Twelfth Generation

521. La Verne Joseph JEROME was born on 20 March 1922 in Pembina, North Dakota, USA. He appeared in the census in April 1930 in Pembina Township, Pembina County, North Dakota, USA.¹²⁵ He served in the military United States Navy between 1940 and 1942 in U. S. S. Wasp.¹⁶⁷ La was serving on U.S.S. Wasp when it was sunk by Japanese torpedoes on 15 September 1942 in Pacific theatre of operations.. He died on 17 January 2008 at the age of 85 in Windham, Cumberland, Maine.⁹⁵

La Verne Joseph JEROME and Norberta O'CONNELL were married on 19 June 1945.¹⁶⁸ Norberta O'CONNELL lived in Portland, Maine, USA in March 2011.¹⁶⁵

La Verne Joseph JEROME and Norberta O'CONNELL had the following children:

655	i.	Ann Marie JEROME (private).
656	ii.	Stephen JEROME (private).
657	iii.	Nancy JEROME (private).
658	iv.	Margaret JEROME (private).
659	v.	Christopher JEROME (private).
660	vi.	Regina JEROME (private).