WILLIAMSON, Tryphena "Phena" Louise (Berk) Greenman

WILLIAMSON, GREENMAN, BERK, LANSING, LOSEY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 11/2/2012 at 11:04:54

Tryphena “Phena” Louise (Berk) Greenman Williamson – January 15, 1872 – July 26, 1964

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PHENA WILLIAMSON

Rockford – Funeral service for Mrs. Phena L. Williamson, 92, former Rockford resident, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist Church here.

Mrs. Williamson died Sunday at a Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin nursing home. She had made her home recently at Wauzeka, Wisconsin.

Survivors include four sons; Edgar Greenman, Rockford; Theodore Greenman, Glendale, California; Thomas Williamson, Fort Dodge; and Royal Williamson, Wauzceka; a daughter; Jennie Lansing, Berkley, California; 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday July 28, 1964

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Tryphena “Phena” Louise Berk was born January 15, 1872 in New Jersey, the daughter of Frank Berk and Arvilla Jane (Losey) Berk.

She married Thomas Williamson born 1862, died 1938 in Iowa

She married Wallace A Greenman born 1874, died 1952 in California

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1925 Iowa Census: Rockford, Floyd Co., Iowa

Henry Berk 58 born New Jersey: son of Frank and Jennie (Losey) Berk
Phena Williamson 53, sister, divorced
Ed Greenman, nephew 26 born Iowa
Tedd Greenman, nephew 19 born Iowa
Thomas Greenman, nephew 14 born Iowa
Royal Greenman, nephew 11 born Iowa (parents for the Greenwood boys are listed as Wallace Greenman and Phena Berk)

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Her 5 children were:

(a) Edgar Leroy Greenman born November 10, 1898; died July 14, 1969 in Iowa

(b) Jennie I (Greenman) Lansing born July 10, 1901; died December 28, 1974 in California

(c) Theodore Roosevelt Greenman born August 29, 1905; died July 4, 1980 in California

(d) Thomas Henry Williamson born August 24, 1910; died May 1975 in Iowa

(e) Royal Oscar Williamson born December 13, 1913; died August 8, 2004 in Wisconsin