Name Info

Dwight Clifford SEARLS 1900-1960
Fathers:EDWIN,GILBERT,DANIEL,JOHN,JOHN,ROBERT,ROBERT
Bo's oldest child Barb said that Cluett told her since Dwight was his uncle but was younger than Cluett, Cluett could not call him "uncle" so Cluett invented the nickname of "Bo" for his uncle. The name stuck.

Search.........Person
PAF-ID.........09119882
Gender.........male
Status.........deceased
Age............59y 10m 12d
Last-Marital...married
Fam-Group......SEARLS
Fam-ID.........SEARLS
Citizenship....US born
#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......7
#Events........1
#Images:.......5
#Comments......3
#Siblings......7
#Children......4

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......
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Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair.
Burial.........Logan Park Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, male, born:1850-03-29 Hinckley, Medina county, Ohio, died:1917-01-19 (66y 9m 21d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Anc:1, Dad:GILBERT SEARLS, Mom:ELIZABETH HALSTEAD, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:15
  2. Parent: MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, female, born:1858-02-08 Garden Grove, Decatur county, Iowa, died:1945-12-27 (87y 10m 19d) Saint Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, Anc:1, Dad:GEORGE LAFFAETTE DOUGLASS, Mom:ELIZABETH ANN METIER, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:7
  3. Sibling: BURTON ORSON SEARLS, male, born:1876-09-15 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:1946-09-29 (70y 0m 14d) Yankton, Yankton county, South Dakota, Anc:1, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:10
  4. Sibling: Harvey E. SEARLS, male, born:1879-12-29 White Swan, Charles Mix county, South Dakota, died:1923-02-21 (43y 1m 23d) Westside, Crawford county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:7
  5. Sibling: Adell SEARLS, female, born:1882-01-01 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1882-02-08 (0y 1m 7d) Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #SrcDocs:3
  6. Sibling: George Douglas SEARLS, male, born:1883-12-06 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1918-11-17 (34y 11m 11d) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:5
  7. Sibling: Ethel S. SEARLS, female, born:1886-03-15 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1931-02-20 (44y 11m 5d) De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  8. Sibling: Jessie Jeanette SEARLS, female, born:1888-09-28 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1973-03-06 (84y 5m 6d) Doylestown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:1, #SrcDocs:6
  9. Sibling: Nell SEARLS, female, born:1896-07-18 Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa, died:1946-1986 (49y 5m 14d) , Dad:EDWIN JAMES SEARLS, Mom:MARY LOUISE DOUGLASS, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:6

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1925-07-05 Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota
  2. Spouse: Gladys Theresa Masteller, female, born:1902-08-25 Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, died:1976-03-16 (73y 6m 19d) Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Dad:Charles Masteller, Mom:Minnie Yeager, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:4
  3. ..Child: Barbara Jane SEARLS, female, born:1927-04-17 Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, died:1981-2017 (53y 8m 15d) , Dad:Dwight Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Gladys Theresa Masteller, #SrcDocs:3
  4. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:Dwight Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Gladys Theresa Masteller, #SrcDocs:3
  5. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:Dwight Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Gladys Theresa Masteller, #SrcDocs:3
  6. ..Child: (private), born:(private), died:(private), Dad:Dwight Clifford SEARLS, Mom:Gladys Theresa Masteller, #SrcDocs:4

Events
Birth: 1900-08-06, Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Livedin: 1917-1960, Age:16y 4m 26d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, 735 38th Street, lived here at the time of his death
Job: 1919 , Age:18y 4m 26d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:manager, auto mechanic, expert auto mechanic He worked there for forty years and eventually became the manager. He was responsible for over 100 mechanics.
Married: 1925-07-05, Age:24y 10m 29d, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota, Role:groom
Death: 1960-06-18, Age:59y 10m 12d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, heart attack
Education: ?, Role:student, eighth grade education
Job: between and 1919 , Iowa, As a young man, he worked with his nephew Cluett (who was older than he).
Burial: ?, De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, Logan Park Cemetery

Places In
Akron, Plymouth county, Iowa
Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa
De Smet, Kingsbury county, South Dakota
Sioux Falls, Minnehaha county, South Dakota

General 

Bo was very gifted with his hands. If he needed a tool and didn't own it, he would make it himself.
 

According to Cluett Searls, Bo always drove fine cars.

Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
S__0105 - Photo of Edwin J. and Mary L. (Douglass) Searls and Their Seven Children
S__0129 - Photo of Irvin Goodwin and Searls Brothers Burt, Harvey, George and Dwight
S__0130 - Photo of Mary Elizabeth 'Libbie' (Searls) Adams
S__0131 - Photo of Dwight and Gladys Searls
S__0133 - Photo of Family of Dwight and Gladys Searls with Four Kids

Sources
Dwight Searls obituary, Sioux City Iowa, 1960
Edwin J. Searls Family record
Letter from Florence Kerr, Sioux City Iowa, 1989
Letter from Florence Kerr, Sioux City Iowa, 1996
Letters from Barbara Dyer, 1996-1997
Letters from Cluett Searls, Postville Iowa, 1980
Mary Douglass Searls obituary, Akron Iowa, 1945