Kathlyn Ida Timmer
1919 - 1950 (31 years)-
Name Kathlyn Ida Timmer Birth 27 Jan 1919 Gender Female Death 20 Dec 1950 Person ID I599 Murrow Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
Father Benjamin James Timmer, Sr, b. 15 Feb 1900 d. 19 Jul 1977 (Age 77 years) Mother Margaret Wiersma, b. 10 Oct 1898 Marriage 8 May 1919 Notes - 1995 Jan Timmer family booklet (Judy Tanis Parr, from Julia Ensink & Rhoda Brower Mattison); report kamps/TIMMER-BOOKLET-1995-REPORT-2026-09-12.md
Family ID F187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Varion Smith, b. 29 Nov 1918 d. 4 Mar 1967, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA 
(Age 48 years)Marriage 12 Jun 1937 Notes - 1995 Jan Timmer family booklet (Judy Tanis Parr, from Julia Ensink & Rhoda Brower Mattison); report kamps/TIMMER-BOOKLET-1995-REPORT-2026-09-12.md Five family members (Kathlyn + Boyd, Larry,Sandra, Donald) died 20 Dec 1950 in a car-train collision (C&O train), R.R. crossing, Grandville, Kent Co. MI - ruled accidental; LeRoy survived; father Varion was not in the car and survivedto 1967. reports/extension-smith-disaster-2026-09-14.md. [DOCUMENTED]
Children 1. Boyd James Smith, b. 19 Jan 1939 d. 20 Dec 1950 (Age 11 years) 2. Larry Warren Smith, b. 20 Jul 1940 d. 20 Dec 1950 (Age 10 years) 3. Living 4. Sandra Kay Smith, b. 16 Oct 1943 d. 20 Dec 1950 (Age 7 years) 5. Donald Jay Smith, b. 10 Dec 1946 d. 20 Dec 1950 (Age 4 years) Family ID F188 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
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Notes - 1995 Jan Timmer family booklet (Judy Tanis Parr, from Julia Ensink & Rhoda Brower Mattison); report kamps/TIMMER-BOOKLET-1995-REPORT-2026-09-12.md Died 20 Dec 1950, same date as her husband and four of her five children (only LeRoy survived). Cause not recorded in the booklet; newspaper lookup open.
- Section 2, p. 70: Born in Grand Rapids.. Died in Grandville.. Buried in Georgetown Cemetery. [LIKELY]
- BIRT corrected 14 Sep 2026: death certificate gives b. 27 Jan 1919 (age 31 at death, consistent); prior tree value 7 JAN 1920 from the booklet. Cert image in kamps/src/smith-disaster-certs/.[DOCUMENTED]
- Died in car-train collision (C&O freight train), R.R. grade crossing, Grandville, Kent Co., MI, 20 Dec 1950, 5:55 p.m. - ruled accidental. Michigan death certificate (Michiganology, images inkamps/src/smith-disaster-certs/); AP wire story, Evening Star 21 Dec 1950 p. 57. Buried 23 Dec 1950, Georgetown Township Cemetery. reports/extension-smith-disaster-2026-09-14.md. [DOCUMENTED]
- Find a Grave memorial 82711011 (15 Sep 2026): burial Georgetown Township Cemetery plot 7.10E-03 (family lot). Memorial title 'Kathlyn Ida Timmer Smith'; parents Benjamin James Timmer (memorial 82711322) + brother Harold William Timmer (memorial 84 050920) listed - consistent with TMF18.