Betty Jane Roberts and Martin Emor Ballou

MARTIN EMOR BALLOU, son of MILDRED ROSE MANLEY and MARTIN EMOR BALLOU, was born August 3, 1927 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska,^{1514, 7377} and died August 28, 1991.¹⁵¹⁴ He is buried in Ashland Cemetery, Saunders County, Nebraska.^{1514, 456}

He married BETTY JANE ROBERTS on June 26, 1949 in First Congregational Church, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa.¹²⁸²⁶ She was born April 13, 1925,⁴⁵⁶ and died June 12, 2011 in Ashland, Saunders, Nebraska.⁴⁵⁶

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Education

Marriage Announcements and News

Ashland Gazette, April 28, 1949⁹⁵⁹²

Miss Betty Roberts To Wed Martin Ballou

Mrs. Elsie Roberts of Cedar Bluffs announces the engagement of her daughter, Betty, to Martin E. Ballou Jr., son of Mrs. Mildred Ballou of Lincoln. The wedding will be an event of June 26 at the Plymouth Congregational church in Lincoln.

Miss Roberts is a graduate of the Lincoln General School of Nursing and is employed there as assistant supervisor. Mr. Ballou is a former University of Nebraska student and is now in business in Ashland.

Cedar Bluffs Standard, July 14, 1949¹²⁸²⁶

ROBERTS — BALLOU

Betty Jane Roberts daughter of Mrs. Elsie Roberts of Cedar Bluffs, and Martin E. Ballou, son of Mrs. Mildred Ballou of Lincoln, were married in a late afternoon ceremony at the First Congregational church in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Rev. Vernon Rice officiated.

The bride wore a gown of white satin and lace with a fitted bodice and bouffant skirt, and had a corsage of white rose buds.

Attendants to the couple were Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Durham of Lincoln.

A graduate of Lincoln General hospital school of nursing, the bride is employed as assistant supervisor at the Lincoln General hospital in Lincoln. The bridegroom attended the University of Nebraska and is a gravel contractor at Ashland.

The couple left on a trip to Colorado Springs and Estes Park. They will be at home at 2015 South 13th street in Lincoln.

Obituaries

Omaha World-Herald, August 30, 1991¹²⁶³⁶

BALLOU—Martin, age 64 yrs., Ashland. Died wednesday. Survived by wife, Betty; 3 daughters, Mrs. Ron (Linda) Kramer, Ashland, Mrs. Philip (Julie) Swaroff, Lincoln, Mary Ballou, San Antonio, TX; mother, Mildred Fenton of Coeur D'alene, ID; brothers, James, Lincoln and Eugene, Coeur D'alene, ID; sisters, Mrs. Duane (Deloris) Olson, Redlands, CA, Mary Martin, Coeur D'alene, ID, Jessie Ballou, Colorado Springs, CO; 4 grandchildren.

SERVICES Sat. 11 am, First Congregational Church, Ashland, Rev. Howard Killingbeck. Burial Ashland Cemetery.

VISITATION 2-5 and 6-8 pm Fri. at Marcy Mortuary Chapel and 1 hour before Service at the Church.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
May 4, 19402491	Clear Creek, Saunders, Nebraska	Martin Emor Ballou Mildred Rose Manley Dolores Loueen Ballou Mary Elizabeth Ballou Martin Emor Ballou Jessie Cecilia Ballou James E. Ballou Son James Bissel Ballou Daisy B. Tarpening
April 7, 19509505	Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska	Martin Emor Ballou Betty Jane Roberts