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Lela Fern Miller

• Birth*: She was born on 26 June 1891 in Milford, Dickinson County, Iowa.^1,2
• Marriage*: She married Homer Dean Naudain, son of Alfred Howard ('Alf') Naudain and Mary Elizabeth Stevenson, on 28 December 1918 in Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota.^3,4,5,6,7
• Death*: She died on 23 August 1978 in Milford Nursing Center, Milford, Dickinson County, Iowa, at age 87.^1,2
• Burial*: Interment was on 25 August 1978 in plot 2-115/2, Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Dickinson County, Iowa.^2,1

• Obituary*: "Funeral services were held Friday, Aug. 25, 1978 for Lela Fern Naudain, 87, a lifetime Milford resident at Leyson Funeral Home with Rev. Boyd Bonebrake officiating. Organist was Mrs. Frank Fellows.
     "Pallbearers were Roy DePue, Frank Fellows, Leighton White, William Holiday, Irvin Lowman and Rex Bever.
     "She passed away on Aug. 23, 1978 at the Milford Nursing Center.
     "Eastern Star service was held Thursday evening. Interment was in Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park.
     "Lela was born to Edgar and Inez (Tuttle) Miller at Milford, Iowa on June 26, 1891. She attended school at Milford.
     "On Dec. 28, 1918 she was united in marriage to Homer D. Naudain at Jackson, Mn. Lela was a member of the Union Memorial Church in Milford; 50-year member of the Order of Eastern Star, Okoboji Cemetery Assoc., Senior Citizens Club, and the Union Memorial Guild.
     "Survivors include one sister: Mrs. Lola M. Grady of Des Moines; niece: Mrs. Lois G. Campbell, Des Moines; great niece: Leslie Kufner, great-nephew: Casey Campbell; great-great-nieces: Lonica Lee Kufner and Amanda Kufner; and great-great-nephew: Caleb Campbell, all of Des Moines.
     "She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Homer."
• Note*: Her first husband was S. W. Steece.²

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2022

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Vesta M. Naudain

• Father: Alfred Howard ('Alf') Naudain¹ b. 11 Dec 1856, d. 3 May 1917
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Stevenson² b. 30 Oct 1868, d. 2 Jul 1949

• Birth*: She was born on 4 October 1894 in Iowa.^3,4
• Marriage*: She married Clarence E. Anderson on 13 December 1916.⁵
• Death*: She died on 12 January 1973 in Los Angeles County, California, at age 78.^3,6
• Burial*: Interment was in space 1095, California Gardens Wall Crypts, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (also known as Sunnyside Memorial Park and Mausoleum), 1500 E. San Antonio, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.⁷

• Note*: The plaque on her mausoleum crypt, pictured as part of her Find A Grave memorial, gives 1884 as her birth date.⁸

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2022

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Clarence E. Anderson

• Birth*: He was born on 20 April 1891 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Vesta M. Naudain, daughter of Alfred Howard ('Alf') Naudain and Mary Elizabeth Stevenson, on 13 December 1916.³
• Death*: He died on 8 March 1974 in Los Angeles County, California, at age 82.^1,4
• Burial*: Entombment was in space 1095, California Gardens Wall Crypts, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (also known as Sunnyside Memorial Park and Mausoleum), 1500 E. San Antonio, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California.¹

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2022

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Earl Robert Naudain

Glendale Electric, 1923 newspaper advertisement.

• Father: William Eliason Naudain^1,2 b. 26 Jan 1860, d. 20 Dec 1939
• Mother: Ella Amanda Foster^3,4 b. 7 Feb 1862, d. 26 Apr 1954

• Birth*: He was born on 3 December 1882.^5,6
• Marriage*: He married Orma E. Vesper, daughter of Frank Horn Vesper and Eva Glenora Quick, on 10 July 1906.^5,7,8,9
• Marriage*: He married Ruth _____.¹⁰
• Death*: He died on 13 June 1963 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, at age 80.^11,12
• Burial*: Entombment was in west mausoleum, elite H, crypt C, Grand View Memorial Park, 1341 Glenwood Road, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.⁶

• Scrapbook*: • "Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Naudain of No. 903 Lomita avenue [Glendale, California] entertained the Glendale Thimble Club and their husbands on Saturday evening [5 Dec 1914]. The decorations were chrysanthemums. Five Hundred was played throughout the evening and the scores were kept on pretty hand-painted cards, the highest score of the ladies going to Mrs. Chester Kling, and of the gentlemen to Mr. J. W. Usilton. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Usilton, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kling, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Waite, Mr. and Mrs. John Roman, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wilkinson of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Heald."
  • “. . . Mr. [Earl] Naudain [has] been in New York City attending the national convention of Elks. The Glendale [California, where he resides] band is the champion Elks band of California, and Mr. Naudain is a member of the clarinet section. He became a member of the band 25 years ago when it was first organized. His musical ability dates back to the time he was living in Algona [Iowa] and was a member of the Algona kids band under direction of the late Fritz Granzow. Mr. Naudain owns an electrical and contracting shop at Glendale. . . .”.^13,14
• Obituary*: "Earl R. Naudain Dies in Calif.
     "Earl Robert Naudain, 80, a native of Algona, succumbed at Glendale, Cal. where he had been living for many years, June 13. Funeral services were held June 19, with services conducted by Glendale Lodge of the Elks order. Burial was in Grand View Mausoleum, beside his wife.
     "Surviving are two brothers Vallo of Algona, and Glen of Chapel Hill, N. C.
     "He last visited here in the year of the Algona Centennial."¹⁵
• Note*: • He was in the electrical business in Glendale, California.
  • A newspaper published in his parents' hometown of Algona, Iowa noted in 1938 that Earl had written a letter to his mother every week since moving to California twenty-five years earlier.^16,17

• Last Edited: 26 Apr 2022

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Orma E. Vesper

• Father: Frank Horn Vesper^1,2 b. 16 Apr 1858, d. 22 Feb 1943
• Mother: Eva Glenora Quick^3,4,5 b. 1859, d. 31 Dec 1938

• Birth*: She was born in February 1885 in Lawn Hill, Hardin County, Iowa.⁶
• Marriage*: She married Earl Robert Naudain, son of William Eliason Naudain and Ella Amanda Foster, on 10 July 1906.^7,8,9,10
• Death*: She died on 28 April 1939 in Research Hospital, Los Angeles County, California, at age 54.^6,11
• Burial*: Entombment was on 1 May 1939 in west mausoleum, elite H, crypt C, Grand View Memorial Park, 1341 Glenwood Road, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California.^6,12

• Scrapbook*: • "Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Naudain of No. 903 Lomita avenue [Glendale, California] entertained the Glendale Thimble Club and their husbands on Saturday evening [5 Dec 1914]. The decorations were chrysanthemums. Five Hundred was played throughout the evening and the scores were kept on pretty hand-painted cards, the highest score of the ladies going to Mrs. Chester Kling, and of the gentlemen to Mr. J. W. Usilton. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Usilton, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kling, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Waite, Mr. and Mrs. John Roman, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Wilkinson of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Heald."
  • “. . . Mr. [Earl] Naudain [has] been in New York City attending the national convention of Elks. The Glendale [California, where he resides] band is the champion Elks band of California, and Mr. Naudain is a member of the clarinet section. He became a member of the band 25 years ago when it was first organized. His musical ability dates back to the time he was living in Algona [Iowa] and was a member of the Algona kids band under direction of the late Fritz Granzow. Mr. Naudain owns an electrical and contracting shop at Glendale. . . .”.^13,14
• Obituary*: "NAUDAIN. At Research Hospital, April 28. Mrs. Orma E. Naudain, beloved wife of Earl Naudain, loving mother of Lois Whaley and daughter of Frank H. Vesper and the late Eva Vesper, all of Glendale, Cal.
     "Funeral at Congregational Church, Wilson and Central avenue, Glendale, Cal., Monday, May 1, at 2 p.m. Entombment Grand View Mausoleum, C. R. Vesper, Inc. directors."
  __________
  
  "Mrs. Orma Naudain Dead in California
     "Word was received here this week by relatives that Mrs. Orma Naudain, the wife of Earl Naudain, and a daughter-in-law of the W. E. Naudains of Algona, had passed away at Glendale, California.
     "Mrs. Naudain was raised in Algona, her maiden name being Orma Vesper, and her father, Frank Vesper was at one time a banker in Algona, survives. She was about 54 years of age, and had been ill about a month.
     "Mrs. Naudain was widely known in club and fraternal circles on the west coast. She was a founder of the Omar Shrine and a past worthy matron of the Eastern Star. Born in Lawn Hill, Iowa, she spent most of her youth in Algona, and attended Drake University before her marriage to Earl Naudain.
     "They moved to Glendale in 1907, shortly after their marriage."^15,16

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Vivian Ray Naudain

• Father: William Eliason Naudain^1,2 b. 26 Jan 1860, d. 20 Dec 1939
• Mother: Ella Amanda Foster^3,4 b. 7 Feb 1862, d. 26 Apr 1954

• Birth*: He was born on 26 October 1887.^5,6
• Death*: He died on 17 January 1915 at age 27.⁶
• Burial*: Interment was on 19 January 1915 in Riverview Cemetery, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.^7,8

• Scrapbook*: "TRIES TO END LIFE ON GRAVE OF LOVER
     "Algona [Iowa], Jan. 28 [1915].—Mrs. Edith Pfeifer attempted suicide on the grave of Vivian Naudain by shooting herself through the breast. The bullet passed an inch above the heart. Mrs. Pfeifer lived here this summer and kept company with young Naudain, who was buried here on Tuesday a week ago. She returned from Montana Wednesday afternoon, the train arriving at 2 o’clock. After asking the busman to call for her at the cemetery, she walked up there. Aroused by her actions, the busman followed and watched her. At his approach she shot herself. She was carried to the nearby home of Burt Cronin and later was removed to the hospital. She has two children, but was divorced from her husband some time ago. She has been conscious since the shooting and admits that it was agreed between them that should Naudain die she would commit suicide. The wound will not prove fatal."⁹
• Note*: He was a civil engineer.⁵

• Last Edited: 29 Jun 2018

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Vallo Vain Naudain

October 1946 newspaper advertisement for Vallo Naudain's coal business in Algona, Iowa. (Click on the image to enlarge it.)

• Father: William Eliason Naudain^1,2 b. 26 Jan 1860, d. 20 Dec 1939
• Mother: Ella Amanda Foster^3,4 b. 7 Feb 1862, d. 26 Apr 1954

• Birth*: He was born on 10 July 1890.^5,6,7
• Marriage*: He married Zada Kinyon on 10 July 1919 in her parents' home, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.^8,9
• Death*: He died on 4 November 1979 in Good Samaritan Center, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, at age 89.^10,11,12
• Burial*: Interment was on 7 November 1979 in Riverview Cemetery, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.^13,14

• Scrapbook*: • “Vallo Naudain is still on crutches, the result of dropping a plank on one foot a few weeks ago. It will be three or four weeks yet before a cast on the foot will be removed. The big instep bone was broken.”
  • "Vallo Naudain had major surgery at St. Ann Hospital Friday [22 Mar 1957]. He is recovering nicely."^15,16
• Note*: He served almost two years in the Navy in World War I and from 1930 to the mid-1950s operated the Naudain Coal Co. in Algona, Iowa. He was survived by his wife.^5,17,12

• Last Edited: 26 Apr 2022

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Zada Kinyon

• Birth*: She was born on 12 April 1891.¹
• Marriage*: She married Vallo Vain Naudain, son of William Eliason Naudain and Ella Amanda Foster, on 10 July 1919 in her parents' home, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.^2,3
• Death*: She died on 11 November 1979 at age 88.^4,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Riverview Cemetery, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.⁵

• Scrapbook*: "Breaks wrist when blown off porch
     "Mrs. V. V. Naudain went to the back door to call her husband to lunch Thursday noon when the wind blew the door and pulled her off the porch onto the lawn breaking her right writs. Luckily, she was not pulled onto the five cement steps leading from the door or injury might have been more serious. She will remain in St. Ann hospital a few days. He arm is in a cast to the elbow. Mrs. Naudain had major surgery in Rochester last summer and was recovering to the point of being able to do some of her own work in the last few weeks."⁶
• Note*: • A family history gives Kingar as her surname, but that apparently was an error.
  • "Mrs. V. V. Naudain is a patient at St. Ann hospital with one foot in a cast. Early Saturday morning she was preparing to leave with her husband for Des Moines when she tripped when almost at the bottom of the stairs, breaking the left ankle. She will remain at the hospital for a time."^7,8

• Last Edited: 28 Jul 2018

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Dr. Glenn Garnet Naudain

Dr. Glenn Naudain, circa 1942.

• Father: William Eliason Naudain^1,2,3 b. 26 Jan 1860, d. 20 Dec 1939
• Mother: Ella Amanda Foster^4,5,6 b. 7 Feb 1862, d. 26 Apr 1954

• Birth*: He was born on 31 October 1894.^7,8,9,10
• Marriage*: He married Lillian Belle Gamrath on 15 September 1921.^{11,12,13,14,15}
• Death*: He died on 15 January 1973 in his home, Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, at age 78.^16,17,18,19
• Burial*: Interment was on 18 January 1973 in Riverview Cemetery, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa.^11,20,21

• Scrapbook*: • "NAUDAIN ELECTED HEAD OF ROCK HILL LEGION
  "Special to The Observer.
  "ROCK HILL, S. C., July 20 [1934].—Maj. G. G. Naudain was chosen here by Frank Roach post of the American Legion as commander the coming year to succeed J. C. Hambright, present commander. . . ."
  • WINTHROP PROFESSOR GETS UNIQUE DEGREE
     "Special to The Observer.
     "ROCK HILL, S. C., Oct. 12 [1941]—Winthrop's Dr. Glenn Naudain, head of the Chemistry department, is now a 'bachelor of pedagogical piffle' from 'Ye Olde Workshop in Ye Olde Education' at, of all places, Harvard university. Dr. Naudain, who had never studied at Harvard before, took a week's course in education there this summer.
     "The scroll he received, of whose source he says he hasn't the faintest idea, is signed by nit wit, half wit, no with, and to wit."
  • "Winthrop Professor to Army.
     "ROCK HILL, S. C. Feb 21 [1942].—Dr. Glenn G. Naudain, head of the Winthrop college chemistry department, will report Monday to Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland as a lieutenant colonel of chemical warfare service. He has been granted a leave of absence from his duties at Winthrop for the duration, it is understood."
  • "NAUDAIN TELLS OF THINGS TO COME
     "Glenn Naudain, who was born and raised in Algona, and who has been on the faculty of the University of North Carolina for some years, was guest speaker, Monday noon, at the Rotary meeting.
     "During the war he served as a lieutenant colonel in the army, doing research work in biological warfare and chemical warfare, and part of his talk was devoted to some interesting aspects of that work.
     "He predicted that within ten years round trip flights to Europe will cost about $150 and round trips to Asia only $100 more, and that many of us would be taking our vacations accordingly.
     "Plastics will be one of the chief building materials of the future, he also predicted, and it will be possible to call up and order an additional room to be attached to a plastic house."
  • "Haskew Appointed Head of Winthrop Department
     "ROCK HILL [S.C.], June 19 [1949].—C. A. Haskew of the Winthrop College faculty will become head of the college’s department of chemistry and physics beginning Sept. 1.
     "Acting head of the department for the last two and one-half years, Mr. Haskew was elected by the board of trustees, at its meeting here June 14, to fill the head position.
     "Dr. G. G. Naudain, former head of the department on leave of absence since November 1946, was unable to resume his teaching duties at Winthrop because of physical disabilities.
     "The board of trustees, in announcing Mr. Haskew’s appointment, expressed its thanks to Doctor Naudain for his long term of service to and efforts in behalf of Winthrop college."^{22,23,24,25,26}
• Obituary*: "Dr. G. Naudain Dies, Burial Here Thursday
     "Word has been received here of the death on Monday of Dr. Glenn G. Naudain, 78, at his home in Rock Hill, So. Carolina. Dr. Naudain is a brother of Vallo V. Naudain of Algona.
     "Funeral services will be held at the Bass Funeral Home in Rock Hill at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The body will be flown to Algona where visitations may be made at the Gellenfeld-Schaaf-McCullough Funeral Home between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m. Thursday (today).
     "Graveside rites will be held at Riverview Cemetery at 10:30 Thursday morning with the Rev. Roger Brooks officiating.
     "Glenn G. Naudain was born Oct. 31, 1894, son of William Eliason and Ella Amanda Foster Naudain. He attended school in Algona where he was a popular student and played football during all four years of his high school career.
     "He attended Iowa State University at Ames from where he was graduated in 1917 with a Bachelor of Science degree and served with the U.S. Army as a Lt. Colonel during World War I. He was married to Lillian Gamrath in 1921 and a year later received his Masters degree, followed by his PHD in the science field in 1923. They lived at Pittsburg [sic], Pa. the next two years and in 1926 he went to Rock Hill, So. Carolina where he was a Professor of Chemistry and head of the Chemistry Department at the Teachers University.
     "Dr. Naudain received further schooling at Columbia University, Peabody College, Harvard University, the University of Maryland and the University of California, as well as studying in France and Germany. He served as a Colonel during World War II, then returned to Rock Hill where he was associated with the college again until his retirement in 1950. He then went into Private Consulting practice.
     "He was a Past Commander with the American Legion at Rock Hill and a 32nd Degree Mason.
     "Dr. Naudain is survived by his wife, Lillian and one brother, Vallo V. Naudain of Algona. His parents and two brothers, Earl Robert and Vivian R., preceded him in death."²⁷
• Note*: • He was in the Navy in World War I and taught chemistry at Iowa State College, his alma mater.
  • On 22 Dec 1934 the Military Order of Fidelity, a national fraternal and patriotic honor society of Army reserve officers announced that Major Glenn G. Naudain of Rock Hill, S.C., serving in the chemical warfare service, had been elected a member of the Order.
  • In 1935 he was teaching at Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C. and was serving as chairman of the South Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society.
  • He was elected president of the South Carolina Department, Reserve Officers Association, on 18 May 1935.
  • An honorary degree of doctor of science was conferred on him by the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a result of his furnishing the academy with copies of his research work. He was teaching chemistry at Winthrop College at the time.
  • He was elected president of the South Carolina Academy of Science on 9 Apr 1938.
  • He appeared in Who's Who In America in 1948, according to an announcement by the book's publisher, A. N. Marquis Company of Chicago.^{28,29,30,31,32,33,34}

• Last Edited: 24 Dec 2019

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Camilla Doras Naudain

• Father: Homer Oscar ('Oz') Naudain¹ b. 26 Jun 1860, d. 2 Jul 1933
• Mother: Sarah M. Harvey² b. 1870, d. 1937

• Birth*: She was born on 14 July 1900.³

• Last Edited: 30 Jun 2018

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William J. Shrader¹

• Marriage*: He married Estelle Naudain, daughter of Thomas Nelson Naudain and Mary Virginia Cohen, on 15 June 1898.¹

• Last Edited: 21 Aug 2007

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Harold Reed Naudain

• Father: George Standish Naudain¹ b. 12 Jun 1877, d. 30 Jun 1906
• Mother: Myra R. Reed² b. 25 Aug 1878, d. 22 Aug 1934

• Birth*: He was born on 26 December 1898.³

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2007

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George Standish Naudain

• Father: George Standish Naudain¹ b. 12 Jun 1877, d. 30 Jun 1906
• Mother: Myra R. Reed² b. 25 Aug 1878, d. 22 Aug 1934

• Birth*: He was born on 24 April 1902.^3,4
• Death*: He died in April 1976.⁵

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2007

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Florence Adele Naudain

• Father: Harold Woodward Naudain¹ b. 25 Feb 1879
• Mother: Daisy Iona Mead²

• Birth*: She was born on 14 June 1910.^3,4
• Death*: She died on 12 December 2000 at age 90.⁵

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2007

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Albert Gage ('Big Al') Naudain

Albert Gage ("Big Al") Naudain, from 1976 newspaper.

• Father: Harold Woodward Naudain¹ b. 25 Feb 1879
• Mother: Daisy Iona Mead²

• Birth*: He was born on 5 November 1915.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 16 January 1997 at age 81.⁵

• Note*: He graduated from Saugerties, New York High School and in 1938 graduated with honors from the University of Alabama with a bachelor of science degree from the School of Commerce and Business Administration.⁶

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2020

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Richard Standish Mead Naudain

• Father: Harold Woodward Naudain^1,2 b. 25 Feb 1879
• Mother: Daisy Iona Mead³

• Birth*: He was born on 4 February 1918.^4,5
• Marriage*: He married Doris May Nolan, daughter of Harold B. Nolan and Mary Catherine McAnenay, on 21 January 1944 in the rectory, St. Brigid's Church, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada.⁶
• Death*: He died on 5 February 2009 at age 91.⁷

• Note*: When he married, on 21 Jan 1944, he was described as a flying officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force. About six months later he was described as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps "who was previously a flying officer at Trenton and Uplands."^8,9

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2018

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Mary Rebecca Naudain

• Father: LeRoy Day Naudain^1,2 b. 18 Jan 1886, d. May 1965
• Mother: Mary Agnes Parker³ b. 1886, d. 3 Jun 1956

• Birth*: She was born on 10 April 1912 in New Jersey.^4,5,6
• Marriage*: She married Robert S. Calhoun on 3 October 1936 in First Methodist Episcopal Church, Haddon Heights, Camden County, New Jersey.⁷
• Marriage*: She married Oakley H. Murphy.⁸
• Death*: She died on 14 February 1994 in Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, at age 81.^9,6
• Burial*: Interment was in Longwood Cemetery, Greenwood Road, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2021

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LeRoy Parker Naudain

L. Parker Naudain, from 1937 Duke University yearbook.

• Father: LeRoy Day Naudain¹ b. 18 Jan 1886, d. May 1965
• Mother: Mary Agnes Parker² b. 1886, d. 3 Jun 1956

• Birth*: He was born on 20 February 1915.^3,4
• Marriage*: He married Ruth A. Hess.^5,6,7
• Death*: He died on 14 March 1989 in Meridian Nursing Home, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, at age 74.^8,9
• Burial*: Interment was on 18 March 1989 in Harleigh Cemetery (also known as Camden County Veterans Cemetery), 1640 Haddon Avenue, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.⁵

• Note*: • He graduated from Haddon Heights (N.J.) High School, then attended Friends Central in Philadelphia and Duke University, Durham, N.C., where he was on the track team.
  • From 1945 to 1982, he was president of Naudain Associates, a manufacturer's representative for electronics equipment. He founded Naudain Academy, a Montessori school in Evesham, N.J; was a member of the board of directors of Home Unity Savings and Loan in Philadalphia; was a member of the Men's Advisory Council of Cooper Medical Center; and was a board member of the Community Blood Bank of Southern New Jersey.
  • Survivors included his wife, three sons, two sisters, and six grandchildren.¹⁰

• Last Edited: 28 Apr 2022

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Mary Ida Camp

• Father: Rev. Daniel Ivins Camp¹ b. c 1861, d. 19 Apr 1945
• Mother: Anna Elizabeth Naudain² b. 4 Jul 1859

• Birth*: She was born on 16 November 1894.³

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2007

Arthur Dewey Naudain

• Father: John Elias Naudain¹ b. 11 Sep 1862
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Chambers² d. 5 Jun 1935

• Birth*: He was born on 24 July 1897.³
• Death*: He died on 28 November 1898 at age 1.³

• Last Edited: 23 Aug 2007

Morgan Camp Naudain

• Father: John Elias Naudain¹ b. 11 Sep 1862
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Chambers² d. 5 Jun 1935

• Birth*: He was born on 28 March 1899.^3,4
• Death*: He died on 16 September 1986 at age 87.^5,6

• Note*: He was a graduate of Western Maryland College.³

• Last Edited: 26 Feb 2018

John Calvin Naudain

• Father: John Elias Naudain¹ b. 11 Sep 1862
• Mother: Mary Elizabeth Chambers² d. 5 Jun 1935

• Birth*: He was born on 7 March 1909.³
• Death*: He died on 25 February 1982 at age 72.^4,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, 200 East Padonia Road, Timonium, Baltimore County, Maryland.⁵

• Note*: He was survived by his wife, two children, two stepchildren, a brother, a sister, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.⁵

• Last Edited: 5 Aug 2018

Ethyl Naudain

• Father: Archibald Henry Naudain¹ b. 15 Sep 1865, d. 1 Sep 1950
• Mother: Sarah S. Marker²

• Birth*: She was born on 27 December 1900.³

• Last Edited: 19 Jul 2018

Charles Wesley Naudain

• Father: Archibald Henry Naudain¹ b. 15 Sep 1865, d. 1 Sep 1950
• Mother: Sarah S. Marker²

• Birth*: He was born on 2 October 1903.^3,4
• Death*: He died in October 1976.⁵

• Last Edited: 19 Jul 2018

Howard Arnold Naudain

• Father: Arnold Naudain^1,2 b. 22 Dec 1875, d. 6 Jan 1958
• Mother: Mary Armstrong Jordan^3,4 b. 1879, d. 19 Jun 1956

• Birth*: He was born on 9 January 1908.^5,6,7
• Marriage*: He married Viola Netta Barwell on 27 April 1942 in the parsonage, Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.⁸
• Death*: He died on 23 September 1991 in his residence, Mill Creek Road, Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 83.^9,10,11
• Burial*: Interment was on 25 September 1991 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.⁷

• Note*: • He was a 1930 graduate of Wilmington High School in Wilmington, Delaware.
  • He had been a technician at Hercules Inc. for thirty-two years.
  • Survivors included his wife, a niece, a great-niece, and a great-nephew.^12,13,14

• Last Edited: 4 Jun 2021

Elizabeth Armstrong Naudain

• Father: Arnold Naudain^1,2 b. 22 Dec 1875, d. 6 Jan 1958
• Mother: Mary Armstrong Jordan^3,4 b. 1879, d. 19 Jun 1956

• Birth*: She was born on 8 April 1909.^5,6
• Marriage*: She married _____ Nichols.⁷
• Death*: She died on 2 July 1988 in Ashton Wood Convalescent Center, Dunwoody, Dekalb County, Georgia, at age 79.^8,9
• Burial*: Interment was on 6 July 1988 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^8,10

• Note*: • She worked in the advertising department at Continental Diamond Fibre Co. in Newark, Delaware from 1942 to 1960. The then worked for three years in the admissions office at the University of Delaware and several years at the Town Shop in Newark.
  • Survivors included a daughter, with whom she was living at the time of her death, a brother, and two grandchildren.¹¹

• Last Edited: 7 Aug 2018

Howard H. Jordan¹

• Marriage*: He married Joanne Alice Lynam.
• Death*: He died on 18 November 1930 in his home, near Mendenhall's Mill, Mill Creek Hundred, Delaware.²
• Burial*: Interment was on 20 November 1930 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.²

• Last Edited: 22 Jul 2018

William Harold Naudain

William H. Naudain, from a 1955 newspaper.

• Father: William Peoples Naudain^1,2,3 b. 28 Mar 1881, d. 31 Dec 1941
• Mother: Helena V. Woodward^4,5 b. 1882, d. 1933

• Birth*: He was born on 16 June 1906 in Marshallton, New Castle County, Delaware.^6,7,8,9
• Marriage*: He married Mildred Reese Porter, daughter of Theophilius Wilton Porter and Sadie Cheezum, on 21 June 1930 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^10,11,12,13
• Death*: He died on 22 June 1981 in his residence, 1159 Little Baltimore Road, Corner Ketch, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 75.^14,15,16
• Burial*: Interment was on 25 June 1981 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.¹⁵

• Note*: • He operated a dairy farm on Little Baltimore Road, Newark, Delaware, for forty-one years; managed the Southern States Cooperative store in Newark for twelve years before 1950; was master of the Harmony Grange and the Pomona Grange in Delaware before taking over direction of the state Grange from 1955 to 1959; was appointed as director of the Delaware Departmenr of Weights and Measures in 1962 and served until 1969; served on the board of trustees of the University of Delaware while state Grange master; was a 32nd degree Mason; was a member of the state draft board during World War II; was a charter member and past president of the Hockessin-Yorklyn Lions Club; and was president of the Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Mill Creek Hundred.
  • He was survived by his wife, with whom he celebrated his fifty-first wedding anniversary the day before he died, a daughter, a son, and two brothers.
  • A family history gives 19 May 1981 as the date of his death.^17,18

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2020

Edward Arnold Naudain

• Father: William Peoples Naudain^1,2 b. 28 Mar 1881, d. 31 Dec 1941
• Mother: Helena V. Woodward^3,4 b. 1882, d. 1933

• Birth*: He was born on 7 December 1908 in Marshallton, New Castle County, Delaware.^5,6,7,8
• Marriage*: He married Anna Elizabeth Pyle on 25 June 1938 in Hockessin Friends Meeting House, Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware.^{9,10,11,12,13,8}
• Death*: He died on 12 October 1982 at age 73.^14,7,15,16
• Burial*: Interment was on 15 October 1982 in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^17,18,19

• Note*: • Edward graduated from the University of Alabama, with a bachelor of science degree in 1932. For many years he was associated with Delaware Rayon Company and in 1974 retired after thirty years as a chemist with Hercules Power Company. He was Past Master of Harmony Grange.
  • At the time of his marriage, in 1938, he was associated with Delaware Rayon Company in New Castle, Delaware.
  • He died from injuries suffered on 15 Sep 1982 when a metal bar slipped from a tree on his property and struck him on the head.^20,21,22

• Last Edited: 20 Apr 2022

Warner Woodward Naudain

• Father: William Peoples Naudain^1,2 b. 28 Mar 1881, d. 31 Dec 1941
• Mother: Helena V. Woodward^3,4 b. 1882, d. 1933

• Birth*: He was born on 19 September 1917 in Marshallton, New Castle County, Delaware.^5,6,7,8,9
• Marriage*: He married Carrie Elizabeth Lynam, daughter of Raymond B. Lynam and Mary Appleby, on 5 January 1946 in Christians Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.^{10,11,12,13,14}
• Death*: He died on 27 September 2000 in Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware, at age 83.^15,16,17
• Burial*: Interment was in Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 500 McKennan, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.¹⁷

• Note*: He graduated from Henry C. Conrad High School in Wilmington, Delaware and attended Duke University. He entered the U.S. Army in April 1941, served as a sergeant in the 13th Infantry Regiment, later was commissioned a lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, served five years' active duty (two in Europe), and was discharged on 1 Apr 1953. He was president of Hollingsworth Oil Company in Marshalton, Delaware until he retired on 31 Dec 1980 after thirty years with the company. He was a life member of Red Clay Creek Presbyterian Church where he was a deacon and an elder of the church, a member of Sons of the American Revolution, and in August 1984 was an organizing president of the Huguenot Society of Delaware. His survivors included his wife and two sons.^16,18,19

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2020

Edward Woodward¹

• Note*: He was from Christiana Hundred in New Castle County, Delaware.

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2007

Nadaene Casperson

• Father: Robert H. Casperson M.D.^1,2 b. 23 Nov 1859, d. 22 Jan 1932
• Mother: Susan May Naudain^3,4 b. 11 May 1879, d. 29 Nov 1949

• Birth*: She was born on 23 April 1910.^5,6,7
• Marriage*: She married Walter R. Kane.⁸
• Death*: She died on 18 April 1977 in Naples Community Hospital, Naples, Collier County, Florida, at age 66.^6,7
• Burial*: Interment was on 21 April 1977 in Redeemer (SWP) plot, Naples Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 525 111th Avenue North, North Naples, Collier County, Florida.^9,10

• Last Edited: 19 Jul 2018

James Harlan Naudain

James Harlan Naudain's tombstone, Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, L.I., N.Y., courtesy of Kimberly Glutz.

• Father: James Foard Naudain¹ b. 12 Jan 1882
• Mother: Mabel Winifred Welch²

• Birth*: He was born on 8 January 1910.^3,4,5
• Marriage*: He married Ruth Hannah.⁶
• Death*: He died on 17 September 1974 at age 64.^7,5
• Burial*: Interment was in Huntington Rural Cemetery, 555 New York Avenue, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.⁵

• Last Edited: 8 Aug 2018

Earl DeWitt Bennett

• Father: William Campbell Bennett¹ b. 24 Jan 1861, d. 22 Jun 1921
• Mother: Katherine Murphy² b. 23 Jun 1864

• Birth*: He was born on 21 November 1886 in Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana.³
• Marriage*: He married Veo Thalia Tight on 9 July 1925 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.³

• Note*: He farmed, then studied law in Danville, Indiana, and practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in an air service squadron in World War I. He was a Republican and a Protestant, and he and Veo lived in Prospect, Kentucky.³

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2007

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Veo Thalia Tight

• Marriage*: She married Earl DeWitt Bennett, son of William Campbell Bennett and Katherine Murphy, on 9 July 1925 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.¹

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2007

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Jennie Catherine Bennett

• Father: William Campbell Bennett¹ b. 24 Jan 1861, d. 22 Jun 1921
• Mother: Katherine Murphy² b. 23 Jun 1864

• Birth*: She was born on 13 August 1888 in Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana.³
• Marriage*: She married Henry Miller on 14 December 1913.³

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2007

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Henry Miller

• Birth*: He was born on 9 March 1888.^1,2
• Marriage*: He married Jennie Catherine Bennett, daughter of William Campbell Bennett and Katherine Murphy, on 14 December 1913.²
• Death*: He died in October 1977 at age 89.¹

• Note*: He worked as a carpenter and was a Democrat and a Methodist. They lived near Lanesville, Indiana.²

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2007

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives

Arthur Campbell Bennett

• Father: William Campbell Bennett¹ b. 24 Jan 1861, d. 22 Jun 1921
• Mother: Katherine Murphy² b. 23 Jun 1864

• Birth*: He was born on 10 February 1890.³

• Note*: They lived in Gary, Indiana. He was a Republican and a Methodist.³

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2007

• Charts: Descendants of John Elias Naudain and Three Wives