Jerry Theodore Hartley b. 21 Jul 1924 Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA d. 22 May 2004 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Jerry Theodore Hartley

1924 - 2004 (79 years)

Name	Jerry Theodore Hartley [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Birth	21 Jul 1924	Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Gender	Male
Census	1930	Roseville, Warren, Illinois, USA [9]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Adopted Stepson of Cain Owens
Census	1940	Roseville, Warren, Illinois, USA
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son (stepson of Cain)
Military Draft Registration	1942	Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA [15]
	Draft Registration - WWII
Military Service	10 Feb 1943	Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [3, 4, 5, 6]
	US Army - WWII - SGM
Education	1947	Bradley University, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Census	1950	Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA [14]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Divorced
Social Security Number	Bef 1951	Illinois, USA [2, 12]
	333-12-1397
Residence	1959	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Rose and Jerry
Residence	1992	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [1]
Obituary	May 2004	Nashville, Brown, Indiana, USA [13]
	Obituary of Jerry Theodore Hartley, SGT Maj, Ret • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • Tue, May 25, 2004 • Page B5
		Obituary-HARTLEY Jerry T Obituary of Jerry Theodore Hartley, SGT Maj, Ret • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • Tue, May 25, 2004 • Page B5
Death	22 May 2004	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13]
Burial	Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [4, 5, 13]
	Plot: GG, 13, 37 "SGM US Army World War II"
		Burial-HARTLEY Jerry Jerry T Hartley "SGM US Army World War II" - Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72199791/ jerry
		Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee Find a Grave: #225404 Plot: State Veterans Cemetery
Person ID	I24770	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Orla O Hartley, b. 5 Feb 1884, Astoria, Fulton, Illinois, USA d. 15 Nov 1924, Roseville, Warren, Illinois, USA (Age 40 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Veda Hess, b. Nov 1895, Illinois, USA d. 1988, Illinois, USA (Age 92 years)
Relationship	Adopted
Marriage	3 Aug 1920	Warren County, Illinois, USA [16, 17]
Family ID	F10652	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Father	William Cain Owen, b. 27 Jul 1866, Point Pleasant, Scott, Illinois, USA d. 12 Oct 1944, Roseville, Warren, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)
Relationship	Stepchild
Mother	Veda Hess, b. Nov 1895, Illinois, USA d. 1988, Illinois, USA (Age 92 years)
Relationship	Adopted
Marriage	23 Jul 1927	Simla, Elbert, Colorado, USA [17, 18]
Family ID	F10232	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Mother	Emma Jane Voight, b. 6 Nov 1906, Cleveland, Cass, Missouri, USA d. 28 Nov 2000, Merced County, California, USA (Age 94 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F14656	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Rose Maria Hamilton, b. 22 Jul 1927, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA d. 24 Jul 2000, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years)

Marriage 2 Aug 1952 [12, 19]

Family Residence 1955 Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA [8]

Children

1. Living

Family ID F10348 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Colleen LaNora Moore, b. 15 Jul 1930, Cuming County, Nebraska, USA d. 9 Apr 2010, Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA (Age 79 years)

Marriage Abt 1951

Never Married

Children

1. Living

Family ID F10349 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 3 Normalee Logan, b. 4 Oct 1929, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA d. 26 Oct 2007, Winston, Douglas, Oregon, USA (Age 78 years)

Marriage Bef Apr 1949

Children

1. Living

Family ID F10350 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 21 Jul 1924 - Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Adopted Stepson of Cain Owens - 1930 - Roseville, Warren, Illinois, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son (stepson of Cain) - 1940 - Roseville, Warren, Illinois, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1942 - Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
	Military Service - US Army - WWII - SGM - 10 Feb 1943 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Divorced - 1950 - Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, USA
	Social Security Number - 333-12-1397 - Bef 1951 - Illinois, USA
	Family Residence - 1955 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - Rose and Jerry - 1959 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - 1992 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Obituary - Obituary of Jerry Theodore Hartley, SGT Maj, Ret • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • Tue, May 25, 2004 • Page B5 - May 2004 - Nashville, Brown, Indiana, USA
	Death - 22 May 2004 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA

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Burials

Burial-HARTLEY Jerry
Jerry T Hartley "SGM US Army World War II" - Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery + https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72199791/ jerry

People

HARTLEY-Jerry T
Jerry Theodore Hartley (abt. 1947)

Vital & Legal Records

Vital_Birth-HARTLEY Jerry
Dad's Original Birth Certificate expanded - Paul_Locher49 originally shared this on 11 Mar 2018

Sources

[S39] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;).
[S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 333-12-1397; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: Before 1951.
[S10809] Ancestry.com, U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Jerry Hartley.
[S11280] Find a Grave (Military Cemetery-Middle Tennessee Veterans), (Location: Nashville TN;), HARTLEY Jerry Theodore 1924-2004 (Veteran).
"SGM US Army World War II"
- Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72199791/jerry-t-hartley
[S233] National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2006;), Jerry Hartley.
[S1258] National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;).
[S177] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
[S177] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2011;).

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Roseville, Warren, Illinois; Roll: 565; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 936.0; FHL microfilm: 2340300.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Roseville, Warren, Illinois; Roll: 565; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0017; Image: 936.0; FHL microfilm: 2340300
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Roseville, Warren, Illinois; Roll: T627_901; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 94-20.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Roseville, Warren, Illinois; Roll: T627_901; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 94-20
[S1288] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;).

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012
[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S4948] Dignity: Obituary of Jerry Hartley • May 2004, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville TN; Date: 25 May 2004;), Jerry Theodore Hartley, Sgt Maj, Retired -- The Tennessean; Publication Date: 25 May 2004; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee.
HARTLEY, Jerry T, Sgt Maj, Ret.— Age 79. May 22, 2004.

Preceded in death by his mother, Veda Hess Owen. Survived by sons, Paul (Cheryl) Locher, Simi Valley, CA, Thomas H (Tina) Hartley, Grimesland, NC; daughter, Jackie (Bill) Gale, Fallon NV; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and loving friends, Mickey Abernathy, Leeann Bailey, Stephanie Jones and Amber Friton.

Masonic service to be conducted Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 7 p.m., Woodlawn Funeral Home. Funeral services will be on Wednesday, 11:30 a.m., in the Chapel of Roses, Woodlawn Funeral Home, with Rev Mark Carrigan officiating. Interment to follow at Middle TN State Veterans Cemetery.

Visitation will be Tuesday, from 4 - 8 p.m.. Active Pallbearers: Howard T Lewis, Richard Bowers, Pat Kain, John Arnold, Nathan Crawford, Jim Cockerham, Don Green and Tony Hailey.
Honorary Pallbearers: Lee Blalock, Charles Van Seward, JJ Coen, Wendell McClard, Larry Reed, Raymond Holeman, Roland T Bailey, Frederic C Jones, Jason N Friton, and members of RHO Delta Fraternity.

WOODLAWN FUNERAL HOME, A Dignity Memorial Provider
https://www.newspapers.com/image/244503061/?article=b273d5d3-e394-449e-85fd-b5da6afe305e&focus=0.29736698,0.09980093,0.39717326,0.41491905&xid=3355

Obituary-HARTLEY Jerry T
Obituary of Jerry Theodore Hartley, SGT Maj, Ret • The Tennessean • Nashville, Tennessee • Tue, May 25, 2004 • Page B5

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Laramie, Albany, Wyo.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Laramie, Albany, Wyo

[S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 720.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 720

[S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;).

Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
[S8738] Find a Grave: HESS Veda Owen 1895-1988, Veda Hess Hartley Owen.
- Birth 1895 - Death 1988 (aged 92–93) - Burial: Roseville Cemetery, Roseville, Warren County, Illinois - Memorial ID: 141463517
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141463517/veda-owen
[S654] Ancestry.com, Colorado, County Marriages and State Indexes, 1862-2006, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;).

Colorado, County Marriages and State Indexes, 1862-2006
[S9074] Newspapers.com: Marriage of Rose and Jerry Hartley • Nashville Banner - 7 Aug 1952, Rose Maria Hamilton and Jerry Theodore Hartley - Publication Date: 7/ Aug/ 1952; Publication Place: Nashville, Tennessee.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/602861702/?article=94f33fa3-e35a-49d1-8642-1194d5a5d03c&focus=0.52376765,0.49218723,0.64189416,0.57643026&xid=3398

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