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Wilks Family Texas Pictures

Children of W. W. Wilks & Erie Catharine Taylor

2. Marl Vane Wilks

b. 19 Jun 1909, Chalk Mtn., TX, d. 17 Nov 1980, Arlington, TX, buried in Post Mtn. Ceme., Burnet, TX

1927 Vane and his taxidermy, at Loop, Donley Co., TX	Dec 1929 Vane Wilks and the Big Snow that came at Christmas, Burnet Co., TX

Vane and his sister Reta Wilks in the heavy snow that came Dec 1929

Vane graduated in 1930 from Burnet High School, Burnet, TX, where he and his sister Reta lived on weekdays/nights with their grandfather, F. S. Taylor, who ran a store.

Vane md. (1) Loma Irene Smith, Jun 1931, Burnet Co., TX (she was 15).

Abt 1935 Vane Wilks	Abt 1935 Loma Smith Wilks

Vane & Loma with baby Laquita	Vane Wilks and daughter Laquita, 1934	Vane & Loma with daughters Koleta, Editha, Laquita

Vane and Loma lived several years at Galveston in this house on Ave. K. During World War II, Vane was a Blackout Warden. Loma worked at Sears-Roebuck. Their son Ronald attended kindergarten (the first I'd ever heard of one).
Vane	Loma

They were divorced in Aug 1946. Vane took a job in Nov 1946 to work in Japan for the U.S. Govt. in restoration of infrastructure after wartime damage. For thirty years he lived and traveled in the Far East and Middle East.

Vane at a home in Japan	Vane at Mount Fuji, 1952

He returned home in Aug 1951 when notified his mother, Erie Taylor Wilks, had a stroke and was in a coma. She died Aug 30, was buried Aug 31. He visited with his children and siblings, and returned to Japan abt 7 Oct 1951 via Portland, OR, from Seattle, WA.

Vane & Loma Wilks's children: Laquita, Koleta, Ronald, Editha, Sep 1951

Vane md. (2) Yasuko Akatsuka, 25 Nov 1953, Yokohama, Japan.

In 1979 he wrote "My Brief Story," about that part of his life, and it was published by his cousin Gorden Gatewood. To read, download, or print this story as a .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file, click here.

If you don't have Acrobat, click here to download the free file from the adobe.com website.

Charlie & Reta Ross, Joy McLean, Ronald D. Wilks before he left to join his father in Japan late 1954
Jan 1955, Yori Endo, Ronald, Yasuko, Diane, & Vane Wilks	Ronald & Yasuko Wilks, Jun 1955

Vane & Diana, 13 May 1956	Diana and Yasuko
Vane in Korea	Diana & Jean Wilks, 1959

1966 Yasuko, Jean, Diana Wilks; Myrl McLean, Cora Wilks	Diana, Jean, Yasuko, & Vane, July 4, 1969 ~ Wilks Reunion at Stephenville

1969, Vane at Myrl & Blake's house, Houston	July 4, 1976 ~ Yasuko & Vane At Wilks Reunion
Apr 1979 at Reta's ~ brothers Vane & Voy	July 4, 1978 ~ Vane & his niece Doris sometimes rode to Wilks reunions together (from Arlington and Irving)

Vane's daughter Editha, Wilks siblings Kirby, Vane, Reta (Ross), Dale, brother-in-law Blake McLean, brother Voy Wilks, Apr 1979

Descendants of F. S. Taylor, Pedigree-ancestry of F. S. Taylor

Botkin-Smith Family, Knatzer/Knortzer/Canatser Family

Reta Wilks Ross

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