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Edward Walter Berhow

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Edward Walter Berhow

Birth
Story County, Iowa, USA
Death
15 Aug 1967 (aged 78)
Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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He was born on the family Farm to Lewis and Esther Berhow. He was called Walter in some records. He had a 5th grade education.
Her married Mable Theresa Olson on Oct. 5, 1910 in Story County. He was a farmer, first in Huxley and then in Brookfield, Worth County. In 1930 census they list ten children:
1. Wesley, 19, born about 1911
2. Lowell Ellsworth, 17, born June 26, 1912
3. Ruby E., 16, born 29 Mar 1914
4. Grace Marsella (Donald Jack) Linder, 14, April 8, 1916 - 26 August 2003 in Columbia, South Carolina.
5. Marvin Willis, 12, born May 31, 1918, twin
6. Marjorie Florence, 12, born May 31, 1918, twin
7. Frances Arlene, 9, born Aug. 9, 1919 -February 1, 2014.
8. Betty, 7, born about 1923
9. Walter E. Jr., 4, born Nov. 22, 1925
10. Richard Lewis, 2, born Feb. 14, 1928
11. James Ronald Berhow, 1931–2013
Sometime after 1930 they moved to Huxley and from Huxley to Ames after 1935 with six of their youngest. He did odd jobs for the Iowa State College while his two daughters, Marjorie and Frances were maids for a private home.

His son Walter was "one of 325 known US Army servicemen to ever have been issued the Triple CIB. Service "in harms way on the battle field" in three different wars (WW2, Korea and Vietnam). Hand Salute to a rare American Hero." ~Lionel Francis Pinn, Jr. , Added: Sep. 5, 2016.
He was born on the family Farm to Lewis and Esther Berhow. He was called Walter in some records. He had a 5th grade education.
Her married Mable Theresa Olson on Oct. 5, 1910 in Story County. He was a farmer, first in Huxley and then in Brookfield, Worth County. In 1930 census they list ten children:
1. Wesley, 19, born about 1911
2. Lowell Ellsworth, 17, born June 26, 1912
3. Ruby E., 16, born 29 Mar 1914
4. Grace Marsella (Donald Jack) Linder, 14, April 8, 1916 - 26 August 2003 in Columbia, South Carolina.
5. Marvin Willis, 12, born May 31, 1918, twin
6. Marjorie Florence, 12, born May 31, 1918, twin
7. Frances Arlene, 9, born Aug. 9, 1919 -February 1, 2014.
8. Betty, 7, born about 1923
9. Walter E. Jr., 4, born Nov. 22, 1925
10. Richard Lewis, 2, born Feb. 14, 1928
11. James Ronald Berhow, 1931–2013
Sometime after 1930 they moved to Huxley and from Huxley to Ames after 1935 with six of their youngest. He did odd jobs for the Iowa State College while his two daughters, Marjorie and Frances were maids for a private home.

His son Walter was "one of 325 known US Army servicemen to ever have been issued the Triple CIB. Service "in harms way on the battle field" in three different wars (WW2, Korea and Vietnam). Hand Salute to a rare American Hero." ~Lionel Francis Pinn, Jr. , Added: Sep. 5, 2016.

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