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Nov 10, 2000 · Vera Jeffery Palmer Peers. Birth. 19 May 1903. Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA. Death. 10 Nov 2000 (aged 97) Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA. Burial. Fairview Cemetery. Pen Argyl, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA Show Map. Memorial ID. 19459. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 15. Flowers 80. Memorials.
Nov 17, 2000 · She was the wife of Harry Peers, who died in 1997. Born in Pen Argyl, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Beatrice (Jeffery) Palmer. Survivors: Sister, Helen Milheim of Pen Argyl; five...
Jan 19, 2018 · Biography. Vera Jeffrey Palmer's first husband was Herbert Palmer. (Yes they had the same last name) Her middle name was Jeffrey, which was her mother's maiden name. They had daughter Vera, aka Jayne Mansfield . After Herbert died, she married Harry Peers. Sources. Census; 1910,1920,1930,1940. Find a Grave #19459.
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Nov 19, 2000 · PUBLISHED: November 19, 2000 at 5:00 a.m. | UPDATED: October 4, 2021 at 2:44 p.m. The casket was lowered five feet. Six feet under is “a myth,” one of the two grave diggers stressed. The ...
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Mansfield was the only child of Herbert William Palmer (1904–1936) and Vera Jeffrey Palmer (1903–2000). She was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Her father was of German descent and her mother was of English descent. After her father's death in 1936, Jayne, her mother, and stepfather Harry Lawrence Peers moved to Dallas, Texas. After high school gr...
In 1955, Mansfield went to New York City. She appeared in the Broadway production of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?The critics praised her performance. She appeared in 400 plus shows of the play between 1955 and 1956. She went to Hollywood in 1956. 20th Century Fox signed her to a six-year contract in an effort to replace the troubled Marilyn Monr...
Mansfield married public relations professional Paul Mansfield in 1950. They had one daughter, Jayne Marie Mansfield. The couple divorced in 1956. Jayne kept "Mansfield" as her professional name. She married actor-bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay in 1958. They had three children, Miklós Jeffrey Palmer Hargitay, Zoltán Anthony Hargitay, and Mariska Magdo...
Mansfield was killed in a car crash in June 1967. She was going to New Orleans for a television interview when her car crashed into the back of a truck. Her lover Sam Brody and her driver Ronnie Harrison were also killed. Three of her children - Miklós, Zoltán and Mariska - escaped death with minor injuries. An urban legend about Mansfield being de...
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- Vera Jayne Palmer, April 19, 1933, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Vera Jayne Peers, Vera Palmer
- June 29, 1967 (aged 34), Slidell, Louisiana, U.S.
Mother of actress Jayne Mansfield and grandmother of TV star Mariska Hargitay.
Feb 27, 2023 · Daughter of Herbert William Palmer and Vera Jeffrey Palmer. Marriages. Paul James Mansfield of Dallas, Texas. 1 daughter. Mickey Hargity, div. May 1963 in Juarez, Mexico. 3 children. Matt Cimber, m. 24 Sep 1964 in Mulege, Baja California, Mexico. Div 20 Jul 1966. 1 son. Sources. ↑ personal memory of friend and classmate, Lucien Leinfelder.
