Floyd was born in 1929 on the family farm west of Albert City, Iowa, He graduated from Albert City High School. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and was on the football team there. The football coach at Morningside was George Herbert Allen (1918-1990) the future NFL coach. He graduated from Morningside in 1951.
In Sioux City Floyd met Jane Louise Talley (1929-1974), They married 23 February 1952, They moved to a farm near Webb, Iowa. He was drafted into the U. S. Army in January, 1953. He received a medical discharge in May 1953.
After his discharge from the army Floyd and family moved to Omaha, Nebraska where he started his career with the retail company Neisner Brothers. During his career with Neisner's He worked in Omaha, Nebraska, Chicago, Illinois, San Antonio, Texas, Lynchburg, Virgina, Ferndale, Michigan, Tallahassee, Florida, Avon Park, Florida, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, and Oneida, New York. After his career at Neisner's he worked for Prudential Insurance.
Floyd's first wife Jane died 13 February 1974 in Oneida. He married Rosemary Simmonds 14 June 1975. After his retirement Floyd and Rosemary spent several winters in Myrtle Beach. He spent the last months of his life in Colonial Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Rome, New York.
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Born
March 11, 1929.
Fairfield, Buena Vista County, Iowa, USA. [10][11][12][13][14][15]
11 Mar 1929.
Albert City, Buena Vista, Iowa, USA.
Found multiple copies of birth date. Using March 11, 1929
Residence
1950
Sioux City, Iowa, USA. [16][17]
1993
Oneida, NY. [18]
Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son.
1930
Fairfield, Buena Vista, Iowa, USA. [19]
1954
Omaha, Nebraska, USA. [20]
1960
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. [21]
1935
Fairfield, Buena Vista, Iowa. [22]
Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son.
1940
Fairfield, Buena Vista, Iowa, USA. [23]
Baptism:
29 Mar 1928.
Religious Confirmation: Our Saviors Lutheran Church.
28 May 1944.
Albert City, Buena Vista, Iowa, USA.
Marriage
Husband @P9@.
Wife @P8@.
Child: @P19@.
Child: @P7@.
Child: @P20@.
Child: @P17@.
Child: @P18@.
Marriage
18 Oct 1926.
Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota, USA. [24][25]
Sources
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Personal recollection of events witnessed by Donald Lindgren as remembered 12 Aug 2018.
↑ Source: #S1518664769 South Dakota Department of Health; Pierre, South Dakota; South Dakota Marriage Records, 1905-2016
↑ Source: #S1525407741 Archives of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Elk Grove Village, IL, USA; Swedish American Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials; Parish: Our Saviors Lutheran Church; ELCA Film Number: A198(1+2); SSIRC Film Number: A198
Source: S1517718472 Repository: #R1501018078 1940 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Repository: R1501018078 Ancestry.com
Source: S1518661918 Repository: #R1501018078 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Source: S1518662038 Repository: #R1501018078 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
Source: S1518663249 Repository: #R1501018078 Iowa, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1999 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Source: S1518664451 Repository: #R1501018078 U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Source: S1518664586 Repository: #R1501018078 U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1990 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
"Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8P-XY7G : 8 April 2021), Floyd Burdette Lindgren, 11 Mar 1929; citing Birth, Fairfield Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNF-K87 : accessed 24 November 2022), Floyd Lundgren in household of Eben C Lundgren, Fairfield, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 2B, line 58, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 645; FHL microfilm 2,340,380.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTC-G36 : 6 January 2021), Floyd Lindgren in household of A E C Lindgren, Fairfield Township, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-8, sheet 2A, line 21, family 25, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1143.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246040276/floyd-burdette-lindgren: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Floyd Burdette Lindgren (11 Mar 1929–24 Nov 2022), Find a Grave Memorial ID 246040276, citing Grove Cemetery, Verona, Oneida County, New York, USA; Maintained by Donald Lindgren (contributor 49290580).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246076849/floyd-burdette-lindgren: accessed 26 February 2023), memorial page for Floyd Burdette Lindgren (11 Mar 1929–24 Nov 2022), Find a Grave Memorial ID 246076849, citing Fairfield Cemetery, Albert City, Buena Vista County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Donald Lindgren (contributor 49290580).
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