Notes for: Laura 'Fondelete' Berdine

From Ronny Bodine:

1st marriage--1927--JOHN DEBOLD.
From Lake County, Indiana Marriage Records:
John De Bold AND Fondelete Berdine were married 26 Sept 1927 by George B. Jones, Pastor.

Death Notice, The Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.) of 29 July 1929.
John Debold, 22, died after inhaling fumes which were released when he opened a valve on a gasoline filled tank car at Hammond.

Obituary, The Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Ind.) of 2 Aug 1929.
Relatives here have received word of the death of John Debold at Hammond who on last Saturday met his death while at work. In some manner he fell into a gasoline tank and when found had been there about three hours. Mrs. DeBold will be remembered here as Fondelite Berdine before her marriage.

From the Indiana Death Certificate of John DeBold, husband of Fondelete DeBold, born 19 July 1906 in Crown Point, Indiana, son of John & Alma (Lahoe) DeBold; died 29 July 1929 in Hammond, Lake County and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. Fondelete DeBold, informant.


2nd marriage--1938--GILBERT M. BERDINE.
From Lake County, Indiana Marriage Records:
Gilbert M. Berdine AND Laura Fond De Bold were married 22 Oct 1936 by Rev. L. J. Christ, Free Methodist Church.

Gilbert Berdine was born Gilbert Mushrush, the son of Francis and Hattie Mae (Berdine) Mushrush. Gilbert was living 1930 in the home of his maternal grandfather George N. Berdine (1863-1950) in Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. It appears Gilbert was raised or adopted and took the name Berdine and married his widowed cousin, Laura Berdine DeBold.

From the Indiana Death Certificate of Gilbert M. Berdine, husband of Laura F. Berdine, born 12 April 1909 in Hebron, Indiana, parents unknown; died 22 Oct 1947 in Calumet Township, Lake County and was buried in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Laura F. Berdine informant.

From the Indiana Death Certificate of Laura F. Berdine, widow, born 12 July 1909, dau. of Oliver & Gertrude (Gilson) Berdine; died 16 May 1978 in East Chicago, Lake County and was buried in Ridgelawn Cemetery, Gary. Charlotte M. Nimetzter, of Gary, informant.