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HOWARD THOMAS "BUD" MESSENGERCalvary Cemetery Wright County, Iowa
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Shirley was the 2nd of three children born to Walter Medric Genereux and Anna Berger in Atlantic, Iowa. Her brothers: Jerome and Stanley.
On 22 Oct 1949, Shirley married Bud Messenger and they had three children: Michael, Mark and Ann that they raised in Eagle Grove.
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Howard Thomas "Bud" Messenger was the eldest of three children born to Lee Allen Messenger and Ena Mary Smith in New London, Iowa. His siblings: Lee and Muriel Elaine.
He served in the Navy Air Force in WWII; enlisted: 31 Jul 1941; discharged: 21 Dec 1945. After the war Bud first opened a photography business in Nemaha, Iowa, then moved it to Eagle Grove in 1951. After retiring in 1980 he was a rural mail carrier for six years.