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NAME: Sidney VanBuren Maynard.
FATHER: Chauncy Claud Maynard.
MOTHER: Ada Helen (Fate) Maynard.
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WIFE # 1: Iris Elizabeth Bihlmeyer.
WIFE # 2: Gertrude V. Harrington.
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ONE SON: Laurence Maynard.
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OBITUARY (Kindly contributed by Rod):
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Sidney VanBuren Maynard, 80, of Westfield, Iowa, died Saturday, January 11, 1986 in the Akron nursing home.
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Services were held Monday, Jan. 13 at 1:30 in the Schroeder Funeral Chapel, Akron. Rev. Peter Peterson officiated. Burial was in the Richland, S.D. cemetery.
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Pallbearers were Wayne Beach, Kenneth Beach, Jay Maynard, Robert Maynard, Delbert Maynard, and Rob Maynard.
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Mr. Maynard was born October 20, 1905 to Chauncey and Ada Fate Maynard in Union county, South Dakota, near Richland. He farmed most of his life near Westfield, Iowa before moving to Sioux City where he managed an apartment complex for 15 years. He later worked for Davenport Cleaners and moved back to Westfield in 1976.
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He married Iris Bihlmeyer December 18, 1925. She passed away March 12, 1941. He married Gertrude Harrington June 8, 1944 at Sioux City, Iowa.
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Survivors include his wife, Gertrude of Westfield; one son, Lawrence of Akron; one brother, Ira Maynard of Sioux City; and one sister, Cloie Nearman, of California.
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He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Iris, two brothers, Claude and Dewey, and one sister, Loie.

[Source: The Akron Register Tribune; Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA; Thursday, January 16, 1986; Volume 99, Number 31, Page 7/3-A]
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1910 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS.
Westfield, Plymouth, Iowa. (Chauncey C. Maynard, age 37. One marriage; 13 years. WIFE: Ada [Fate] Maynard, age 34; mother of 7 children, 5 living. CHILDREN: Claude S. Maynard, age 13. Ira J. Maynard, 11. Cloie A. Maynard, 9. Loie Elthina Maynard, 6. SIDNEY MAYNARD, age 4).
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1930 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS. Township 92, Union, South Dakota. (Sydney V. Maynard, age 24. Wife: Iris Maynard, 23. Son: Laurence Ellis Maynard, age 3).
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1940 UNITED STATES FEDERAL CENSUS.
Township 92 Range 49, Union, South Dakota.(Silney [Sidney] Maynard, age 34. Married. Occupation: "Farming." Residence in 1935: Living in Same House." WIFE: Ins [Iris] Maynard, 33. SON: Laurence Maynard, age 13. LIVING NEARBY: Fate families. Jessie Bihlmeyer. Ira Maynard family, etc.).
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March 12, 1941: Death of first wife, Iris Elizabeth (Bihlmeyer) Maynard.
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March, 1944: Marriage to Gert Harrington.
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