Joseph Silas Kohler

Birth Name Joseph Silas Kohler
Gender male
Age at Death 65 years, 2 months, 22 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth July 19, 1924     1
Residence (Husband) 1951 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   2a
Event Note

1951 St Petersburg City Directory

Kohler Jos S (Virginia R) garage formn Sou Dairies h818 15th av S
Virginia R Mrs slswn Tropical Cloth Shop h 818 15th av S

 

Death October 10, 1989 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   1
General

There is a Joseph S. Kohler on SSDI as follows:
Born: 19 Jul 1924. Died: 10 Oct 1989. SS issued in Florida between 1936 and 1950.
Death Benefit Localities: Kenneth City, Pinellas, FL and St. Petersburg, Pinellas, FL.

Event Note

October 12, 1989 Tampa Bay Times
Kohler, Joseph S, 65, of Kenneth City, died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 1989) at Humana Hospital-Northside. A native of St Petersburg, he was a mechanic for Kohler Construction Co and owner-operator of Kohler's Collectables. He was a life member of the National Rifle Association, a member of Tampa Bay Arms Collectors Association, Florida Gun Collectors Association and the Florida Chapter of the Wyoming Antelope Club. Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Virginia Ruth; a brother, Alvin W, St Petersburg; and an aunt, Margaret Lewis, Sarasota. R Lee Williams Funeral Home, St Petersburg.

Burial   Sunnyside Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   3
Event Note

from findagrave.com

Joseph S Kohler
Birth 19 Jul 1924
Death 10 Oct 1989 (aged 65)
Burial
Sunnyside Cemetery
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Memorial ID 25661725

Headstone

Kohler
Joseph S
July 19, 1924
Oct 10, 1989

Married Aug 14, 1949

Virginia R
Oct 21, 1916
Dec 12, 2001

Families

Family of Joseph Silas Kohler and Virginia Ruth Billups
Married Wife Virginia Ruth Billups ( b. October 28, 1916 d. December 12, 2001 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage August 14, 1949 St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, United States   4
Event Note

St. Petersburg Times - Aug 7, 1949
BILLUPS, KOHLER

Mrs. Thomas Franklin Billups, 820 Fifteenth Avenue South, is announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Virginia Ruth, to Joseph Silas Kohler, son of Mrs. Joseph Anthony Kohler, 1761 Nineteenth Street South, and the late Mr. Kohler.

Miss Billups, daughter of the late Thomas Franklin Billups, graduated from Senior High School and the Tomlinson School of Beauty Culture.

Mr. Kohler graduated from Sarasota High School and has been with Southern Dairies Incorporated for the past five and a half years.

The wedding will take place at 2 p.m., Aug. 14 at Grace Methodist Church. Harris De Weese will officiate.

Mrs. Leslie Kohler and Alvin W. Kohler, brother of the bridegroom, will serve as attendants.

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Shower announcement in the Aug 6, 1949 St. Petersburg Times. Shower given by Mrs. Robert C. Taylor. Other names mentioned were Mrs. Joseph A. Kohler, mother of the groom, and a Mrs. Lee Truax.

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August 18, 1949 Tampa Bay Times
Miss Virginia Ruth Billups, daughter of Mrs Thomas Franklin Billups, 820 Fifteenth Avenue South, became the bride of Joseph Silas Kohler, son of Mrs Joseph Anthony Kohler, at 2 pm Sunday afternoon. The wedding took place at Grace Methodist Church ... Harris De Wese officiated.

Pedigree

    1. Joseph Silas Kohler
      1. Virginia Ruth Billups