Harry William Marks Jr.

Last updated 4 Nov 2023 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: 23 Mar 1934

Died: 6 Nov 2014

Father: Harry William Marks (1908 – 2005)

Mother: Selma Ruby Hanson (1913 – 2008)

Supporting evidence for:

name

interview-loretta-spear-2006: Email conversation with Loretta Pearl (Johnson) Spear, 19 Aug 2006, includes physical notes sent by mail; privately held

Reference Detail: Image #3.

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Harry [Marks] Jr.).

marker-harry-shirley-marks-2014-2015: Gravestone of Harry W. Marks, Jr. (2014) and Shirley A. Marks (2015); Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 4 Nov 2023), memorial IDs 189019465 (Harry) and 189019430 (Shirley), photograph uploaded 20 Apr 2018 by Little Orange in the Big Apple to both memorials; citing “Mount Vernon Memorial Park (Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA)”

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Harry W. Marks Jr.)

obituary-james-hughes-2019: Obituary for James Arthur “Jim” Hughes (2019); “James Arthur Hughes (Jim),” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 26 Mar 2022), image “United States ⟩ California ⟩ Palm Springs ⟩ The Desert Sun ⟩ 2019 ⟩ August ⟩ 25 Aug 2019, Sun ⟩ Main Edition” page A16; citing “The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California), 26 Aug 2019 (Sunday), page 16A, column 1”

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Harry Marks II).

obituary-nancy-dyer-2020: Obituary for Nancy Ann Dyer (2020); Tribute Archive (https://www.tributearchive.com: accessed 4 Nov 2023); archived from “Click Funeral Home (Lenoir City, Tennessee)”

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Harry William Marks Jr).

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birth

interview-{private}-2020: Email conversation with {private}, 18-21 Jun 2020; privately held

Reference Detail: Message #3.

Comment Detail: Source includes date (1934).

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Mar. 23, 1934).

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death

interview-{private}-2020: Email conversation with {private}, 18-21 Jun 2020; privately held

Reference Detail: Message #3.

Comment Detail: Source notes fact of death.

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Nov. 6, 2014).

obituary-nancy-dyer-2020: Obituary for Nancy Ann Dyer (2020); Tribute Archive (https://www.tributearchive.com: accessed 4 Nov 2023); archived from “Click Funeral Home (Lenoir City, Tennessee)”

Comment Detail: Source notes Harry William Marks Jr. died before Nancy Ann Marks (before December 2, 2020).

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father

interview-loretta-spear-2006: Email conversation with Loretta Pearl (Johnson) Spear, 19 Aug 2006, includes physical notes sent by mail; privately held

Reference Detail: Image #3.

Comment Detail: Source identifies Harry [Marks], Jr. as a child of Harry Marks. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

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mother

interview-loretta-spear-2006: Email conversation with Loretta Pearl (Johnson) Spear, 19 Aug 2006, includes physical notes sent by mail; privately held

Reference Detail: Image #3.

Comment Detail: Source identifies Harry [Marks], Jr. as a child of Selma [Marks]. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

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Family

Spouse/Partner: Shirley Ann ____ (1939 – 2015)

Married: ?

Supporting evidence for:

marriage

interview-loretta-spear-undated: Notes from conversation with Loretta Pearl (Johnson) Spear, unrecorded date; privately held

Comment Detail: Source notes fact of marriage.

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Child: {private}

Child: Nancy Ann Marks (1962 – 2020)

Child: {private}

Miscellaneous Facts

Events

Burial: at Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, United States

Cemetery: Mount Vernon Memorial Park at Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, United States

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events

Comment Detail: Source implicitly includes cemetery location (Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).

Comment Detail: Source implicitly includes cemetery name (Mount Vernon Memorial Park) and location (Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).

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Attributes

Religion: Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

Occupation: co-pastor of St. Paul's First Lutheran Church at North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States

Supporting evidence for:

attributes

periodical-st-pauls-church-holds-installation-1970: “St. Paul’s Church Holds Installation of New Co-Pastor,” news story; Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 26 Mar 2022) ⟩ “United States ⟩ California ⟩ Van Nuys ⟩ Valley News ⟩ 1970 ⟩ 10 ⟩ 16” page 29; citing “The Valley News and Valley Green Sheet (Van Nuys, California), 16 Oct 1970 (Friday), page 29-A, column 3”

Comment Detail: Source notes that Harry was authorized as a church co-paster by the president of the Southern California District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

Comment Detail: Source notes installation of Rev. Harry William Marks Jr. as a co-pastor of St. Paul's First Lutheran Church, North Hollywood [, California].

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General Notes and Anecdotes

Harry was a minister in the Lutheran Church, and conducted the funeral services for Hattie Swanson, his (half) grandmother. [memorialcard-hattie-marks-1973, interview-{private}-2007-a, interview-loretta-spear-undated]

He also performed the marriage ceremony between James Hughes and Harry's sister, Nancy Marks, in 1963. [obituary-james-hughes-2019]

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general notes

interview-loretta-spear-undated: Notes from conversation with Loretta Pearl (Johnson) Spear, unrecorded date; privately held

(no additional information)

interview-{private}-2007-a: Email conversation with {private}, 18-21 Jun 2007; privately held

Reference Detail: Message #6.

memorialcard-hattie-marks-1973: Memorial card (funeral program) for Hattie Marks (1973); photocopy, privately held

(no additional information)

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

FOLLOWUP

In 1960, Rev. Harry W. Marks and his wife Shirley A were living in Seattle, Washington. He was employed as the vicar fo Hope Lutheran Church. (Ancestry database U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, path "Washington ⟩ Seattle ⟩ 1960 ⟩ Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960", image 533, 7th entry up from the bottom of column 3 on the left-hand page.

Sources

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