Iris Wilks b. 6 Feb 1898 Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA d. 19 Dec 1965 Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1898 - 1965

Birth 6 Feb 1898 Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Gender Female

Died 19 Dec 1965 Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico, USA

Cause: heart attack

Person ID I373 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 08 Mar 2011

Father James Rufus Wilks, b. 30 May 1871, Taylor's Store, Franklin, Virginia, USA , d. 23 Oct 1951, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA

Mother Oddie Elizabeth Day, b. 19 Mar 1876, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA , d. 17 Sep 1952, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, USA

Married 2 Jan 1894 Auxvasse, Callaway, Missouri, USA

Marriage 50th Wedding Anniversary

Family ID F116 Group Sheet

Family 1 Thomas Louis Finn, d. Yes, date unknown

Married 1921 East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA

Children

	1. Virginia Elizabeth Finn, b. 16 Dec 1923, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA , d. 10 Apr 1926, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA
>	2. Thomas Louis Finn, b. 11 Aug 1926, East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA , d. Nov 1994, , , Texas, USA

Last Modified 12 Sep 2009

Family ID F14348678 Group Sheet

Family 2 Merle Bost, d. Yes, date unknown

Married 1937 East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA

Last Modified 13 Sep 2009

Family ID F1139 Group Sheet

Photos		Wilks, Iris and Carson Carrington Iris Wilks and her nephew, (my uncle) Carson Wilks Carrington. Picture taken at Leo Wilks farm, Callaway Co., Missouri, abt. 1923. Iris Wilks was my grandAunt.
		Wilks, Iris Not sure of the date of this picture. Iris Wilks was my grandaunt, daughter of James Rufus Wilks and Oddie Day.
		Bost, Iris Wilks Finn Iris Wilks Finn Bost, 1898 - 1965, d/o James Rufus Wilks and Odie Elizabeth Day, she was my grandaunt. She married 1st Thomas Louis Finn & 2nd Merle Bost. Picture probably late 1940's.

Notes	Pat McCallister Notes: Iris was born in the log house - she died of a heart attack on a Sunday M: Merle Bost - twice - no children - but he had one from a previous marriage, Helen Bost Iris and Merle took in two foster children, Walter and Rock Smith, living in East St. Louis, Ill, in the 30s and 40s. Walter had a daughter Sandra Louise When Iris was a toddler, she fell out of the high chair and burned her face on the old black range. It left her scarred some. she wore her hair the same way - 1920s style - all her life, partly to cover the scar. She wore the bright red lipstick of the era also. Aunt Iris was always good to me and my family. She was a "shutterbug" and you see her shadow in a lot of pictures that she took. She followed her son, Tommy, to Hobbs, New Mexico and lived there from about 1950 - 1965. As a young woman, she went to East St. Louis to find work. She worked in a clothing factory. One of her jobs was to make patterns. She took the design and cut a pattern.

Event Map

Event

	Birth - 6 Feb 1898 - Bachelor, Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Married - 1921 - East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA
	Married - 1937 - East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, USA
	Died - Cause: heart attack - 19 Dec 1965 - Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico, USA

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