Rowena Lois Patrick was born in 1918 in Missouri, USA. She was the daughter of John D Patrick and his second wife. She had a half-sister named Johnanna Patrick. She lived in Kelly, Cooper, Missouri in 1920, and in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri in 1930 and 1940. During World War II, she enlisted in the Womens Army Corps on September 5, 1942 as a aviation cadet. She married Henry Washington Wyse on March 1, 1940 in Jackson, Kansas City, Missouri. They had a son named David Wyse, who was born on September 10, 1942. Rowena Lois Patrick died on November 21, 1943 in Tulsa, Tulsas County, Oklahoma at the age of 25. She was buried in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
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1920 United States Federal Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Kelly, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: T625_914; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 76 Ancestry Record 6061 #78305447
1930 United States Federal Census: Year: 1930; Census Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0042; FHL microfilm: 2340929 Ancestry Record 6224 #8001906
Missouri, U.S., Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985: Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Jackson County Marriage Records, 1840-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Marriage Records. Jackson County Clerk, Kansas City, Missouri. Ancestry Record 8700 #900667878
U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 00141; Reel: 14 Ancestry Record 8939 #88487
Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73812951/rowena-l-wyse: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for Rowena L. Wyse (1918–21 Nov 1943), Find A Grave: Memorial #73812951, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Curtis Huffman (contributor 47525976).
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