Name Info

James Collier SEARLS 1926-2018
Fathers:Cluett,BURTON,EDWIN,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119730
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............91y 10m 4d
Last-Marital...widowed
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......4
#Events........1
#Images:.......10
#Comments......1
#Siblings......2
#Children......4

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Cluett Clifford SEARLS, male, born:1899-02-22 Chatsworth, Sioux county, Iowa, died:1981-04-18 (82y 1m 27d) Postville, Allamakee county, Iowa, Dad:BURTON ORSON SEARLS, Mom:MAE FRANCES MOORE, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:4
  2. Parent: Leona Mae Collier, female, born:1896-04-21 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, died:1963-11-05 (67y 6m 15d) Postville, Allamakee county, Iowa, Dad:Tom Collier, Mom:Anna Ward, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
  3. Sibling: Joan Kathleen SEARLS, female, born:1923-06-22 Iowa, died:1966-2013 (42y 6m 10d) , Dad:Cluett Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Leona Mae Collier, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5
  4. Sibling: Richard Moore SEARLS, male, born:1933-06-14 Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota, died:1976-06-13 (42y 11m 30d) Ames, Story county, Iowa, Dad:Cluett Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Leona Mae Collier, #M:1, #SrcDocs:4

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1947-12-21 Evanston, Cook county, Illinois
  2. Spouse: Mary Helen Eberling, female, born:1927-04-13 Postville, Allamakee county, Iowa, died:1960-2017 (32y 8m 19d) , Dad:Harold Eberling, Mom:Pearl Meier, #SrcDocs:1
  3. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:James Collier SEARLS, Mom:Mary Helen Eberling, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:3
  4. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:James Collier SEARLS, Mom:Mary Helen Eberling, #SrcDocs:3
  5. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:James Collier SEARLS, Mom:Mary Helen Eberling, #SrcDocs:3
  6. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:James Collier SEARLS, Mom:Mary Helen Eberling, #SrcDocs:3

Events
Birth: 1926-08-22, Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota
Marry-intent: 1947-12-21, Age:21y 3m 29d, Evanston, Cook county, Illinois, Role:fiance, Original wedding invitation for Mary Eberling and Jim Searls to be held on Dec.21, 1947 in Evaston, Illinois., ImageID: S__0072
Married: 1947-12-21, Age:21y 3m 29d, Evanston, Cook county, Illinois, Role:groom, Original wedding invitation for Mary Eberling and Jim Searls to be held on Dec.21, 1947 in Evaston, Illinois. Original wedding invitation for Mary Eberling and Jim Searls to be held on Dec.21, 1947 in Evaston, Illinois.
Death: 2018-06-26, Age:91y 10m 4d, Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa
Obit: 2018-08-26, Age:92y 0m 4d, Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa, ImageID: S__0194
Education: between and 1966 , Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa, University of Iowa, Role:student, college, anatomy
Job: ?, Cedar Ridge, Linn county, Iowa, dentist
Job: ?, Cedar Ridge, Linn county, Iowa, teacher of anatomy

Places In
Iowa City, Johnson county, Iowa
Cedar Ridge, Linn county, Iowa
Evanston, Cook county, Illinois
Mitchell, Davison county, South Dakota

General 

Jim and Mary were neighbors starting at age seven.

Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0005 - Photo of Jim and Joan Searls
S__0036 - Photo of Family of Cluett and Leona Searls, Seventeen people
S__0037 - Photo of Family of Cluett and Leona Searls, Six adults
S__0059 - Photo of Evon J. Searls as Teenager
S__0083 - Photo of Christmas Card/picture of Jim Searls family Sent to Yvonne Wilson
S__0110 - Photo of Aunt Thora, Joan, Cluett, Dick and Jim Searls
S__0134 - Photo of 1997 Searls Cousins Reunion in Davenport, Iowa
S__0194 - Obituary of Jim Searls
W__0485 - Photo of Cousins Wilson and Searls

Sources
Edwin J. Searls Family record
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980
Letters from Jim Searls, Iowa City Iowa, 1992, 1994
Newell S. Moore Family record