Update on Anita M. Seaver (52 Ancestors, Week 50)

On May 8, 2015, I wrote a blog post about my grand aunt as part of my 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks project. You can view this blog post Here.

Originally, I thought that Anita only had 2 children- 2 daughters, Tina and Monte. This is what I was told by my mother and then from what I read in newspapers. However, this summer, I found a different newspaper article states that Anita had 2 other children whom I’d never even heard of.

Here’s the article:  (I have highlighted the area of the 2 other children discovered)

Nevada State Journal- Reno, NV, 14 Apr 1957

TWO PERSONS KILLED IN HEAD-ON CRASH

Three Others injured; Little Girl in Critical Condition

Two person were killed and an eight-year-old girl critically injured early yesterday morning in a head-on collision near the northern approach to Lakeview Hill about four miles north of Carson City on Highway 395.

Dead are Mrs. Anita Mae Montgomery, 34, of Steamboat, who was driving a northbound auto, and Ronald Frank Malespin, 22, of Carson City, driver of the Southbound car.

State Highway patrol officers said Malespin’s car was in the wrong lane at the time of the impact. Others riding with Mrs. Montgomery were her husband, Clifford M., a Reno machinery company employee, and their two children, Tina, 8, and Montie Marie, 2.

Officers said the mishap occurred at about 2:00 a.m. and that both cars were mangled almost beyond identification.

Child Badly Hurt

The 8-year-old Montgomery girl was reported in critical condition at Carson Tahoe hospital following emergency surgery. Her sister suffered only minor cuts and bruises. The father sustained head injuries.

Reno Township Coroner William Beemer, who investigated the deaths, said the accident occurred just north of the Washoe county line. He said Mrs. Montgomery was killed instantly and that Malespin died en route to the hospital.

No Skid Marks

Investigating officers theorized the accident could have possibly been caused by a blowout on Malespin’s station wagon, but no skid marks were found in either traffic lane.

Cutting torches were used on the Montgomery auto before her body could be removed from the wreckage.

Cooperating in the investigation were the Nevada Highway patrol, Carson City Police and Washoe and Ormsby county sheriff’s office.

Funeral services for Mrs. Montgomery are pending at the Capital City Mortuary. She was born in Atlanta, Ind., June 5, 1922. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Myron French, of Carson City and two children by a previous marriage, Patricia and Robert Quist of Rock Island, Illinois. Mrs. Montgomery had lived in Steamboat for several months.

Services for Malespin also are pending at the mortuary. He is survived by his widow, Myra, of Carson City.

The deaths were the 25^th and 26^th reported on Nevada highway this year.

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After researching these two names, I discovered Anita’s son, Robert had 3 children. I found one of his grand-daughter’s on Facebook and was able to connect with her mother, Robert’s middle daughter. (I am leaving out names out of respect for living relatives and their privacy). I was actually able to talk to her on the phone, which most people I contact online, it’s very short and only through email or messenger.

After talking to my cousin, I discovered that Anita married Eugene Robert Quist and the two of them had 3 children-

1. Patricia (b. 1942)

2. Robert Eugene (1944-2015)

3. Tina Elizabeth (1948-1957) (passed away in the same accident as her mother)

When Anita remarried Clifford Montgomery (b. 1922), she and Clifford had a daughter, Monte Marie Montgomery (b. 1955). Anita abandoned Patricia and Robert, left them with their father Eugene and took her two youngest daughters and moved to Nevada. I suppose on a different level, it was a good thing that she left Robert and Patricia because they could have been killed in the accident that killed their mother and sister.

Before this, I also didn’t know whatever happened to Monte, Anita’s youngest daughter. She survived the car accident, at the age of 2, along with her father. I think my cousin said she lives in Washington (I can’t quite remember). Robert and Monte would write letters to each other and they stay connected with one another, which I think is just wonderful.

Chaminade High School, Class of 1944

Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton, Ohio is a significant figure in my family's ancestry because so many of my cousins attended the school. (Read my other blog posts on this school Here). 

Recently, the Chaminade-Julienne Alumni Facebook page posted a video of of members of the Ohio State University alumni band playing the Eagle fight song. In the video was a graduate from Chaminade in 1944, the same year as my grandfather, great-uncle and a 2nd cousin. (Chaminade and Julienne were two separate schools, a boys school and a girls school; today, they have combined to make one school). What really caught my attention about this video was the graduate from 1944, since this was the same year as my grandfather, Paul George Jeckering (1925-1954). Since he passed away when my father was only 4 years old, he nor I never knew him. Paul died young, at the age of 28 years old. He was a very artistic person and I've always wondered what he would have done with his life if he hadn't died so young. With this thought and thinking about the man in the video, who was still alive, I wondered how many of Paul's classmates are still alive today. Hence, my recent project: 

Chaminade Catholic High School Yearbook, 1944

(You can view the yearbook Here)

Class of 1944:

1. Joseph Valentine Boeckman Jr.
    b. 05 Dec 1926     Dayton, Ohio
    d. 07 Mar 2005     Dayton, Ohio     (78 Years old)


2, Clarence Eugene Brocke
    b. 19 Jul 1926     Ohio


3. Charles W. Brown
    (Couldn't find anything)


4. Lawrence Frank Buedel
    b. 04 Sep 1926     Dayton, Ohio
    d. 09 May 2011    Miamisburg, Ohio    (84 Years old)

5. Eugene Henry Burger
    b. 06 Feb 1926     Delphos, Ohio
    d. 26 Mar 1991     Dayton, Ohio      (65 Years old)

6. Vincent J. Cashman 

                17 Jun 1926         Dayton, Ohio    

                10 Dec 2012        Kettering, Ohio      (86 Years old)

7. Robert G. Coleman 

                Found a Robert Gerhurdt Coleman

                                18 Dec 1927        Lucas, Ohio

                                16 Jan 2004         Macon, Georgia       (76 Years old)

8. Henry James Condron Jr. 

                08 Feb 1926        Florida

                06 Apr 1998         Kettering, Ohio                 (72 Years old)

9. Harold Eugene Albers

                07 May 1926       Ohio

                17 Dec 2011        Kettering, Ohio                 (85 Years old)

10. Clarence Edward Alexander Jr.

                04 Sep 1926        Ohio

                21 Aug 2006        Kettering, Ohio                 (79 Years old)

11. Thomas J. Amann

                Dec 1926              Dayton, Ohio

                19 Jan 2017         Centerville, Ohio              (90 Years old)

12. Albert James Angerer

                05 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                02 Jun 1978         Oakwood, Ohio               (52 Years old)

13. Harry Ignazio Annarino

                22 Feb 1926        Ohio

                28 Feb 2008        Dayton, Ohio     (82 Years old)

14. Kenneth Jamison Arkenberg

                08 Feb 1926        Ohio

                09 Sep 2010        Dayton, Ohio     (84 Years old)

15. James F. Beirise- 2^nd Cousin, 2x Removed

                01 Feb 1927        Dayton, Ohio

                07 Aug 2012        Dayton, Ohio     (85 Years old)

16. William Forrest Blanford

                10 Jul 1926           Ohio

17. Stephen John Emerick Jr.

                1926                       Ohio

18. Stanley Edward Evans

                24 Jul 1927           Ohio

                06 Jul 2000           Fresno, California           (72 Years old)

19. Brother Donald L. Fahrig

                02 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                22 Nov 2009        Dayton, Ohio                   (83 Years old)

20. George A. Faulkner

                21 Oct 1925         Ohio

                28 May 1956       Kettering, Ohio                (30 Years old)

21. Sam Folino

                03 Jul 1926           Dayton, Ohio 

                12 Dec 2005        Dayton, Ohio                (79 Years old)

22. John Thomas Fowler

                03 Apr 1926         Ohio

                17 Jan 1984         Dayton, Ohio                (58 Years old)

23. Carl Joseph Franke

                15 Jul 1926           Dayton, Ohio

                12 Apr 1998         Manhattan, Kansas         (72 Years old)

24. Robert Lewis Conner

                20 Jul 1926           Dayton, Ohio

                24 Oct 1998         Dayton, Ohio                     (72 Years old)

               

25. Robert E. Cooper Jr.

                1926

26. Donald C. Doyle

                11 Nov 1926        Ohio

                01 Apr 1988         Kettering, Ohio                 (61 Years old)

27. William Benjamin Drayer Jr.

                03 Mar 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                29 Mar 1999        Johnson City, Tennessee              (73 Years old)

28. Joseph Charles Dulsky

                15 Aug 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                21 Aug 1988        Sorrento, Florida              (62 Years old)

29. Donald W. Dwyer

                1926                       Ohio

30. Frank P. Elardo

                25 Jul 1926           Ohio

                29 Jun 2013         Phoenix, Arizona              (87 Years old)

31. Robert T. Harnett

                Abt. 1926 (Couldn’t find anything)                           

32. Thomas E. Herrman Jr.

                24 Oct 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                30 May 1967       Omaha, Nebraska            (40 Years old)

33. James E. Hayne

                Found a James Edward Heyne

                05 May 1926

                26 Jul 1997           Mansfield, Ohio            (71 Years old)

34. Richard Paul Hickey

                05 Jul 1926           Ohio

                13 Jul 2006           Kettering, Ohio             (80 years old)

35. Raymond Charles Hieber

                01 Oct 1926         Missouri

                29 Nov 2007        Bellbrook, Ohio                 (81 Years old)

36. John E. Hillard

                Found 2- COULD BE THE SAME PERSON….

                John E. Hilliard                                                 John Edward Hilliard

                27 Nov 1926                                                     11 Nov 1926        Ohio

                15 Oct 1999         Dayton, Ohio                       21 Oct 1999         Dayton, Ohio

               

37. William J. Hoben

                19 May 1927       Ohio

                02 Dec 2009        Dayton, Ohio                     (82 Years old)

38. Harry John Gallvian Jr.

                15 Nov 1927        Dayton, Ohio

                15 Apr 1991         Dayton, Ohio                     (64 Years old)

39. Robert E. Gast

                04 Feb 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                13 Mar 1998        Dayton, Ohio                     (72 Years old)

40. Raymond E. Geis

                08 Jan 1925         Dayton, Ohio

                30 Oct 1989         Vandalia, Ohio                   (64 Years old)

41. Angelo Gigliotti

                01 Nov 1925        Ohio

                03 Jan 2002         Dayton, Ohio                     (77 Years old)

42. Vernon M. Glasner

     (Couldn’t find anything)

43. John Joseph Goeke

                30 Mar 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                07 Feb 2014        Dayton, Ohio                     (87 Years old)

44. Thomas W. Hanfelder

                23 Feb 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                17 Jan 2000         Dayton, Ohio                     (73 Years old)

45. Harold R. Kauth

                27 Mar 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                21 Jan 2000         Bedford, Texas                 (74 Years old)

46. John Thomas Kelly

                22 Nov 1926        Ohio

                06 Feb 2015        Kettering, Ohio                 (88 Years old)

47. James Edward Kessel

                28 Sep 1926        Ohio

                12 Aug 2015        Kettering, Ohio                 (88 Years old)

48. Walter Francis Keville

                11 Sep 1927        Dayton, Ohio

                26 Nov 1986        San Diego, California       (59 Years old)

49. Charles Richard Kindler

                15 Aug 1926        Ohio

                25 Jul 1955           Celina, Ohio                        (28 Years old)

50. Eugene W. Kirchmer

                25 Jan 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                26 Dec 2016        Dayton, Ohio                     (90 Years old)

51. Gregory E. Kosterman

      (Couldnt' find anything)

52. Albert Frederick Hochwalt

                25 Feb 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                20 Oct 2005         Dayton, Ohio                     (79 Years old)

53. John Roderick Hochwalt

                25 Feb 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                30 Dec 1994        Dayton, Ohio                     (68 Years old)

54. Elmer Joseph Hohm

                14 Feb 1926        Ohio

                26 May 2015       Ohio                                      (89 Years old)

55. Richard Cletus Jeckering-- (My Great-Uncle)

                22 Sep 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                14 Apr 2017         Kettering, Ohio                 (90 Years old)

56. Robert J. Kappeler

      (Couldn't find anything)

57. Richard Leo Karl

                10 Jul 1926           Dayton, Ohio

                20 Jul 2011           West Milton, Ohio           (85 Years old)

58. James A. Kauflin

                14 May 1926       Dayton, Ohio

                24 May 2013       Virginia                                 (87 Years old)

59. Donald J. Meyer

                20 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                04 Jul 1982           Kettering, Ohio              (56 Years old)

60. Frank J. Meyer

61. Edwin James Miller

                24 Jan 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                02 May 2001       Bradenton, Florida          (75 Years old)

62. Earl Joseph Moorman

                19 Sep 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                25 Jul 1989           Dayton, Ohio                 (62 Years old)

63. Adrian John Morgan

                12 Nov 1926        Cincinnati, Ohio

                29 May 1983       Dayton, Ohio                     (56 Years old)

64. Robert Joseph O’Donnell

                10 Aug 1925        Anderson, Indiana

                06 Aug 2011        Denver, Colorado            (85 Years old)

               

65. Fred Lewis Ohmer

                08 Mar 1927        Dayton, Ohio

                29 Jan 2014         Dayton, Ohio                     (86 Years old)

66. Jerome F. Koshnen

                Abt 1926 (Couldn't find anything)

67. Edward L. Kunk

                02 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                08 Nov 2016        Saint Henry, Ohio             (90 Years old)

68. Joseph Aloysius Kuntz Jr.

                17 Oct 1925         Dayton, Ohio

                27 Nov 1944        France                                  (19 Years old)

69. James Blanchard Leist

                02 Apr 1926         Ohio

                12 May 1997       Ohio                                      (71 Years old)

70. Theodore R. Lienesch

                Abt 1927              Ohio

71. Angelo V. Manzo

                04 Nov 1926        Italy

                22 Jan 2012         Kettering, Ohio                 (85 Years old)

72. Edward L. Marrinan Jr.  

                03 Aug 1926        Ohio

                25 Mar 1981        Kettering, Ohio                 (54 Years old)

73. Robert C. Roeckner

                23 May 1959       Dayton, Ohio

74. Richard Joseph Roll

                20 Jun 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                13 Jan 1913         Ohio                                      (70 Years old)

75. Robert Donald Ruther

                01 Jul 1927           Ohio

76. Joseph Donato Savino

                27 May 1926       Dayton, Ohio

                09 Mar 2016        Georgia                                 (89 Years old)

77. Paul Frederick Schaaf

                24 Jul 1927           Dayton, Ohio

                16 Sep 2007        Carthagena, Ohio             (80 Years old)

78. Louis Thomas Schnable

                10 Mar 1926        Ohio

                16 Apr 2011         Yountville, Kentucky       (85 Years old)

79. Dennis F. Schock

                18 Jul 1926           Dayton, Ohio

                12 May 2006       Schuylkill Haven, PA        (79 Years old)

80. Philip J. Ostendorf

                11 Nov 1926        Ohio

81. Henry John Osterfeld

                27 Feb 1926        Ohio

                29 Oct 2012         Dayton, Ohio                     (88 Years old)

82. John F. Pain

                Abt 1926              Ohio

                Found a John Francis Pain

                                15 Nov 1926

                                06 Oct 2008         Albany, KY           (81 Years old)

83. Alonso T. Parker

      (Couldn't find anything)

84. James Charles Pfeiffer

                16 Oct 1925         Dayton, Ohio

                29 Feb 1988        Dayton, Ohio                     (82 Years old)

85. James Edward Reising

                17 Mar 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                11 Mar 1980        Birmingham, Alabama    (54 Years old)

86. Thomas Joseph Roddy

                03 Feb 1926        Milwaukee, Wisconsin

                03 Feb 2002        Seminole, Florida             (76 Years old)

87. John E. Sweeney

                28 Jul 1926           Ohio

                02 Feb 1974        Dayton, Ohio                     (47 Years old)

88. Wallace W. Sweeterman

                22 Oct 1925         Ohio

89. Francis William Henry Tangeman

                23 Mar 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                08 Apr 1968         Annapolis, Maryland      (42 Years old)- Suicide by car exhaust fumes

90. Leonard Clarence Trick

                17 Dec 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                22 Jan 2004         Dayton, Ohio                     (77 Years old)

91. Joseph Charles Vickers

                10 Mar 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                20 Oct 1996         Dayton, Ohio                     (70 Years old)

92. Joseph Pierre Wack

                11 Jul 1927           Dayton, Ohio

                03 Apr 1999         Cleveland, Ohio              (71 Years old)

93. Norbert Julius Walz Jr.

                11 Nov 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                19 Jan 1988         Houston, Texas                 (62 Years old)

94. Elmer George Schulte

                16 Sep 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                07 Sep 2011        Dayton, Ohio                     (84 Years old)

95. Thomas Lucian Shillito

                24 Aug 1925        Dayton, Ohio

                16 Aug 1999        Dayton, Ohio                     (73 Years old)

96. Thomas J. Spitzig

                Abt 1926              Ohio

97. Clement F. Spraley Jr.

                Abt 1926              Ohio

98. Robert P. Spreng

                25 Jun 1925         Dayton, Ohio

                29 Sep 1995        Dayton, Ohio                     (70 Years old)

99. Charles William Stonebarger Jr.

                10 Sep 1926        Ohio

100. William Francis Suttmiller

                11 May 1925       Ohio

                03 Dec 1985        Dayton, Ohio                     (60 Years old)

101. Edward Joseph Wildenhaus

                18 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                23 Nov 2006        Strongsville, Ohio             (80 Years old)

102. Paul Leo Wilkens

                31 Dec 1926        Ohio

                01 Oct 2011         Dayton, Ohio                     (84 Years old)

103. Richard Hageman

                07 Aug 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                09 Jan 1957         Englewood, NJ                  (30 Years old)- Car Accident 

                                                                                     (TV Star on Our Miss Brooks)

104. William R. Masters Jr.

                21 Sep 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                28 May 2007       El Monte, California        (80 Years old)

105. Richard Kay Knuge

                03 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                06 Aug 2005        Ohio                                      (79 Years old)

106. Francis James Schneble

                20 Jul 1924           Dayton, Ohio

                04 Apr 2008         Dayton, Ohio                     (83 Years old)

107. Howard Eugene Helpling

                12 Apr 1925         Dayton, Ohio

                28 Oct 2008         Dayton, Ohio                     (83 Years old)

108. Paul George Jeckering- Grandfather

                19 May 1925       Dayton, Ohio

                11 Jan 1954         Dayton, Ohio                     (28 Years old)- Lupus

109. John Nicholas Weaver

                06 Dec 1926        Dayton, Ohio

                28 Nov 2015        Dayton, Ohio                     (88 Years old)

110. Charles Henry Wehner

                19 Mar 1926        Ohio

                24 Jun 2013         Seville, Florida                   (87 Years old)

111. Joseph Edward Wehner

                31 Aug 1925        Dayton, Ohio

                18 Oct 2002         Dayton, Ohio                     (77 Years old)

112. Richard Edward Wehner

                02 Jan 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                12 Jan 2018         Kettering, Ohio                 (92 Years old)

113. William Hugh Weis

                23 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                13 Apr 1977         Dayton, Ohio                     (50 Years old)

114. Edward Charles Wenning

                05 Apr 1926         Dayton, Ohio

                22 Sep 1997        Kettering, Ohio                 (71 Years old)

115. Carl Patrick Wheelersburg

                04 Apr 1926         Ironton, Ohio

                13 Mar 2013        McDermott, Ohio            (86 Years old)

In total, 21 out of the 115 are either Living or Unknown