Prince, Will Mason

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Birth:

     According to records of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, connected with her marriage to Cecil F. Fiegenbaum in 1949, Will was born in Lansing, Michigan and was 26 years old at her last birthday. Calculating from the date of the marriage and her age, she would have been born about 1922-1923.
     However, her obituary in the Topeka Capital-Journal reported that she was born on 15 June 1928 in Henry County, Tennessee. This date of birth is also reported in the Social Security Death Index.
     The resolution of these discrepancies await further research.


Buried:
She was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Died:
Her obituary in the Topeka Capital-Journal, 12 December 2001, read:

          Billie Fiegenbaum

     Will M. 'Billie' Fiegenbaum, 73, Topeka, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, at a Topeka hospice house.
     Mrs. Fiegenbaum worked for the Katz Drug Store in Topeka many years ago.
     She was born June 15, 1928, in Henry County, Tenn., the daughter of Ed. T. and Lelar B. Holden Prince. She attended school in Hazel, Ky., and she had lived in Topeka for the past 50 years.
     Mrs. Fiegenbaum was a former member of the Hazel Baptist Church in Hazel, Ky., and Christ Lutheran Church in Topeka.
     She married Cecil F. Fiegenbaum on Dec. 11, 1949, in Shreveport, La.
     Survivors include three sisters, Jeanette Cavitt, Mayfield, Ky., Corrine Ball, Lansing, Mich., and Mildred Lycos, Bradenton, Fla.
     Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Mount Hope Cemetery in Hiawatha. Mrs. Fiegenbaum will lie in state at the funeral home after noon Thursday, where visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m.

Will married Flanigan, J. Henry. J. died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Divorced:
Details of the divorce are not known at this time.

Married:
According to records of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, connected with her marriage to Cecil F. Fiegenbaum in 1949, Will had been married previously to J. Henry Flanigan. Details of that marriage are not known at this time.

Will married Fiegenbaum, Cecil Frederich 11 Dec 1949, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA. Cecil (son of Fiegenbaum, Carl Frederich and Kruse, Anna Rennetta) was born 26 Oct 1918, Morrill, Brown County, Kansas, USA; died 16 Feb 2012, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA; was buried 20 Feb 2012, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:

     According to records of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, Cecil F. Fiegenbaum, age 31, of Barksdale A.F.B., Louisiana, and Will Mason Flanigan, age 26, of Shreveport, were married on 11 December 1949 at Shreveport. Cecil had previously been married to LoRee Brock and Will had previously been married to J. Henry Flanigan. Both earlier marriages had ended in divorce.

Edward married Holden, Lela (date?). Lela died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Married:

     According to records of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, connected with her marriage to Cecil F. Fiegenbaum in 1949, Will Mason Flanigan, former wife of J. Henry Flanigan, was the child of Ed. T. Prince and Lela Holden Prince, both residents of Lansing, Michigan, where Will had been born.
     However, an obituary published in 2001 in the Topeka Capital-Journal reported that Will's mother was Lelar B. Holden Prince and that Will was born in Henry County, Tennessee.
     The resolution of these discrepancies await further research.