Wesley Thomas Flynn
Wesley and family moved to Alberta, Canada in Oct. 1917
and grew wheat until wiped out by cut worms in 1921. The family then relocated
to Venice, Calif. where Wesley had a job as chauffeur to silent screen star,
Pauline Frederick [namesake of daughter]. They were back in Idaho by the time
Howard was born in Dec 1923.
About 1928/29 they were in Longview, Wash. Then the 1930 census has them in
Great Falls, MT. Wesley was an automobile salesman there, and pursued that line
of work the rest of his life. In about 1931 the family returned to Idaho, to the
Saw Tooth Valley, and then to Buhl. They remained in Buhl until leaving for
Sacramento around 1934. Wesley's parents followed in 1936.
He preferred to go by Thomas Wesley Flynn. That's how he signed the WWII Draft Reg. Card in '42.
Wesley & Ada divorced in 1942, and Wesley
married Mildred Lewis and moved back to Idaho. Wesley & Mildred
settled in Reno sometime prior to 1953. Ada married Mildred's
ex-husband Mason, but they were soon divorced.
On 27 November 1955, Wesley was killed in highway accident on
Highway 95, 13 1/2 miles south of Goldfield. He was heading north to
Reno, towing a Jeep with his Ford sedan, when the Ford developed
trouble about 12:30 a.m. He stopped, leaving his high beams on and
tried to flag down a south bound lumber truck. The driver, blinded
by the headlights, didn't see him in the road until too late. The
truck struck him with the left front fender.
He's buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, NV.