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 Register Star [Rockford, Ill.] newspaper dated Tuesday, 16 December 1980, Page B2, Column 6:
The transcription of the article is:
"SEAVER -- James W. Seaver, 22, 4331 Tallwood Drive, was pronounced dead at 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 1980, in Hawthorne, Los Angeles County, Calif., as the result of an accident. Born Sept. 4, 1958, in Madison, Wis., son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Seaver. Lived all his life in Rockford. He was a college student. Graduate of Guilford High School. Survivors include his parents, Attorney and Mrs. Claude Seaver, Rockford; two brothers, Steven Seaver, South Miami, Fla., and William Seaver, Rockford; a sister, Julie Seaver, Chicago; his grandfather, Elmo Piper, Elkhorn, Wis.; and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Evelyn Hintz, Palmetto, Fla.
"Services at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19, in WILBUR CHRISTENSON FUNERAL HOME, 925 3rd Ave., with the Rev. David Biebighauser, pastor of United Church of Christ, Elkhorn, Wis. officiating. Burial in Elkhorn (Wis.) Cemetery. No visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his name to Rosecrance Homes for Children."
The source citation is:
"Seaver," Register Star [Rockford, Ill.] newspaper, Tuesday, 16 December 1980, page B2, column 6, James W. Seaver obituary; imaged, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 6 May 2025).
This obituary provides the name, age, residence, death date and place, relatives names, associations, funeral service and burial information.
James William Seaver was born 4 September 1958 in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Claude Everett and Mary Ann Dodge (Piper) Seaver. He died 13 December 1980 in Hawthorne, California of an accident (probably an automobile accident).
I am a tenth cousin of James William Seaver (1958-1980). Our common Seaver ancestor is our 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683) who settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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 died young of an accident. I am glad that I can honor James W. Seaver (1958-1980) 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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