JAMES & VADA APPLEBACH
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| Source: Ancestry 09/27/2022 |
Finally, I found the marriage certificate for my father and his second wife Vada. She was a sweet lady, and I enjoyed her happy spirit.
My parents divorced on June 24, 1983. James APPLEBACH married again on August 26, 1985 to Vada JONES.
I was no longer in Montana when he remarried and chose to not attend. I find it interesting that they were married by Pastor TANNEHILL, who was a friend of both my parents. No doubt mom felt very betrayed by that when she did find out.
It is interesting to me the untruths on the certificate that James gave. Birthplace of his father was listed as "unknown" - he was well aware of where Taylor Z. APPLEBACH was born.
James is also listed as completing high school, but according to the high school records he dropped out during his senior year and did not go back. James did have some college, but it is unclear whether he did finish that.
James would become an ordained minister in 1964. Mom told me he was always concerned that the lie of him graduating high school would be found out, and he would lose his ordination.
I believe Vada found out very quick that my father was not as nice as he wanted people to believe. He was a difficult person to be around. His siblings all believed that he had some sort of mental issues.
My personal memories of him are seldom good. However, I find his family history interesting. And it took my ancestors to make me - nice or not.
James APPLEBACH died in January 2005 in Hood River, OR.
James APPLEBACH died in January 2005 in Hood River, OR.
Vada died since 2010 in Oregon. She had remarried so her last name would be changed, possibly to Henry.
Vada is listed on James' death cert as the receiver of his ashes. My sister was able to do some searching around the last time she was in Oregon. She was told that James' ashes were put in the river behind one of Vada's children's homes.
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| Original Source: Ancestry |
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Source: Personal Collection
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