Paternal Grandmother

Vivian Lee Selman was born on 7 September 1922 in Texas.¹ She was adopted on 12 June 1923 in Arkansas, and her name was changed to Pauline Frances Scholz.²

On this day is presented to the Court the petition of Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz, husband and wife, duly verified, for the adoption of Vivian Lee Selman, residing in Hot Springs, in Garland County, Arkansas, of the age of nine months. And also appeared before the court in open session Eva Lee Selman, the mother of the said Vivian Lee Selman, and consented to the adoption of the said Vivian Lee Selman by said Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz; and also appeared in open court T. H. Akers and J. J. Window, who being duly sworn, testified that Carl B. Selman, the father of said Vivian Lee Selman, is living, but that his post-office address and whereabouts are unknown. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that it will be for the best interests of said Vivian Lee Selman that she be adopted by the said Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz, and Eva Lee Selman, mother of the said Vivian Lee Selman, consent thereto, and it further appearing to the Court that the post-office address and present whereabouts of Carl B. Selman, father of the said Vivian Lee Selman, are unknown, it is therefore considered, ordered and adjudged by the court that the said Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz be and they are hereby authorized to adopt the said Vivian Lee Selman, who shall henceforth take the name of Pauline Frances Scholz, and shall be entitled to and shall receive all rights and interests in the estate of the said Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz by descent, or otherwise, that she would have if the natural heir of said Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz, and the said Walter Scholz and Yetta Scholz shall henceforward occupy the same position towards the said Vivian Lee Selman that they would if the natural father and mother of the said Vivian Lee Selman, and be liable for the maintenance and education, and in every other way responsible as the natural father and mother of the said Vivian Lee Selman. It is further ordered that petitioners pay all costs of this proceeding.

Pauline married on 30 August 1946 in Virginia.³

This is to certify that Gerardo Joseph Lombardi and Pauline Frances Scholz were lawfully married on the 30th day of August 1946 according to the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church and in conformity with the laws of the State of Virginia.

Pauline received a degree on 10 June 1951 at Virginia Tech.⁴

Know all men by these presents that the Visitors of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute have conferred upon Pauline Scholz Lombardi who has satisfactorily completed all the requirements, the title and degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics with all the rights, privileges and honors everywhere pertaining to this degree.

Pauline was widowed on 7 February 2002.⁵ She died on 12 March 2016 in Colorado, and her death was due to heart failure.⁶ She was buried in New Mexico.⁶

1 Tex., Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, 49737, Sellman, 7 September 1922.
2 The Matter of the Adoption of Vivian Lee Selman, 12 June 1923, Garland Co., Ark., J, p. 193.
3 Certificate, Lombardi–Scholz marriage, 30 August 1946.
4 Pauline Scholz Lombardi, Bachelor of Science, 1951.
5 Gerardo J. Lombardi, death certificate (2002).
6 Pauline Frances Lombardi, death certificate (2016).