survived by nephews/nieces: nephew and nieces: Ted (Mary) Callerstrom, Vannie Callerstrom, Carolyn Danielson, Jeannie (David) Dixon, Jerry Bonstrom, Sheryl (Ron) Rustad Clark, Collen (Brian) Rustad Sampson, Dana Bonstrom, Kim (Kim) Bonstrom and Kristine (Christophe) Bonstrom Vial.
[obit and a photo is also posted at: https://thepetersonchapel.com/vernice-schaefer/]



WW 2 Draft for Jerome: b at Maple Lake, Wright Co, 14 Jan 1905
MN birth cert: only records the name "babe" Schaefer; mother, "Kotelenec" -
this matches with Mattson ... FT on Ancestry, but this FT records birth, 14 Jan 1904

Jerome: OBIT; The Minneapolis Star, issue 24 Sep 1979 p 31
- survived by wife Vernice
- survived by borth Leo, 2 sisters Mrs Harry (Hazel) Beutner and Mrs Basil (Marion)
Rouseau ........
- interment, St Mary's Cemetery, Mpls [Minneapolis]

1940 US Census, Buffalo, Wright Co, ED 86-5; sheet 18A
Jerome [recorded, Gerome] Schaefer age 23, b in MN; part owner of retail Hardware store
wife Vernice, age 27 b in MN; both lived in same place in 1935

Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 Ancestry collection
married: 9 Jan 1936 - records his birth as above; his parents and then her birth
and parents
- BUT I have not information on why they were married in Indiana; they both are
recorded in the 1930 US Census with their respective parents in Buffalo, Wright Co


Mossberg FT [catcrna]
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/8697462/person/-475620265/facts
- includes some photos; some that were shared by Michael Sykora FT that is private
- one of the photos records that the hardware store was established by Jerome's father, Peter Schaefer
- another photo dated 1944 of Jerome - that he served 4 terms as Mayor of Buffalo
- a couple of other photos of him when he was younger - no photo of Vernice

- the above FT records marriage in Indiana
- AND records no Children for Jerome and Vernice

Vernice married Jerome Joseph Schaefer on 9 Jan 1936 in Indiana, United States. (Jerome Joseph Schaefer was born on 14 Jan 1905 in Maple Lake, Wright Co, MInnesota, United States, died on 22 Sep 1979 in Buffalo, Wright Co, Minnesota, United States and was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, Minnesota, United States.)