Seavers in the News -- Obituary of William Seaver (1883-1977) of Etna, California

  Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Record-Searchlight [Redding, Calif.]newspaper dated 16 December 1977, page 8:

The transcription of the article is:

"William Seaver

"ETNA -- Funeral services for William Henry Seaver of Etna will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at the Church of Latter-day Saints here.

"Seaver died Wednesday in Mesa, Ariz.  He was 94. He was born Dec. 10, 1883 in Prescott, Ariz., and settled in Etna in 1959.  He had been a cattle rancher and a mail carrier.

" leaves two daughters, Minna Wells of Tempe, Ariz., and Violet Mills of Medford, Ore.; two sons, Charles and Vernon, both of Etna; 16 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

"Burial will be in Etna Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Church of Latter-day Saints building fund in Etna.  Funeral arrangements were made by the Girdner Chapel of Yreka."

The source citation is:

"William Seaver," Record-Searchlight [Redding, Calif.] newspaper, Friday, 16 December 1977, page 8, column 7, William Seaver obituary,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 1 January 2024).

This obituary provides the name, age, birth day and place, death day, death place, occupation, work experience, children names, burial place, services and visitation, but not parents names, spouse's name, or cause of death.

William Henry Seaver (1883-1977) was born 9 December 1883 in Prescott, Arizona, the son of William Henry and Arey Permelia (Chambers) Seaver.  He died 14 December 1977 in Mesa, Arizona.  He married Violetta Thomsen (1891-1969) on 15 March 1909 in Douglas, Arizona.  They had five children:

*  Minna "Minnie" Seaver (1911-2005), married 1936 Warren W. Wells (1913-1994).

*  Melvin Henry Seaver (1917-1954), married 1943 Thelma Sherman (1923-1954).

*  Charles William Seaver (1919-2008), married 1936 Ora Jean (1921-2003).

*  Violet May Seaver (1925-2008), married 1942 Jack Pierce Mills (1922-2017).

*  James Vernon Seaver (1934-2015), married 1951 Betty Loyce Vernon (1935-????).

I am not a Seaver cousin to William Henry Seaver (1883-1977).  He is a descendant of Henry and Elizabeth (--?--) Seaver of Virginia and of German descent.  

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person has a family with lots of descendants.  I am glad that I can honor William Henry Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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