The Ancestors and Cousins of Tracy Lynn DeVault

Ethel Aleta Scott¹

F, #37851

Family: Gilbert Willard Overlin

Son	Elbert Paul Overlin+ (b. 11 June 1917, d. 4 April 2000)
Son	Gilbert Junior Overlin+ (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)

BASIC FACTS

Ethel Aleta Scott had reference number 38153.

Citations

[S6587] Genealogy prepared by Lillie Riney (email address)

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Olive Ruth DeVault¹

F, #37852, b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984

Parents

Father	Edward Monroe DeVault (b. 6 January 1897, d. 7 February 1958)
Mother	Ethel Agnes Higens (b. 1 December 1902, d. 22 February 1970)

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Family: Gilbert Junior Overlin (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)

Son	Curtis Allen Overlin
Son	Lyle Gilbert Overlin
Son	Russell Lee Overlin
Son	Scott Dean Overlin
Daughter	Janet Marie Overlin+

BASIC FACTS

Olive Ruth DeVault was born on 22 October 1929 in Fort Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.¹ She and Gilbert Junior Overlin were married on 13 January 1951 in Mitchellville, Polk Co., Iowa.¹ She died on 4 May 1984, at age 54, in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.^2,3 She was buried in Mitchellville Cemetery, Mitchellville, Polk Co., Iowa.²

Olive Ruth DeVault had reference number 38154. She resided in Lived most of her life in Des Moines or Mitchelville, Iowa (obituary.)⁴ She was a Bookkeeper - Trailmobile Inc. (obituary.)⁴ She was a life-long resident of Mitchellville, Iowa.

OBITUARY - The Des Moines Register; Des Moines, Iowa; Monday, May 7, 1984; First Edition; Page 13

OLIVE OVERLIN
Services for Olive Overlin, 54, of rural Mitchelville, who died of a heart ailment Saturday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mitchelville Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Mitchellville Cemetery.
Mrs. Overlin lived in Des Moines most of her life and worked as a bookkeeper for Trailmobile Inc. She was a member of the Mitchellville Christian Church.
Survivors include her husband, Gilbert; four sons, Curtis of Colfax and Lyle, Russell anScott, all of Mitchellville; a daughter, Janet Gatrost of Altoona; a sister Dorthy Overlin of Mitchellville; a brother, Leonard DeVault of Oklahoma; and a grandchild [Amanda Gatrost].
The family suggests that any memorial contributions be made to the Mitchellville Christian Church Building Fund.
Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the Mitchellville Funeral Home.

GRAVE MARKER

GILBERT J. OLIVE RUTH
OVERLIN DeVAULT
JUNE 14, 1925 OVERLIN
JAN. 28, 2007 OCT. 22, 1929
MAY 5, 1984.

Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009
[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S6187] Genealogy prepared by Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox (Ancestry.com)
[S11479] Obituary - Olive Ruth (DeVault) Overlin

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Gilbert Junior Overlin¹

M, #37853, b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007

Parents

Father	Gilbert Willard Overlin
Mother	Ethel Aleta Scott

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Family: Olive Ruth DeVault (b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984)

Son	Curtis Allen Overlin
Son	Lyle Gilbert Overlin
Son	Russell Lee Overlin
Son	Scott Dean Overlin
Daughter	Janet Marie Overlin+

BASIC FACTS

Gilbert Junior Overlin was born on 14 June 1925 in Fairburn, South Dakota.^2,3,4 He and Olive Ruth DeVault were married on 13 January 1951 in Mitchellville, Polk Co., Iowa.¹ He and Naomi Lee Wright were married in 1985.⁵ He died on 28 January 2007, at age 81, in Mitchellville, Polk Co., Iowa.^5,4 He died on 1 February 2007, at age 81.²

Gilbert Junior Overlin had reference number 38155. His Social Security Number was 481-34-8464, issued: Iowa, last residence: Mitchelville, Polk Co., Iowa. He was enumerated on the census in Custer County, South Dakota (1930.) World War II, U.S. Navy.⁶ BIOGRAPHY - Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox wrote about her father

Gilbert Junior Overlin was born the seventh of eight children to Gilbert Willard Overlin and Ethel Aleta Scott on June 14, 1925, in Fairburn, South Dakota. I imagine they were poor, as most people during the depression years were. He and his younger sister graduated the same year (1944) because they held my dad back so his sister, Bessie Beryl, didn't have to go to school alone. Pictures show he had unruly curly hair that practically stood straight up. He had blue, blue eyes and a funny little chuckle of a laugh.
He joined the Navy after graduation, and was in Chicago. His father encouraged him and helped him learn the Morse Code so he wouldn't have to go on the battle field. He lost his brother, Floyd James (James was what he actually went by), in WWII, and I believe he wanted to go and get one of the Japs for his brother's life. This is written in some of my dad's personal items. He did learn the Morse Code, and worked in communications in the Navy. He was only in for maybe 2 years. His older brother, Elbert Paul, had came to Iowa before him, and he met my mother's sister, Dorothy Louise DeVault, and they were married in 1946. My mother, Olive Ruth DeVault, appears to have dated my father for about 7 to 8 years before they were married. I assume Elbert introduced them, and the rest was history. They married on January 13, 1951.
Their first son was born on December 9, 1951: Curtis Allen Overlin, February 7, 1953 brought Lyle Gilbert Overlin, September 23, 1954 brought Russell Lee Overlin, December 28, 1956 brought Scott Dean Overlin, and last but not least, I came on May 31, 1959. (Janet Marie Overlin)
We lived in Valeria, Iowa, until I was about nine months old, and then moved in with our Grandmother as Grandfather had died in February 1958 (Edward Monroe DeVault), and my dad helped farm the land. We then lived in rural Mitchellville, Iowa, in Grandma's house until December of 1969. My mom and dad purchased a 40 acre farm from Jack and Doris Reynold's just to the SW of Grandma's place. My mom always wanted a house with a fireplace, and I think since she was born and raised in that same area, she knew that house, and wanted it. They paid $40,000 for it, and my dad paid it off as soon as he could because he didn't want to pay the banker's interest. He sold every piece of livestock he had to pay off the mortgage. My dad did not like to owe anyone money, or lend anyone money, or pay interest. If he couldn't afford to buy something, he saved for it and paid cash. He was very private about his finances. Mom, on the other hand, loved to spend money. She always had dresses, shoes, and purses that I played with when I was little. High heel shoes that I wouldn't dream of wearing now were plentiful in her closet. I also inherited her love of sweets and chocolate.
Dad started making home brew in the 70's and also grew a beard for the bicentennial. Mom hated both. He also made jams and jellies. He would take his home brew around at Christmas time to neighbors, the CO-OP guys, and also to the bank. Many looked forward to his gifts, and others were detested by it, but I think they graciously accepted the wine, but probably poured it out later.
Mom died May 5, 1984, of a second heart attack. She had had one previously in April of 1978. Dad was lonely and began trying to date over the WHO radio station. Russell lived at home at this time mostly, he had job after job, and mostly drove semis. He also tried his luck at the dating game. He and Scott never really had a interest in girls. Dad dated several women, but none seemed to be the right one. I think he was just so devastated by Mom's death that he would never find another like her. He deeply regretted some of the ways he treated her but didn't realize how much he loved her until it was too late. He remarried in 1986 and was married to Naomi Lee Wright Lawr until their deaths in January 2007. Naomi was an over-bearing woman that drove Russell crazy. Dad never stuck up for him, and hate grew for the both of them. Russell always had trouble keeping a job, every since he was a teen ager. Mom helped him when she could. He tried lots of business endeavors, but he failed at all of them.
Russell reached his breaking point a few years ago (today is 10-08-2007) and decided the only way out for him was to kill Naomi and our dad. He did this on January 28, 2007, at Dad's farm right as they got home from church. He beat them to death with an aluminum baseball bat and dumped their bodies in a cistern in the back yard. They weren't discovered until Feb. 1st, and then all Hell broke loose. He had left the state and wasn't found until Feb. 9th. We buried Dad and Naomi on Feb. 7th, Lyle's birthday. IT WAS COLD!!!
Lyle was going through his own personal problems at this time. He had been accused of and admitted to some degree of child molestation of his own adopted children. He turned himself in to the police the following week after family left. His ordeal had been going on since about the year 2000.
Russell is serving two life sentences in Iowa's State Penitentiary at Anamosa. Lyle is serving 45 years at the Oakdale Classification Center near Coralville, Iowa.

OBITUARY - Des Moines Register, February 06, 2007, page 5-B,

GILBERT J. OVERLIN
Mitchellville, Iowa
GILBERT J. OVERLIN, 81, died Thursday, February 1, 2007, at his home. Funeral services will be held Noon Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at Berean Assembly of God Church, 5225 Maple Drive, with burial at MITCHELLVILLE CEMETERY, Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m. with family present from 5 to 8 p.m. at Hamilton's Mitchellville Funeral Home, 303 Center Avenue South.
Gilbert was born on June 14, 1925 to GILBERT W. & ALETA OVERLIN. He was raised and graduated from High School in Fairburn, South Dakota. He served his country in the U S Navy during WORLD WAR II. Gilbert was united in marriage to OLIVE RUTH DeVAULT on January 13, 1951, in Mitchellville, Iowa. He was later united in marriage to NAOMI WRIGHT in 1985. He was a member Methodist Church in Mitchellville, Iowa. Gilbert farmed in the Colfax/Mitchellville, Iowa area for many years; He enjoyed playing his fiddle and playing horseshoes.
Gilbert is survived by CHILDREN: Curtis (Cheryl) OVERLIN; Lyle (Janet) OVERLIN; Russell OVERLIN; Scott OVERLIN; Janet (John) WILCOX; GRANDCHILDREN: Andrew; Matthew; Merrill; Tony; Christina; Anjie; Amanda; Julie; Karissa; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: Zachary; Lucas; and Kalea; several STEP-CHILDREN and STEP-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER: Edgar OVERLIN; SISTER: Lela GORSUCH; Marie GORSUCH; Beryl MYHILL. He was preceded in death by his PARENTS: ALETA and GILBERT W. OVERLIN; FIRST WIFE: OLIVE RUTH DeVAULT in 1984; BROTHERS: James; Darrell; and Elbert.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Methodist Church in Mitchellville, Iowa.

GRAVE MARKER

GILBERT J OVERLIN
RM3 US NAVY
WORLD WAR II
JUN 14, 1925 FEB 1, 2007

GRAVE MARKER

GILBERT J. OLIVE RUTH
OVERLIN DeVAULT
JUNE 14, 1925 OVERLIN
JAN. 28, 2007 OCT. 22, 1929
MAY 5, 1984. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Polk County Sheriff's Office have released the names of two people who were found dead near Mitchellville.
Gilbert Junior Overlin, 81, and Naomi Lee Overlin, 71, were discovered Thursday when authorities were on the property at 4880 N.E. 108th St. investigating a missing persons case.
The Overlins were last seen at about 11:30 a.m. Jan. 28.
Autopsies were performed Friday and the causes of their deaths are pending but are considered suspicious, according to a news release.
Investigators were still at the scene Friday morning.
Polk County sheriff's deputies issued a material witness warrant for a man wanted for questioning in the deaths.
Authorities said they want to talk to 52-year-old Russell Lee Overlin, who lives at the house where the bodies were found in eastern Polk County. Police said Overlin is considered armed and dangerous.
Russell Overlin stayed at a camper trailer at the home, a news release said. He is Gilbert Overlin's son and Naomi Overlin's stepson.
Deputies said Overlin may have "relevant information" regarding the investigation.
Overlin may be driving a red 1995 Chevy Tahoe with Iowa license plate 009 EAN.
Copyright 2007 by KCCI.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009
[S12398] Social Security Death Index, Source Medium: Book
[S1420] 1920 Census, South Dakota, Custer County
[S6187] Genealogy prepared by Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox (Ancestry.com)
[S6587] Genealogy prepared by Lillie Riney (email address)
[S10293] Obituary - Gilbert Junior Overlin

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Curtis Allen Overlin¹

M, #37854

Parents

Father	Gilbert Junior Overlin (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)
Mother	Olive Ruth DeVault (b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984)

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Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009

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Lyle Gilbert Overlin¹

M, #37855

Parents

Father	Gilbert Junior Overlin (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)
Mother	Olive Ruth DeVault (b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984)

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009

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Russell Lee Overlin¹

M, #37856

Parents

Father	Gilbert Junior Overlin (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)
Mother	Olive Ruth DeVault (b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984)

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Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009

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Scott Dean Overlin¹

M, #37857

Parents

Father	Gilbert Junior Overlin (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)
Mother	Olive Ruth DeVault (b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984)

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Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009

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Janet Marie Overlin¹

F, #37858

Parents

Father	Gilbert Junior Overlin (b. 14 June 1925, d. 28 January 2007)
Mother	Olive Ruth DeVault (b. 22 October 1929, d. 4 May 1984)

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Family 1: Stanley Wayne Gatrost, Jr.,

Daughter

Amanda Gatrost

Family 2: John Wilcox

Daughter

Child #1 Wilcox

BASIC FACTS

Janet Marie Overlin and Stanley Wayne Gatrost, Jr., were married before 1981. She and John Wilcox were married before 2007.

Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009

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John Wilcox^1,2

M, #37859

Parents

Father	Unknown Wilcox
Mother	Unknown Scott

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Family: Janet Marie Overlin

Daughter

Child #1 Wilcox

BASIC FACTS

John Wilcox and Janet Marie Overlin were married before 2007.

Citations

[S4560] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 7, 2009
[S10293] Obituary - Gilbert Junior Overlin

Citations

[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

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Bertha Ann Orr¹

F, #37864

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Family: Samuel Francis Higens

Daughter

Ethel Agnes Higens+ (b. 1 December 1902, d. 22 February 1970)

BASIC FACTS

Bertha Ann Orr had reference number 38166.

Citations

[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book

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Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler^1,2,3

F, #37865, b. 21 September 1938, d. 8 September 2001

Parents

Father	Arthur Melvin Mohler
Mother	Debbie E. Williams

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Family: Leonard Leroy "Skinny" DeVault (b. 20 May 1934, d. 3 December 1984)

Son	Michael James DeVault
Son	Ronnie Dean "Ron" DeVault
Daughter	Patti Ann DeVault
Son	Daniel Edward DeVault

BASIC FACTS

Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler was born on 21 September 1938 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.^1,4 She died on 8 September 2001, at age 62, in Odessa, Lafayette Co., Missouri.^1,4 She was buried in Park Grove Cemetery, Broken Arrow, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma.¹

Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler had reference number 38167. She was a Receptionist with Lafayette Planning and Zoning.⁴ OBITUARY - Arthur Melvin Mohler (father of Bertha Ann "Bert" (Mohler) DeVault); Des Moines Tribune; Des Moines, Iowa; July 13, 1964 (Newspapers.com)

Services for Arthur Melvin Mohler, 54, of Pico Rivera, Cal., formerly of Des Moines, will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hamilton-Lilly Funeral Home here. Burial will be in the cemetery at Swan.
Mr. Mohler, a roofing contractor, died of a heart attack Friday at his home in Pico Rivera. A native of Swan, he came here from Pleasantville 39 years ago.
He formerly operated the Midway Roofing Co. here before moving to California two years ago. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Surviving are two sons, Larry, living in Georgia, and Melvin of Sherman Oak, Cal.; two daughters, Mrs. Helen McDaniel of Newton and Mrs. Bertha DeVault of Mitchellville; two sisters, Mrs. Delbert Darr of Lorimor and Mrs. Gerald Conway of Whittier, Cal., and 10 grandchildren.

OBITUARY - The Des Moines Register; Des Moines, Iowa; Thursday, September 13, 2001; Page 34 (Newspapers.com)

BERTHA DeVault
Lexington, Mo.
Bertha Ann DeVault, 62, of Lexington, Mo., died of cancer Saturday at New Haven Nursing Home in Odessa, Mo. Services were held Wednesday at Walker-Nadier Funeral home in Lexington. Burial will be at 1 p.m. today at Park Grove Cemetery in Broken Arrow, Okla.
Mrs. DeVault was born in Des Moines and had lived in the area before moving in 1992. She had lived in Broken Arrow before moving to Lexington. She was a receptionist with Lafayette Planning and Zoning and a member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Norborne, Mo.
She is survived by three sons, Michael of Poinciana, Fla., Ron of Kissimmee, Fla., and Daniel of Anderson, Ind.; a daughter, Patti VanWey of Hardin, Mo.; a brother, Melvin Mohler of Norborne, Mo.; three sisters, Helen McDaniel of Ottumwa, Rose Hayes of Baxter and Elaine Speelman of Lexington, and eight grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard.

GRAVE MARKER

IN LOVING MEMORY
BERTHA A.
DeVAULT
SEPT. 21, SEPT. 8,
1938 2001
"In God's Hands."

Citations

[S4980] Find A Grave (Internet), Source Medium: Book
[S4561] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 8, 2009
[S4452] Email from Don Boyd dated 2018-02-07
[S9495] Obituary - Bertha Ann "Bert" (Mohler) DeVault

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Margaret Stearns¹

F, #37866

Parents

Father	Frederick E. Stearns (b. 5 May 1918, d. 3 January 2005)
Mother	Jane Louise Bast

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Family: Unknown Yokley

Son	Samuel Yokley
Son	Robert Yokley

Citations

[S10220] Obituary - Frederick E. Stearns

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Unknown Yokley¹

M, #37867

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Family: Margaret Stearns

Son	Samuel Yokley
Son	Robert Yokley

Citations

[S10220] Obituary - Frederick E. Stearns

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Judith Stearns¹

F, #37868

Parents

Father	Frederick E. Stearns (b. 5 May 1918, d. 3 January 2005)
Mother	Jane Louise Bast

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Citations

[S10220] Obituary - Frederick E. Stearns

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Unknown Shipman¹

M, #37869

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S10220] Obituary - Frederick E. Stearns

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Samuel Yokley¹

M, #37870

Parents

Father	Unknown Yokley
Mother	Margaret Stearns

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Citations

[S10220] Obituary - Frederick E. Stearns

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Robert Yokley¹

M, #37871

Parents

Father	Unknown Yokley
Mother	Margaret Stearns

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Citations

[S10220] Obituary - Frederick E. Stearns

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Michael James DeVault¹

M, #37872

Parents

Father	Leonard Leroy "Skinny" DeVault (b. 20 May 1934, d. 3 December 1984)
Mother	Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler (b. 21 September 1938, d. 8 September 2001)

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BASIC FACTS

Michael James DeVault and Ruby Arlene Robinson were married on 17 April 1998 in Osecola Co., Florida.²

Citations

[S4561] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 8, 2009
[S8917] Marriage Records - Florida, Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 (Ancestry.com)

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Ronnie Dean "Ron" DeVault^1,2

M, #37873

Parents

Father	Leonard Leroy "Skinny" DeVault (b. 20 May 1934, d. 3 December 1984)
Mother	Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler (b. 21 September 1938, d. 8 September 2001)

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BASIC FACTS

Ronnie Dean "Ron" DeVault and Anne Jeannette Johnson were married on 16 July 1982 in Osecola Co., Florida.³ He and Anne Jeannette Johnson were divorced on 24 April 1986 in Osecola Co., Florida.⁴ He and Kala Dawn Hollar were married on 23 May 1986 in Orange Co., Florida.³

Citations

[S4561] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 8, 2009
[S9495] Obituary - Bertha Ann "Bert" (Mohler) DeVault
[S8917] Marriage Records - Florida, Florida Marriage Indexes, 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 (Ancestry.com)
[S4211] Divorce Records - Florida, Florida Divorce Index, 1927-2001 (Ancestry.com):

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Patti Ann DeVault¹

F, #37874

Parents

Father	Leonard Leroy "Skinny" DeVault (b. 20 May 1934, d. 3 December 1984)
Mother	Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler (b. 21 September 1938, d. 8 September 2001)

Pedigree Link

Citations

[S4561] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 8, 2009

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Daniel Edward DeVault¹

M, #37875

Parents

Father	Leonard Leroy "Skinny" DeVault (b. 20 May 1934, d. 3 December 1984)
Mother	Bertha Ann "Bert" Mohler (b. 21 September 1938, d. 8 September 2001)

Pedigree Link

BASIC FACTS

Daniel Edward DeVault and Laura D. Downing were married on 16 December 1995 in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana.²

Citations

[S4561] Email from Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox dated September 8, 2009
[S8940] Marriage Records - Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1917 - 2005 (Ancestry.com)