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 Leominster [Mass.] Daily Enterprise newspaper dated Saturday, 30 June 1962, page 2, column 3:
The transcription of the article is:
"Mrs. Alma B. Seaver
"Mrs Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver, 80, of 119 Helena street, died yesterday at Leominster Hospital after a long illness. The widow of Frederick W. Seaver, she was born in Killingly, Conn., and lived here most of her life.
"She was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and was organist there for many years. A retired organ and piano teacher, she had been organist at the First Methodist Church in Fitchburg for 10 years and organist at All Saints Chapel in Whalom for three years.
"She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Marion Braithwaite of Maitland, Fla., Mrs. Evelyn Wood of Seekonk, Mrs. Ruth Fischer of Sterling, and Miss Geraldine Seaver of Newton; two sons, Frederick W. Seaver, Jr. of San Diego, Calif., and Edward R. Seaver of Leominster; two sisters, Mrs. Emily R. Taylor of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. Grace R. Moody of Norwood; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
"The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Rev. Ricvhard A. Hennigar officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
"Calling hours at the Silas F. Richardson and Son Funeral Home will be from 21 to 3:30 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. tomorrow."
The source citation is:
"Mrs. Alma B. Seaver," Leominster [Mass.] Daily Enterprise newspaper, Saturday, 30 June 1962, page 2, column 3, Alma Bessie (Richmnd) Seaver obituary; imaged, OldNews.com (https://www.oldnews.com : accessed 4 July 2025).
This announcement provides the name, age, birth place, husband's name, residence, death date and place, burial information, occupation, and associations of the deceased, and names and residences of her children and siblings.
Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962) was born 16 February 1882 in Killingly, Connecticut, the daughter of Thomas and Juliet (White) Richmond. She married Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) on 121 June 1900 in Leominster, Massachusetts. They had seven children, six lived to adulthood.
Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962) is my paternal grandmother, the mother of my father, Frederick Walton Seaver, Jr. (1911-1983).
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