This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0hB.2ACE/667.1 Message Board Post: Theodore Alexander Falconer (September 29, 1887 - December 1, 1937) son of Willis Lang Falconer and Emma Shaw Falconer was employed in the Civil Service as a customs inspector in the Phillipine Islands. He joined the Marines, Company 76 of the 6th Regiment, in April 1918 and was wounded in the of St. Mihiel (Bais de Montagne) on September 15, 1918. Theodore married Ethel Edna Sweet Falconer in Washington D.C. October 5, 1919. Ethel served as Chief Nurse of the United States Army Nurse Corps and Chief Nurse of the Nurses Mobilization Station in New York city, she was later awarded the Distinguished service medal. The couple resided briefly in Marlin, moving to Taloka Prarie (now incorporated into the city of Stigler) Oklahoma April 1921. The union produced three children, Willis "Pete" Lawrence Falconer (August 1, 1920 - October 9, 1980), Theodore "Bud" Alexander Falconer Jr.(January 23, 1922 - November 13, 1986) and Mary Evelyn Falconer Terrell (February 11, 1925.) Mar! y Evelyn had a twin that died twelve hours after birth. The Falconer's farmed, ranched, and were active in civic and community affairs. Both were members of the Munn- Dunlap Post # 22 of the American Legion. All three of Theodore and Ethel's children reared their own families within miles of their original family homestead.