Life
Truman was born in Ivydale, Clay County, West Virginia, to Newberry Truman and Rosa Belle Hardman; the family settled in Chehalis, Washington several years later. He had one sister, Geraldine. Truman enlisted in the 100th Aero Squadron – 7th Squad of United States Army as a private on August 4, 1917, later surviving the torpedoing of the Tuscania on February 5, 1918, off the coast of Ireland. After the incident, Truman was honorably discharged on June 12, 1919, from military service. He had lived in Riffe, Washington, until around 1926, when he became caretaker of the Mount St. Helens Lodge, located at the foot of Mount St. Helens beside Spirit Lake. At the time of his death, Truman had operated the lodge for 52 years; he was also a member of the Tuscania Survivors Association from 1938 until his death.
Truman was married three times: to Helen Irene (née Hughes), Marjorie (née Bennett), and Edna O. (née Henrickson). It is not clear when he married or separated from Hughes, but he married Bennett in 1935 and married Henrickson in 1947.
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