Polk County

 
Jean Ardis Wigton

 

 

 

All Waves collect snapshots to remind them of home ties and no exception are these four girls. All are seaman second class and all from Iowa. Left to right are Betty Jane Mahannah of North English, Norma Jean Mary Fischer of Walnut, Lily Cleone Winey of Mount Vernon and Jean Ardis Wigton of Grimes.

Source: The Courier, Waterloo IA - April 15, 1945 (photo included)

Jean Ardis Wigton Heldenbrand was born Sept. 25, 1924 to Charles and Hazel Wigton. She died Nov. 30, 2016 and is buried in Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

Source: ancestry.com