William "Will" Walvoord
(1877-1973)
 "Will" Walvoord was the seventh child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walvoord. Will was born in Cedar Grove on October 9, 1877. He married Alyda "Lydia" Lemmenes on September 9, 1902.
Lydia was the sister of Henry E. Walvoord`s wife Johanna, and was the youngest of nine children born to Bernard and Jennie Lemmenes. She was born on December 8, 1882 in Oostburg, Wisconsin.
Will was once an employee of Victor Imig Men`s Clothing Store in Sheboygan and went into a similar business for himself with partners Theodore Grube and Carl Toennies. The store was known as The Clothes Shop and was located in the former West Block. Will stayed active in the working world until age seventy-seven. During the last 15 of those years, he was employed by the Jung Shoe Mfg. Co.
In about 1921 or 1922 Will and Lydia purchased a house in Sheboygan at 1809 North 6th Street exactly one block over from his older brother John who had been living for some time at 1809 North 5th (now numbered 1811). Will and Lydia had three children: Jeanette, Harriet and Wesley; who would cut through their neighbors` backyard to play with their cousins, Ethel, Randall and John, Jr.
Jeanette Hester Walvoord, born April 1, 1905 in Sheboygan, married Clemens Peter Bartzen who was born about 1895. Jeanette and Clemmens had three children: Robert, Clemens and James. Jeanette?s husband died on December 19, 1967.
Harriet Evelyn Walvoord, born March 21, 1913 in Sheboygan, married Melvin Vollbrecht and had one daughter, Joan.
Wesley Howard Walvoord, born April 3, 1915, married Virginia May Philps of Churchton, Maryland. Wesley joined the Navy in 1933 and made it his career until his retirement. They had one daughter, Cheryl Lynn Walvoord who was born in Bremerhaven, Germany on December 16, 1954.
Will and Lydia celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Washington, D.C. in 1952. They took an auto trip there with Harriet`s family.
Their mother Lydia died on March 20, 1964 leaving Will a widower for the next nine years until he joined her on February 11, 1973 at the age of ninety-six.
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