Lucille May MESSAMER

1915 - 2004  (88 years)

• Name	Lucille May MESSAMER
  Birth	10 Apr 1915	Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Feb 2004	Ridge Manor, Hernando, Florida   [1]
  Burial	Florida Natl. Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter, Florida   [2]
  Siblings	7 brothers and 6 sisters
  + 1. Hazel Kathryn MESSAMER,   b. 6 Jan 1908, Colfax Township, Dallas, Iowa d. 16 Mar 2003, Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa  (Age 95 years) + 2. Ada Lois MESSAMER,   b. 17 May 1909, Dallas, Iowa d. 15 Sep 2003, Dallas Center, Dallas, Iowa  (Age 94 years)   3. David Lawrence MESSAMER,   b. 4 Apr 1911, Colfax Twp., Dallas, Iowa d. Jun 1918, Colfax Twp., Dallas, Iowa  (Age 7 years) + 4. James Maurice MESSAMER,   b. 2 Jul 1913, Colfax Twp., Dallas, Iowa d. 15 Jul 2002, Dallas, Iowa  (Age 89 years) + 5. Lucille May MESSAMER,   b. 10 Apr 1915, Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota d. 23 Feb 2004, Ridge Manor, Hernando, Florida  (Age 88 years)   6. Ralph MESSAMER,   b. 25 Jun 1916, Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota d. 28 Jun 1916, Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota  (Age 0 years) + 7. Theodore Roy MESSAMER, Jr.,   b. 11 Sep 1917, Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota d. 5 Dec 1995, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa  (Age 78 years) + 8. Jessie Irene MESSAMER,   b. 6 Oct 1919, Washington Township, Dallas, Iowa d. 19 Dec 2017, Greenfield, Adair, Iowa  (Age 98 years) + 9. Philip Howard MESSAMER,   b. 4 Nov 1920, Dallas, Iowa d. 20 Sep 2015, Russell, Iowa  (Age 94 years)   10. Robert Wayne MESSAMER,   b. 9 Oct 1921   d. 1 Nov 1921  (Age 0 years)   11. Martha Ruth MESSAMER,   b. 23 Jan 1923, Dallas Co., Iowa d. 26 Jan 1923, Dallas Co., Iowa  (Age 0 years) + 12. Mary Ellen MESSAMER,   b. 30 May 1924, Dallas Co., Iowa d. 18 Feb 2012, Johnston, Polk, Iowa  (Age 87 years) + 13. Fae Fern MESSAMER,   b. 10 Jun 1926, Colfax Twp., Dallas, Iowa d. 10 Jun 1993, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico  (Age 67 years) + 14. Charles Lloyd MESSAMER,   b. 13 Mar 1928, Sugar Groves, Dallas, Iowa d. 25 Feb 2018, Avon, Hendricks, Indiana  (Age 89 years)
  Person ID	I5141	bmds
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Theodore Roy MESSAMER,   b. 27 Jun 1883, Panther, Colfax, Iowa d. 31 Aug 1954, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Beulah Viola ZELLERS,   b. 15 Jan 1886, Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois d. 7 Feb 1973, Perry, Dallas, Iowa (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1995	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lovell Daniel DIDDY,   b. 17 Dec 1911, Iowa d. 25 Nov 2008, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1937	Panther Creek, Adel, Dallas, Iowa
  Age at Marriage	Lucille : 22 years old | Lovell : 25 years old.
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  	+ 1. Gary Lawrence DIDDY,   b. 1 Oct 1939 (Age 85 years) + 2. Kathleen Louise DIDDY,   b. 31 Jul 1944, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa d. 4 Feb 2018, Gainesville, Alachua, Florida (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F2023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Apr 1915 - Barnum, Carlton, Minnesota Marriage - 17 Aug 1937 - Panther Creek, Adel, Dallas, Iowa Death - 23 Feb 2004 - Ridge Manor, Hernando, Florida Burial - - Florida Natl. Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter, Florida
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Obituary. Lucille May Messamer Diddy, 88, died February 23, 2004 at home. She is survived by her husband, Lovell Diddy of Ridge Manor, FL; a son, Gary Diddy and his wife, Janet of Arvada, CO; a daughter, Kathleen Tomsen and her husband, Farol of Gainesville, FL; five grandchildren, Sara Diddy Colvard and her husband, John of Cumming, GA, Hugh Diddy of San Francisco, CA, Farol L. Tomson of Chicago, IL, Elizabeth Tomson Sergile and her husband, Alain of Alpharetta, GA, and Eric Tomson of Boston, MA; four great-grandchildren, Jake and Chloe Colvard of Cumming, GA, and Tessa and Sebastien Sergile of Alpharetta, GA; two brothers, Phillip of Adel, IA, and Charles of Indianapolis, IN; two sisters, Jessie Blomquist of Stuart, IA, and Mary Cunningham of Perry, IA.  She was born April 10, 1915 to T.R. and Beulah Messamer in Barnum, Minnesota. She graduated in 1932 from Osceola High School in Osceola, Iowa and in 1934 completed a two-year teaching degree at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. She taught country school near Adel, Iowa until her marriage to Lovell Diddy on August 17, 1937. In 1954, she returned to teaching and taught the fifth grade at Meservey (Iowa) Consolidated School and later taught social studies in high school and was the school librarian. She completed her B.A. degree at Drake University in 1956.  She was preceded in death by her parents; three brother, Lawrence, Maurice and Theodore, Jr; three sisters, Fay Mitchell, Hazel Price and Lois Robinson; and three infant siblings. [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 31997329.