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 Buffalo (N.Y.] News newspaper dated Monday, 15 June 1981, Page 34, Column 6:
The transcription of the article is:
"SEAVER -- Charles J. (Jack)
"June 11, 1981, of Amherst, N.Y., beloved husband of Dollyanne (nee Hagen); dear father of Charles Jr., Mrs. John (Gayle) Clauser, Mrs. Stanley (Carol) Shank, Mrs. Sherry Ann Roth of Arizona, Larry (Ruth Ann) Paschen and the late Terry Paschen; grandfather of nine, father-in-law of Ann Paschen. There will be no prior visitation. A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 PM in Elmlawn Cemetery. Flowers gratefully declined. If desired, contributions may be made in Mr. Seaver's memory to the Erie County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by the (Amherst Chapel) Amigone Funeral Home Inc."
The source citation is:
"Seaver, Charles J. (Jack)" The Buffalo [N.Y.] News newspaper, Monday, 15 June 1981, page 34, column 6, obituary of Charles J. (Jack) Seaver; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 27 January 2024).
This obituary is very sparse - providing the name, death date and place, names of his parents and siblings, but not his age, birth, parents, marriage, occupation, or associations information.
Charles John "Jack" Seaver was born 11 June 1922 in Salamanca, New York, the son of Charles Herbert and Reva M. (Coe) Seaver. He died 11 June 1981 in Amherst, New York. He married (1), Mary Louise Peterson (1922-1997) in about 1940. They had three children:
* Charles J. Seaver Jr., 1943-????)
* Gayle D. Seaver (1947-????), married John Clouser.
* Carol L. Seaver (1949-????), married Stanley Shank.
Charles John Seaver married (2) Dollyanne Hagen (????-????) before 1981. The three Paschen children are probably Dollyanne's children by a marriage to a Paschen.
Charles John Seaver (1922-1981) may be a distant cousin of mine. He is the 2nd great-grandson of Daniel Seaver (1800-1880) who married Maria Emons (1809-1880). I have been unable to determine Daniel Seaver's parents, although he is from Massachusetts.
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 very sparse obituary. I am glad that I can honor Charles J. Seaver (1922-1981) 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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2 comments:
Errors in your post? "This obituary is very sparse - providing the name, age, death date and place, "birth place and date", names of "her parents and siblings", but not his age, birth, parents, marriage, occupation, associations information. " I didn't see "birth place and date" "her"? I saw his sons and daughters and daughter-in-law. I love your posts, but this paragraph confused me.
Hi Gerryruth, I see your confusion. I fixed it (I hope). I copy and paste the previous week's post and then delete the old info, add the new info, and sometimes fail to review every word or phrase. Misteaks often happen, but not as bad as what you pointed out. I'm a one-man content creator here. Thank you.
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