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 [Springfield, Mass.] Republican newspaper dated Wednesday, 17 August 1983, Page 44, Column 1:
The transcription of the article is:
"Greta Seaver Dies at 91
"AMHERST -- Greta W. (Miles) Seaver, 91, of 33 Kellogg Ave., widow of Ora Seaver, died Tuesday in Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton.
"A native of Woburn, and graduate of Fisher College, Boston, she lived in Amherst 44 yars.
" She was a charter member of Orient Club of Pelham, and member of First Congregational Church, the Grange, Amherst Chapter of Rebekah, the Golden Age Club and its chorus.
"She leaves two sons, Arthur W. and Miles A., both of Amherst, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
"The funeral will be Friday afternoon at Douglass Funeral Home with burial in Wildwood Cemetery."
The source citation is:
"Greta Seaver Dies at 91," The [Springfield, Mass.] Republican newspaper, Wednesday, 17 August 1983, page 44, column 1, Greta Seaver obituary; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 March 2025).
This obituary provides the name, age, residence, birth place, occupations, associations, spouse's name, children names, religious affiliation, and funeral services.
Greta Weldon Miles (1892-1983) was born 23 April 1892 in Wobunr, Massachusetts, the daughter of Walter Hildred and Margaret E. (Weldon) Miles. She died 16 August 1983 in Northampton, Massachustts. Greta married Ora Everett Luce Seaver (1892-1962) on 20 November 1915 in Somerville, Massachusetts. They had two children:
* Arthur Weldon Seaver (1925-2008), married 1946 Lucille Mary Hamilton (1925-1990).
* Miles Adams Seaver (1929-2006), married 1954 Margaret E. Joy (1924-2017).
Ora Everett Luce Seaver (1892-1962) is a 7th cousin three times removed to me, with the common Seaver ancestor being Robert Seaver (1634-1683).
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 good obituary. I am glad that I can honor Greta W. (Miles) Seaver (1892-1983) 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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