Thomas Murtey Stoker
1926 - 1997 (70 years)-
Name Thomas Murtey Stoker [1, 2] Birth 25 May 1926 Omaha, Nebraska 
Gender Male Death 17 Mar 1997 Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I8571 1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A Last Modified 20 Oct 2023
Father Leon Olson Stoker d. 1967 Mother Mabel Murtey, b. Sep 1893 d. 1969 (Age 75 years) Marriage 11 Aug 1917 Weeping Water, Cass County, NE Family ID F2958 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - He was an 18 year old Gunner's Mate on the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan in March 1945 when it was hit by a Japanese dive bomber. Of the 1,540 men aboard the Franklin, 836 were killed; Tom was among the 704 survivors. After the War he graduated from the University of Denver and went to work at his father's bank. After the death of his father in 1967 he became President of the bank. In 1971, after the death of Mabel, Ann and Tom sold the bank. He then worked at Packers National Bank in Omaha until he retired. Tom never married and had no children.[wendy Boddie Genelogy Family Tree.FTW]
He was an 18 year old Gunners Mate on the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan in March 1945 when it was hit by a Japanese dive bomber. Of the 1,540 men aboard the Franklin, 836 were killed. Tom was among the 704 survivors. After the war he graduated from University of Denver and went to work at his fathers bank. After the death of his father in 1967 he became President of the bank. In 1971 after the death of Mable, Ann and Tom sold the bank. He then worked at Packers National Bank in Omaha until her retired. Tom never married nor had children
- He was an 18 year old Gunner's Mate on the USS Franklin off the coast of Japan in March 1945 when it was hit by a Japanese dive bomber. Of the 1,540 men aboard the Franklin, 836 were killed; Tom was among the 704 survivors. After the War he graduated from the University of Denver and went to work at his father's bank. After the death of his father in 1967 he became President of the bank. In 1971, after the death of Mabel, Ann and Tom sold the bank. He then worked at Packers National Bank in Omaha until he retired. Tom never married and had no children.[wendy Boddie Genelogy Family Tree.FTW]
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