Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Seavers in the News -- 1981 Obituary of Guy R. Seaver (1893-1981) of Williamsburg, Vermont

  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 Rutland [Vt.] Daily Herald newspaper dated Sunday, 12 April 1981, Page 6, Column 3:



The transcription of the article is:

"Guy R. Seaver

"WILLIAMSTOWN -- Guy R. Seaver, 88, died Saturday in Central Vermont Hospital, Berlin.

"Born here Feb. 19, 1893, he was the son of Forrest and Eva (Metcalf) Seaver, and attended local schools.

"He operated a farm for many years here and also served 18 years as road commissioner.

"On Feb. 25, 1917, he married Inez Poor, also of Williamstown.  She is deceased.

"Surviving are three sons, Guy Seaver Jr. and Donald Seaver, both of Williamstown, and Allen Seaver, Winstead, Conn.;  17 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.  Another son, Jesse Seaver, is deceased.  He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lena Fish, Barre and Mrs. Julia Audette, Hyde Park; nieces, nephews and more distant relatives.

"His funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Williamstown Congregational Church."

The source citation is:

"Guy R. Seaver," Rutland [Vt.] Daily Herald newspaper, Sunday, 12 April 1981, page 6, column 3, obituary of Guy R. Seaver; imaged,  Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 January 2024).

This obituary is fairly sparse - providing the full name, age, death date and place, address, birth place, and occupation, plus names of his wife, and children.

Guy Raymond Seaver (1893-1981) was born 19 February 1893 in Williamstown, Vermont, the son of Forrest Clinton and Eva  Estella(Metcalf) Seaver.  He died 11 April 1981 in Berlin, Vermont.  Guy married Inez Belle Poor (1893-1971) on 25 February 1917 in Northfield, Vermont.  They had four children:

*  Guy Raymond Seaver Jr. (1918-2002), married 1945 Bernadette Rita Duranleau (1923-2000).
*  Allen Wendell Seaver (1919-1992), married 1946 Constance M. Doyle (1924-2011).
*  Jesse Morton Seaver (1923-1933).
*  Donald Barton Seaver (1926-2022), married 1954 Bernice Lee Chambers (1936-????).

Guy Raymond Seaver (1893-1981) is my 8th cousin 2x removed.  Our common Seaver ancestry is my 9th great-grandfather, Robert Seaver (1608-1683).

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 relatively sparse obituary.   I am glad that  I can honor Guy Raymond Seaver (1893-1981) 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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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage.com and OldNews.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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