Wilma Beatrice Keel Tharp

1922 - 2009  (86 years)

• Name	Wilma Beatrice Keel Tharp  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	6 Nov 1922	Ripley County, Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Pine City, Ripley, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter of Martha Keel
  Census	1940	Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of McCalasky
  Death	21 Jun 2009	Willard, Greene, Missouri, USA   [1, 7, 9]
  Burial	Ash Grove, Greene, Missouri, USA   [7]
  	Cremated
  Person ID	I20212	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Walter Bousman Tharp,   b. 12 Jul 1885, Missouri, USA d. 22 Nov 1922, Ripley County, Missouri, USA (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cordelia 'Delia' Keel,   b. 23 Apr 1882, Wayne County, Missouri, USA d. 11 Nov 1964, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1921  [10]
  Family ID	F11541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harold Laverne Eliker,   b. 3 Dec 1925, Oxford, Furnas, Nebraska, USA d. 30 Oct 1995, Everton, Dade, Missouri, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	29 Jun 1973	Cass County, Missouri, USA   [2, 7]
  Family ID	F10014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Charles Reid McClasky,   b. 12 May 1917, Edgerton, Platte, Missouri, USA d. 18 Apr 1984, Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1940  [6, 7]
  	(1st Marriage for Wilma and Charles McClasky)
  Married	21 Dec 1961	Cass County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  	2nd Marriage for Wilma and Charles McClasky
  Children	1. Larry Wayne McClasky,   b. 14 Jun 1949, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA d. 30 May 2005, Highlandville, Christian, Missouri, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Nov 1922 - Ripley County, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Granddaughter of Martha Keel - 1930 - Pine City, Ripley, Missouri, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife of McCalasky - 1940 - Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri, USA Married - 2nd Marriage for Wilma and Charles McClasky - 21 Dec 1961 - Cass County, Missouri, USA Marriage - 29 Jun 1973 - Cass County, Missouri, USA Death - 21 Jun 2009 - Willard, Greene, Missouri, USA Burial - - Ash Grove, Greene, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• People

  THARP-Bea Wilma Beatrice "Bea" Keel Tharp - daughter of Delia

  
  

• Sources

  [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S10] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2007;). Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Pine, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: 1221; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 137.0; FHL microfilm: 2340956. 1930 United States Federal Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Pine, Ripley, Missouri; Roll: 1221; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 137.0; FHL microfilm: 2340956 [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri; Roll: T627_2095; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 19-22. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Pleasant Hill, Cass, Missouri; Roll: T627_2095; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 19-22 [S363] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St Louis, Missouri; St Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 203. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 203 [S7110] Find a Grave: THARP Wilma Eliker 1922-2009, Wilma Beatrice Tharp McClasky Eliker. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38855351/wilma-bea-eliker [S59] Ancestry.com, Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2007;), Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO ; Birth Index, 1920-1999. [S85] Ancestry.com, Missouri, U.S., Death Records, 1968-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2021;), Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services; Jefferson City, Missouri; Missouri Death Index, 1968 - 2015. [S7109] Find a Grave: KEEL Cordelia Tharp 1882-1964, Cordelia "Delia" Keel. Birth 23 Apr 1882, Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri Death 11 Nov 1964 (aged 82) Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri Burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri Plot C-286 Memorial ID 72188100 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72188100/cordelia-keel