Mr. Dean W. Sturges, 76, of D’Iberville, MS, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009, in Gulfport. Mr. Sturges was born in Slayton, Minnesota, and had been a resident of D’Iberville for the past 32 years. He was a retired U.S. Air Force Veteran who served during the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. He was a member, Post Commander and Quarter Master of VFW Post 6731 of D’Iberville.
Mr. Sturges was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Sturges; son, Michael Sturges; and parents, Russell and Irene Sturges. Survivors include his daughters, Christina Sturges, Cherrie Griffin, Tammy Prevost, Lynn Breaux and Denise LaVoie; sons, Stephen Sturges, Bruce McClure and Christopher Sturges; sister, Bonnie Noding; brothers, David Sturges, Leroy Sturges, Jerry Sturges and Terry Sturges; twenty grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Visitation is Wednesday, May 20, 2009, from 5 until 8 p.m. at Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home, Howard Avenue in Biloxi. Funeral services are 10 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery.
David L. Sturges, 69, of Greenwood, IN, formally of Valparaiso, IN, died June 16, 2009 at St. Frances Hospital South Campus. He was born Nov. 8, 1939 in Slayton, MN, a son of Russell and Marion (Nelsen) Sturges. He married Judy Kauzlarich on December 28, 1965. She survives.
Other survivors include 3 daughters; Sharon Sturges of Greenwood, Susan Howard (husband Rex) of Bloomington, and Sonja McLain (husband Joe) of Indianapolis, 3 brothers; Leroy Sturges (wife Sue) of Ames, IA, Terry Sturges (wife Jeane) of Brooklyn Park, MN, and Jerry Sturges (wife Jenny) of Parker, CO; 1 sister, Bonnie Noding (husband Louis) of Phoenix, AZ, and 7 grandchildren; Nicholas Sturges (wife Melissa), Russell Sturges, David Sturges, Curtis Howard, Andrew McLain, Callie Sturges, and Charlie McLain. He is preceded in death by his parents and 1 brother, Dean Sturges.
Mr Sturges grew up in Currie, MN, attended and graduated from Tracy High School in Tracy, MN. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the United States Army. He was the coach, manager and officer at South Haven Little League. He enjoyed gardening, bowling, photography, golfing, and his family, especially his children and grandchildren.
Services will be held on Sat. June 20, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service and Crematory, Greenwood Chapel, 481 W. Main St., Greenwood, IN. Visitation will be Friday evening at the funeral home from 5-9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Cure PSP, Executive Plaza III, 11350 McCormick Road Suite 906, Hunt Valley, MD 21031. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.wilsonstpierre.com.
This site is dedicated to my parents - Russell Miles Sturges and Marion Irene Nelsen - whose pictures you see at right. It has grown, however, to include all ancestors and descendants of my grandparents - Miles William Sturges, Leila Loretta Minor, Ned Peter Nelsen, and Anna Hansina Busk - as well as all ancestors and descendants of my wife's grandparents - Frank Pitts Cooper, Anna Mae Harphant, John Peter Frank, and Mary Loretta O'Connor. If you are interested in more information on one of these families, please click on the appropriate link...
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Many thanks to those of you who have written to give me new or corrected information. As always, I welcome any corrections or additional information (including pictures) that you would like to see here. Or if you would like to write a "History/Biography" for one of the families on this site, I would be happy to post it.
Because of the growing problem with identity theft, it is not a good idea to make too much personal information available to the whole world (by posting it on these web pages). Therefore, as in the past, I have not posted birth dates and places or marriage dates and places for living individuals.
I use Ancestral Quest (Version 12, 2007) as my preferred genealogy program. I also have Family Tree Maker (Version 9, 2001) and an early version of Personal Ancestral File. I can also write GEDCOM files for use in other genealogy programs or I can create custom reports in ".pdf" (Adobe Acrobat) format. If you are a member of one of the families posted on this site and would like to have more information, please write to me (see the email link at the bottom of the page).
| Thanks to the following cousins for providing information: | Harry Cleveland Harold B. Crapo Sharlene DeBoer Martha El-Maguid Mike Ferguson Neil Franz Rich Froke |
Rachel Hanson Bill & Jo Jones Jack Martin Marianne Meister Alan James Minor Corky Minor Louis H. Noding |
Phillip Rowe Gary Sanow Vidette Marie Sanow Leland R. Strom Jacquelyn Sturges Lisa Sturges Donna Minor Tesch |
| I apologize if I left someone out. If you provided me information but I did not include your name and you want it posted here, please write to me (see the email link at the bottom of the page). |
Also, check out our other sites ... If you have old photos that need repair or touch up or would just like to get them reprinted, try Lighthouse Photo Repair. A web site dedicated to those who graduated from Cedarville High School, Cedarville, Ohio, between 1936 and 1969 - Cedarville High School Memories. |