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 Courier-Journal [Louisville, Ky] newspaper dated Saturday, 1 November 1980, Page 6, Column 6:
The transcription of the article is:
"VEVAY -- Darwin Seaver, 78, died Friday at King's Daughters Hospital in Madison.
"He was a retired employee at the old Alberts Furniture Factory.
"Survivors include his wife, the former Dorothy Cole; a son, Norman Seaver; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Roberts of Shelbyville; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
"The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, with burial in Vevay Cemetery.
"Visitation at the funeral home will be after 7 p.m. Saturday."
The source citation is:
"Darwin Seaver." The Courier-Journal [Louisville, Ky] newspaper, Saturday, 1 November 1980, page 6, column 6, Darwin Seaver obituary; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 28 October 2024).
This obituary provides a short summary of the family of Darwin Seaver, with information about his age, employment, and services.
James Darwin Seaver was born 23 October 1902 in Switzerland County, Indiana, the son of James Garret and Maud S. (Detraz) Seaver. He died 31 October 1980 in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. He married Dorothy Irene Cole (1906-1981) on 24 December 1924 in Switzerland County, Indiana. They had two children:
* Norman Dean Seaver (1927-2002), married 1953 Mary Faith Klopp (1932-2011).
* Barbara Seaver (1930-????), married (1) 1948 Jesse Conner (1926-2010); (2) ????? Roberts.
I am not related to James Darwin Seaver. He is descended from Johannes Wilhelm Sievert and Catherine P eck who married in 1793 in Pennsylvania.
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 short obituary with only family information. I am glad that I can honor James Darwin 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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