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• 1930 Federal Census, Custer County, Oklahoma, 24 April, Cedar Township, District 10, page 6A, Hse/Fam #130
  Weast, Theodore J Head Owns M W 65 Widowed IL OH IL Farmer
  Terry, Rama W Son-in-law M W 26 Married at age 24 OK GA NC Farm Laborer
  Terry, Beatrice Dau F W 19 Married at age 16 OK OK OK
  Terry, Billie Jack Son M W 1 OK OK OK
  Terry, Kenneth Son M W 0 (no months given) OK OK OK
  
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  Here is the information that I have on the Terry siblings that I just found from that reunion:
  
  William (Billy Jack) Terry Sr - 12/1/26 - 6/2/03, wife Helen, children Bill Jr, Trisha Alley and Bryan Terry
  Kenneth Paul Terry - 2/10/30 - 12/11/10, wife Helen, children David, Mark, Paul and Teresa
  Roger Lee Tripp - 4/17/61 - 10/13/10, wife Ida, children David, Keren Fykes, Alan and Michael Tripp
  Tommy Terranova - 10/27/33 (I haven't been able to find any more information on him yet)
  Dan Terry Wood - 6/13/35 - 7/3/99, wife Pamela, child Stacy
  Shaney - 4/2/37 - children Dan and Kim Wilson, Shaney Brinsmead and Harry Abram
  
  --  Stacy Wood, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 17 March 2017
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  I found a 1943 directory in San Francisco that matches Kenenth and his brother Rama.  In 1943, he would be only 13 and his brother Rama even younger.  Here Kenneth is married to a Helen and Rama is married to a Jean.  Rama is such an unusual name it seems odd to find another Rama in connection with a Kenenth, but the age is a problem, for them to be either married or working in shipbuilding.
  
  I do find matching entries for Kenneth and his wife Helen Braun in Colorado Springs, where his obituary says they lived afte getting married in Washington.
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1959, p 705
  Terry Kenneth P (Helen) uphol Orman Mattress h 819 Cucharras
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1960, p 930
  Terry Kenneth P (Helen) uphol Orman Mattress h 819 Cucharras
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1956, p 556
  Terry Kenneth P (Helen) slsmn Out West Tent & Awning h 819 Cucharras
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
  Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1955, p 827
  Helen Mrs tchr Immannuel Lutheran Sch h 413 S Nevada
  Terry Kenneth P (Helen) fabrictor Out West Tent & Awning h 413 S Nevada
  
  The Braun family genelaogy provides some details for Kenneth, as well as a photo.
  
  Kenneth Paul Terry
  Birth 10 Feb 1930 in Weatherford, Oklahoma
  Death 11 Dec 2010 in Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico
  Parents:
  Rama Wall Terry 1904 - 1965, Private
  -- Braun Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4905821/person/-1525004374?ssrc=&ml_rpos=1&ftm=1
  
  U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1
  Kenneth P Terry
  Birth Date 10 Feb 1930
  Phone Number 325-1679
  1016 Tudessen Dr, Farmington, NM, 87401
  446 Road 5500, Bloomfield, NM, 87413-9303 (1981)
  101 E Tycksen Dr, Farmington, NM, 87401-6147 (1993)
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  Kenneth Paul Terry
  Born 10 Feb 1930
  Died 11 Dec 2010
  Last Residence Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico 87401
  SSN issued California (Before 1951)
  
  An obituary for Kenneth came up in a later search, giving names of additional family connections, filling in some gaps.  The references to famliy members and his mother's name indicates that sdhe was divorced at some point form Kenneth's father Rama.  This was probably in Oklahoma, before we find Rama in Arizona in the mid-1930s, or in Arizona soon after they moved out there.  I have not found a 1940 census record for Beatrice and the children.
  
  The record of marriage to Inez L Jenkins in Prescott, Arizona was in October 1939.  But then no subsequent record of Inez has been found.  Rama's wife at the time of death in Alaska was Ruth Elizabeth Hopkins.
  
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  Kenneth Paul Terry, 80, of Farmington, passed gently away in the early hours of Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, surrounded by his immediate family.
  
  Kenneth was born, Feb. 10, 1930, in Weatherford, Okla., to Rama and Beatrice Terry. Kenneth enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1948, and served a tour of duty during the Korean War as a forward air controller in the battle of Chosin Reservoir. After serving in the Marine Corps, Kenneth joined the Air Force as a Staff Sergeant. During his final stint in the Air Force, he met Helen Braun in Spokane, Wash. They married and made their home in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  
  In 1961, the young family moved to Farmington, where Kenneth became an air traffic controller. He spent his career of 21 years serving at the Farmington Airport tower facility. He was an avid photographer and enjoyed hunting and shooting sports. He was also a presenter for the Victim Impact Panel, making presentations that described the effect that drunk driving deaths have on families.
  
  Kenneth was preceded in death by his son, Martin Paul Terry; his father, Rama Terry; his mother, Beatrice Lebbs;
  his brothers, Bill Terry Sr., Roger Tripp (Rama Allen Terry) and Daniel Wood;
  and nephews, Michael Terry and the Rev. Bill Terry Jr.
  
  [Note one son reported as dying before his father was Martin Paul, then below survivors include a son Paul.  Would this be a different son with the same name as Martin Paul's middle name?]
  
  He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Helen Hilda (Braun) Terry;
  sons, David, Mark and Paul; daughter, Teresa Terry-Elliott;
  brother, Thomas Terranova; stepfather, Merle Lebbs;
  eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
  
  Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home, 103 E. Ute St. in Farmington. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, at Zion Lutheran Church, 7455 Foothills Drive in Farmington, with Pastor Gary Thur officiating.
  
  Interment will be at Memory Gardens, 6917 E. Main St. in Farmington. Full military honors will be provided by VFW Post #2182 of Farmington. Memorial gifts may be made in Kenneth's memory to the Zion Lutheran Church Building Fund, 7455 Foothills Drive, Farmington, NM 87402-5091. Brewer, Lee & Larkin Funeral Home 103 E. Ute St. Farmington, NM 87401 (505) 325-8688
  
  --  Memorial Networks, "Kenneth Paul Terry," http://www.danielsfuneral.com/memsol.cgi?user_id=813299&ftm=1
  --  also at Daniels Funeral Home, http://danielsfuneral.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/884909/Kenneth-Terry/obituary.php
  --  also on Legacy.com, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/daily-times/obituary.aspx?pid=147094848
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  His memorial on Find a Grave also includes the above obituary, which I am omitting so as not to duplicate.
  
  Kenneth Paul Terry
  Birth Feb. 10, 1930
  Death Dec. 11, 2010
  Burial Memory Gardens of Farmington, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico
  Created by Kenneth D. Bogard Dec 12, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #62824791, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62824791&ref=acom

Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Custer County, Oklahoma
  • 24 April, Cedar Township, District 10, page 6A, Hse/Fam #130
• 2. Ancestry Trees
  • Braun Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/4905821/person/-1525004374?ssrc=&ml_rpos=1&ftm=1
• 3. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 5. Memorial Networks
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1959, p 705
• 8. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1960, p 930
• 9. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1956, p 556
• 10. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado, City Directory, 1955, p 827
• 11. U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection
• 12. Geneanet Messaging
• 13. Paula Juarez