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 Marengo [Ill.] Beacon/Republican-News newspaper dated Wednesday, 23 January 1985, Page 16, Column 4:
The transcription of the article is:
"JERROLD C. SEAVER
"Jerrold C. Seaver, 81, of Capron, will be buried, Friday at 1:30 p.m. from the Capron Lutheran Church. He died in St. Anthony Hospital, Rockford, Tuesday morning, Jan. 15, 1985.
"The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jon O. (Bertha Iverson) Seaver, he was born in Capron, Sept. 10, 1903. Sept 6, 1928, in Capron, he was married to Emma McMullen. He was a retired farmer and the former owner of the Seaver Dairy.
"A member of the Capron Lutheran Church, he had also served on the church council and had been a Sunday school teacher. He was a member of the Capron Lions Club on the board of the Capron State Bank, a board member of KEEN Center, Belvidere, a former member and president of the North Boone School board and manager of Friendly Acres of the Boone County CROP program.
"Jerrold was the husband of Emma; the father of Ronald of Minneapolis, Minn.,; Robert of Huntley; Rev. and Mrs. Tenner (Roma) Thompson of Williston, N.D., and Rev. and Mrs. Richard (Dorothy) Gildseth of Wittenberg, Wis. He had 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, and was the brother of Raymond Seaver of LeSeuer, Minn. and Mrs. Lester (Dorothy) Becker of Rockford. A sister, Terene Seaver has predeceased him.
"Friends called Thursday evening at the Saunders and Hoffman Funeral Home.
"The Rev. Stephen M. Sherer will officiate at the funeral and burial will be in Long Pariarie Cemetery, Capron.
"An expression of sympathy may be made to either the Capron Lutheran Church or the Capron Rescue Squad."
The source citation is:
"Jerrold C. Seaver," Marengo [Ill.] Beacon/Republican-News newspaper, Wednesday, 23 January 1985, page 16, column 4, Jerrold C. Seaver obituary; imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 15 September 2025).
Jerrold Clement Seaver (1903-1985) was born 10 September 1903 in Capron, Illinois, the son of John Oscar and Bertha Christina (Iverson) Seaver. He died 15 January 1985 in Rockford, Illinois. He married Emma Elizabeth McMullen (1905-2003) on 6 September 1928 in Capron. They had four children:
* Roma Rae Seaver (1930-2024), married 1956 Tenner Clarence Thompson (1924-2013)
* Ronald Jerrold Seaver (1932-2012)
* Robert R. Seaver (1934-????), married Susan Charlotte Knight (1937-????).
* Dorothy Ruth Seaver (1937-2000), married (1) 1927 Lester Milton Becker (1904-1975), (2) Richard Gildseth.
I am not related to Jerrold C. Seaver. His grandfather was Knute Sjursen Qvarme Seaver (1826-1909) who was born in Voss, Norway and swettled in Boone County, Illinois by 1853.
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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