Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Seavers in the News -- 1982 Obituary of Maydelle Shawver Seaver (1913-1982) of Sun City, Arizona

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 Kansas City [Mo.] Times newspaper dated Monday, 22 June 1982, Page 15, Column 2:

The transcription of the article is:

"MRS. A.T. SEAVER II

"Mrs. Maydele Shawver Seaver, 79, Sun City, Ariz., formerly of Kansas City, died May 29 at a hospital in Sun City.   She was born in Kansas City and lived in this area most of her life before moving to Stockton, Mo., in 1975 and to Sun City in 1980.  Mrs. Seaver was a member of Tri Delta sorority, the Young Women's Philharmonic League and the Research Hospital Auxiliary.  She was a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church.  She leaves her husband, A.T. Seaver II at the home; a son, Robert Thompson Seaver, Mendocino, Calif.; a daughter, Ms. Jane Marie Seaver, Lubbock, Texas; a sister, Mrs. Francis Shawver Marye, Denver; and a grandson.  Cremation; burial was in Floral Hills Cemetery, Kansas City."

The source citation is:

"MRS. A.T. SEAVER II" The Kansas City [Mo.] Times newspaper, Tuesday, 22 June 1982, page 15, column 2, obituary of Maydelle Shawver Seaver; imaged,  Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 February 2024).

This obituary is provides her name, her death date, her age, her residence, her associations, the names of her husband, children and sister, and her burial location.  

Dorothy Maydelle (Shawver) Seaver was born 27 May 1913 in Kansas City, Missouri.  She died 129 May 1982 in Sun City, Arizona.  She married Arthur Twining "A.T." Seaver II. (1912-1998)  on 12 April 1934 in Missouri.  They had three children:
  • Jane Marie Seaver (1940-2021)
  • Robert Thompson Seaver (1943-????)
  • James Ross Seaver (1945-1966).
Arthur Twining "A.T. Seaver II  (1912-1998) is my 6th cousin 2x removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 7th great-grandfather Joseph Seaver (1672-1754).

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 but informative.   I am glad that  I can honor Maydelle (Shawver) Seaver (1913-1982) 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 paid subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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