William Richard Bredengerd (1925 - 2008)

Born 30 Sep 1925 in Salina, Kansas [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 11 Jan 2008 at age 82 in Murray, Utah

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Biography

Bill was the fourth of five sons of Joseph and Garnett Bredengerd. He was born in Kansas and grew up^[1]and attended school in Salina.^[2]

According to his obituary,^[3] he served in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theatre in World War II. He married Dixie Lee Cross in Grant, Nebraska, in 1948.^[4]

Bill received military technical training in sheet metal and well drilling. He was working in a tin shop in Imperial, Nebraska, in 1950.^[5]. He later worked as a sheet and metal contractor and owned his own well drilling company.

He had been living in Wendover, Utah at the time of his death at age 82. He was survived by four sons.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X774-TDQ : accessed 26 April 2015), William R Bredengerd in household of Joseph N Bredengerd, Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 1A, family 7, line 24, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 719; FHL microfilm 2,340,454.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-27755-1554-40?cc=2000219 : accessed 26 April 2015), Kansas > Saline > Salina City, Salina, Ward 3 > 85-23 Salina City Ward 3 bounded by (N) Spruce, Baker, Walnut; (E) 11th, South, 11th; (S) Prescott Av; (W) city limits > image 2 of 34; citing NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012).
3. ↑ William Richard Bredengerd at Find A Grave #24598088
4. ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q298-J27B : 18 January 2020), Garnett M. Divers in entry for William Richard Bredengerd, 13 May 1948; citing Marriage, Grant, Perkins, Nebraska, United States, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln; FHL microfilm 1,994,961.
5. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F7T-VS68 : Fri Sep 08 09:19:44 UTC 2023), Entry for William R Bredengerd and Dixie L Bredengerd, April 21, 1950.