Charles "Charlie" Henry Vardiman
(1896-1962)
Saline & Jackson County, Missouri
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Age: 66
Occupation: Machinist, Columbia Laundry Machinery Company in Kansas
City, Missouri.
State: Missouri
# of Children: 2
"Spelling for Vardiman (my family) is with an "i" except for Eddie who
changed his to an "e" when he was in high school. Various
documents for my grandparents (John Peter and Luella May) have it both
ways." Shirley Anderson, daughter of Charles Henry and Emma
Henrietta (Jensen) Vardiman |
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Charles Henry Vardiman Birth Certificate
14 Oct 1896
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Left to Right: Charlie, Eddie,
John Peter, Luella Mae and Johnny
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Childhood Home
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Charles met Emma in the service during World War I
at Fort Camp Dodge, Iowa
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1920 Charles & Emma
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1920 Charles & Emma
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Charles' Enlistment Record, Enlisted 6 September 1918
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Charles' Honorable Discharge from Army in 1920
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Charles & Emma Vardiman's
Marriage Certificate 4 April 1923
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Charlie & Emma's Children: Harry "Bud" & Shirley
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9505 E. 16th Street, Independence, Missouri
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Charlie & Emma's Children: Shirley & Harry "Bud"
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Charlie & Emma's Children: Shirley & Harry "Bud"
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Charlie & Emma
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1939 - John Peter (seated), Luella May, Emma, Charles, Shirley, Luetta, John,
Gladys, Miles Edman "Eddie" and Harry "Bud".
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November 1946
Left to Right: Charles and Emma, Gladys and Miles Edman "Eddie", Luetta and "Johnny" (Their
son, Bill, sitting on
ground in front) This picture was taken in November, 1946 - probably at
Thanksgiving - they rotated dinners.
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1955
Luella May Vardeman with her three sons (Charles, Johnny and Miles
Edman "Eddie")
and daughters-in-law. |
Charles Vardiman Liked Hunting & Fishing
"He might have been reading the evening paper. I remember that he used to buy detective magazines to read. This was taken at our home in Independence."
Shirley 7/10/10
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1950 - Charles & Emma with their grandson, Jim (Shirley's son)
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Death Certificate 1962
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Narrative - Life Story
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"One of Dad's (Phil Vardiman) favorite Uncle's was Uncle Charlie and his wife Aunt Emma. Aunt Emma was an RN
(Registered Nurse) and took care of Bess Truman's mother in their home in KC
(Kansas City) when Harry Truman was President of the United States. Bill has some neat stories to tell about that, too. Dad would hitch hike from Salisbury on the farm to Kansas City and stay with Uncle Charlie and his wife and then hitchhike on to Manhattan KS when he was going to and from College."
Email from Billie Vardiman 6/20/2010 |
My Dad worked for the Columbia Laundry Machinery Company where they repaired laundry machinery.
He worked hard and during hard times used to bring boilers home and I can remember him pounding
on them in the basement at night after dinner. I have no idea what he was doing to them.
Sometimes Bud got to go to work with him and he was allowed to get in the big dryers and look for
loose change that had fallen out of clothes. I always felt cheated that I wasn’t allowed to do that
- but “young ladies” didn’t do things like that. Always seemed to me that boys had a lot more fun.
Sometimes at dinner my Dad would say, “I think I’ll go up to the drugstore after dinner.”
After he had left I would get on my bike and ride up there and he would always buy me a coke or ice cream cone.
He also let me play the nickel slot machines which were legal then in the drug stores.
They also served beer at the counter in the drug store. Dad was an affectionate person, loved kids, but Mom
was the disciplinarian. I remember sitting on my Dad’s lap in the evening while we listened to the radio -
there were special programs like “Lux Radio Theater”, “Amos and Andy” and “One Man’s Family”.
One thing I remember about my Dad was that he always sang when he was shaving - mostly World War I songs.
He liked to hunt and fish and there again those weren’t things that “young ladies” did, so Bud got to go on
those trips with him.
My Dad died at age 66 of a heart attack on November 24, 1962. My Mother called me and told me he had been
having heart seizures all day. I was able to get on a flight to Kansas City. Dad died about half an hour
after I got there. I think he was waiting for me.
MY LIFE STORY - SHIRLEY MARIE VARDIMAN ANDERSON
Written in February, 2006 (As I approach my 80th birthday) |
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