Norma Jean Luman and James Selwyn Gay
JAMES SELWYN GAY, son of LOUISE FRISTOE and SELWYN GAY, was born October 18, 1927 in St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri,4532 and died March 19, 2000 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.4532, 8606
He married NORMA JEAN LUMAN in 1948 in Lancaster County, Nebraska.8895 She was born December 28, 1929 in Denison, Crawford, Iowa,6759 and died January 7, 1962 in Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa.456 She is buried in Farragut Cemetery, Fremont County, Iowa.456
Personal Information
James S. Gay
- graduated from Essex High School, Page County, Iowa, 19468606
- was a high school teacher8606
- was a member of the Nobles County Historical Society8606
- was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Worthington, Minnesota. 8606
Obituaries
Fairbury Daily News, January 8, 196212970
Former Fairbury Resident Killed In Car Wreck
A former Fairbury resident, Mrs. James Gay, 32, was one of three persons killed in an Iowa car wreck over the weekend. Mrs. Gay was accompanying an Iowa family who was taking to children to a Beatrice hospital. The two children were also killed.
Reports indicated that Mrs. Gay was going to come on to Fairbury and visit friends. Mr. Gay taught at the Fairbury High School up until 1958. They now make their home in Washington, Iowa.
Bob Fristoe of Fairbury is a cousin of Mrs. Gay's husband. Friends in Fairbury thought that the family would visit at Christmas time and apparently the woman was enroute to Fairbury to visits when the accident occurred.
Funeral services for Norma Jean Gay will be held in the Presbyterian Church at Worthington on Tuesday with burial Wednesday at Faragut, Iowa.
Argus-Leader, March 21, 20008606
James Gay
Worthington, Minn. — James S. Gay, 72 died Sunday, March 19, 2000, at the Centennial Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls.
He was born Oct. 18, 1927, in St. Joseph, Mo. He grew up and attended school in Essex, Iowa, graduating from Essex High School in 1946. He joined the Army and served in Japan during the U.S. occupation. He attended the University of Nebraska after his discharge.
He married Norma Jean Luman in 1948. The couple lived in Fairbury, Neb., where he taught high school. They moved to Worthington in 1957, where he taught social studies for 32 years. His wife died in 1962.
He married Sharon Jones on June 9, 1963, in Bellvue, Neb. The couple made their home in Worthington. He retired in 1990 but continued to teach driver's education and served as Court Visitor for Judge Flynn.
He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Worthington, where he taught Sunday school. He was also a member of the Nobles County Historical Society, the Housing Authority Board and the City Council for eight years.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon; three sons, J.L. of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., Stephen of New York, and Kent of Minneapolis; two daughters, Janet Bryan of Sioux Falls, and Heather Gay of Plymouth, Minn.; and six grandchildren.
Memorial services begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Worthington.
Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in St. Paul.
Lynch-Dingmann Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Worthington is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to the Nobles County Historical Society, Sioux Valley Hospice or Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| April 4, 19308607 | St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri |
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| April 8, 19403854 | Essex, Page, Iowa |
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