The 1934 New York City Directory shows Robert as an employee of IBM livinng at 793 Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn.
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New York Times
December 14, 1970Hascall, Robert S., suddenly on Dec 12, 1970 of Rockville Centre L.I. Beloved husband of Elizabeth, father of David Hascall, son of Gertrude S. Ash.
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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Robert S Hascall
Birth Year: 1912
Race: White, citizen
Nativity State or Country: New York
State: New York
Enlistment Date: 26 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: Maryland
Enlistment City: Baltimore
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of college
Civil Occupation: Railway Signal Operator
Marital Status: Married
Height: 73
Weight: 196
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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Pan American World Airways Passenger Manifest
From Kindley Field, Bermuda to Idlewild, New York
April 24, 1954
Robert S. Hascall
Elizabeth H. Hascall
Peter S. Hascall
Marriage Notes for Robert Stryker Hascall and Gertrude Elizabeth Belcher
MARRIAGE:
Marriage engagement for Robert Stryker Hascall and Gertrude Elizabeth Belc
her
January 17, 1937
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Seymour Belcher of Flushing, Queens, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Gertrude Elizabeth Belcher, to Robert Stryker Hascall of Brooklyn, son of Mrs. Ernest A. Ash of Brooklyn and of Harold Dawson Hascall of New York. Mr. Hascall, a graduate of Montpelier (Vt.) Acadamey, is with the International Business Machines Corporation of this city.
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Pan American Worl Airways Passenger Manifest
From Kindley Field, Bermuda to Idlewild, New York
April 24, 1954
Robert S. Hascall
Elizabeth H. Hascall
Peter S. Hascall
Marriage Notes for Robert Stryker Hascall and Elizabeth Houghton
MARRIAGE:
Brooklyn Eagle
June 22, 1941
The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Houghton, daughter of Mrs. George Langley Ho
ughton of Rockville Centre and the late Mr. Houghton, and Robert Stryker Hascall, son of Mrs. Ernest Ash of Rockville Centre, formerly of Brooklyn, took place yesterday afternoon at the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Frederic Berg and was followed by a reception at the Towers Hotel.
The bride was escorted to the altar by her uncle, E. A. Schierbaum, and her mother gave her in marriage. She wore a gown of marquisette, trimmed with heirloom duchess and rose point lace and a Jullette cap of the same lace with a tulle veil. Miss Florence ZKeller of Garden City, maid of honor for her cousin, was dressed in Neptune green sheer crepe and a leghorn hat trimmed with green velvet ribbon.
Dermott Noonan of Manhattan was the best man and the ushers included Albert Pearsall of Brroklyn, L. Gordon Hyle of Rockville Centre, James W. Kerley of Manhattan and Franklyn W. Erhardt of Kew Gardens.
The bride recieved her education at the Buffalo State College. She is past president of the Junior Auxialary of Brooklyn Colony, New England Women, and is a member of the Junior League of the 20th Century Club. Mr. Hascall attended Erasmus High School and Montpelier Academy, Vermont. Through his mother's family, Mr. Hascall is a direct descendat of Peter Stryker, who was one of the original settlers of Flatbush. His grandmother was the late Mrs. Gertrude Stryker Jennings, well known in church and philanthropic circles. Through his great grandmother, who was Frances Anne Hart Stryker, he is a descendant of John Hart, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Hascall is associated with the International Business Machines.
The couple, after a wedding trip to Maine, will make their home in Rockville Centre.
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
SALVADORAN ARMY OFFICER INVESTIGATED IN SLAYING OF U.S. BUSINESSMAN
DATE: Wednesday, March 19, 1986
Dallas Morning NewsA Salvadoran army officer is being investigated in the slaying of a U.S. businessman, officials said. Lt. Jose Carlos Byron Lazo and a civilian friend, Carlos Alberto Romero, told investigators they were with Peter Hascall when he was shot early on the morning of Feb. 15 outside his apartment complex. Romero was imprisoned Feb. 17 and charged with homicide March 6. Lazo has not been charged with any offense, officials said.
Hascall, who had resided in El Salvador since June 1985, worked as a consultantfor Swift Ships Inc., of Morgan City, La. The company manufactures small industrial boats. Hascall serviced and sold spare parts for Swift Ships to the Salvadoran navy.
The principal witness in the case, a student who asked to remain unidentified, has received two death threats since speaking with Salvadoran and U.S. officials. The student, who happened onto the scene a few minutes after the shooting, said he was told by soldiers in the vicinity to keep quiet. ''They said to me, 'You saw nothing,' " the student said. "They repeated this several times until I finally told them that I had seen nothing
He said he's attempting to leave the country.
On the night of the slaying, Hascall had been drinking with Romero and Lazo in La Marea, a bar in the capital. Witnesses said that Hascall met the Salvadorans at La Marea. The witnesses said the 35-year-old businessman was wearing combat fatigues and carrying three weapons: a .357 magnum, a .44 Colt and a smaller handgun. There is no indication that Hascall had any connection with the U.S. or Salvadoran military.
The proprietress of the bar told police that she had introduced Hascall and Lazo. She said that Lazo told Hascall: ''I don't like it that a gringo comes here and gives me orders." The three men left the bar for Hascall's apartment where he changed from the fatigues into civilian clothes.
''Peter came back to the house with two men late at night and changed his clothes," said Margareta Galeas, Hascall's wife. "He told me he was with two friends, one of whom was a lieutenant, and that he would be back later. About five minutes later I heard five or six shots."
Lazo and Romero, who both admitted that they were armed the night of Hascall's killing, contend that Hascall fired at a speeding motorcycle and a car outside the apartment complex and that he was killed by return fire from the two vehicles. Seven witnesses in the vicinity, including the student, said they did not see or hear cars on the road before the shooting.
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THE MIAMI HERALD
AMERICAN'S DEATH AS FOGGY AS HIS PAST
Sunday, March 2, 1986
TIM GOLDEN Herald Staff WriterIn a country that attracts foreign adventurers, there was nothing to particularly distinguish Peter Stryker Hascall, an American roaming El Salvador in camouflage fatigues with a .44- caliber Magnum in a shoulder holster, a 9mm pistol tucked into his waist and a foggy past. He was a tallish, heavyset, bearded man with dark eyes. Tattooed on his left shoulder was a drawing of the Salvadoran Indian warrior Atlacatl, namesake of an elite U.S.-trained Salvadoran infantry battalion. He talked sometimes about war experiences in Vietnam, but never quite clearly enough for Margarita Galeas, the Salvadoran woman he lived with, to figure whether they had been Hascall's or a friend's. He was clear about leftist guerrillas and communism, though. He didn't like them.
On Saturday, Feb. 8, Hascall, 35, was shot to death about 3 a.m. in front of the litter-strewn apartment complex where he lived with Galeas, 37, and her daughter. More than two weeks later, nobody is quite sure why Peter Stryker Hascall was shot or even what he was doing in El Salvador.
The Salvadoran rebel news agency Salpress, citing guerrilla Radio Farabundo Marti, identified Hascall as a U.S. military adviser "brought to justice" by urban guerrilla commandos. The Salpress report has never been confirmed or repeated by the more powerful rebel station, Radio Venceremos. The U.S. Embassy said Hascall was not employed or connected in any way with the U.S. government.When Hascall came to El Salvador last summer, he quickly tapped into one of the country's primary foreign business opportunities -- the 6-year-old civil war. He hooked up with the navy, one of the more interesting, lesser-known elements of the Salvadoran military. Navy patrol boats and Pirana speedboats in the Gulf of Fonseca, aided by U.S. advisers, watch for arms shipments from Nicaragua to the Salvadoran guerrillas. They have never found any.
Hascall told Galeas that he spent a lot of his time with the handful of U.S. advisers, living in their big house in La Union. He once brought two Americans to the apartment, a Chicano and a blond man.
People who knew him in El Salvador -- none apparently very well -- recalled Hascall as private and quiet, but friendly. Tranquilo was the general one-word summary. As Galeas tells it, Hascall was just cooling his heels in El Salvador after working for about five years running petroleum exploration boats in Mexico for U.S. companies working under the state oil company, Pemex. It was in Mexico that they had met, the big gringo boat captain and the pretty peasant sister of two of his co-workers. He lived with her for months at a time in a more upscale apartment, returning to Mexico to work until last year.
The Salvadoran navy commander, Col. Humberto Villalta, said Hascall showed up in his office one day asking how Villalta might feel about Hascall representing Swiftships Inc. The Morgan City, La., shipbuilding firm had sold two patrol boats to the navy in 1984 and 1985, both paid for with U.S. aid funds. "The truth is that it did seem strange to me," Villalta said. He added that it was "possible" that Hascall was involved in some sort of intelligence-gathering activities. He didn't think so.
Hascall apparently had no connection to Swiftships when he had the first of their four or five meetings that Villalta remembers. For reasons that have not been fully explained, Swiftships officials first told reporters asking about the slain man that he had never worked for the firm. They subsequently described him as a "part-time consultant" who "interfaced" between the company and the Salvadoran navy.Galeas bought him some beer that Friday, and he sat around the house in his fatigues, drinking about 10 bottles before going out at about 10 p.m., according to an official involved in the investigation. Hascall met a young friend about two hours later. They went for a drink at a corner juke box place, La Marea. About two hours later, the official said, Hascall asked the friend if two men in the corner of the bar were police. The friend didn't know. He left Hascall and went home.
In police custody are a lieutenant and a sergeant of the Salvadoran army's Bracamonte infantry battalion who accompanied Hascall, by this time quite drunk, to his apartment so he could change out of his camouflage jacket and fatigues. Galeas awoke when they came into the house. He put his head on her lap and told her without being specific that he was sorry for all the problems he had caused her. "He seemed sad to me and I put my hand on his head and told him not to go," she recalled. "He said, 'I'm going.' " He walked with the two soldiers down to the street, in front of the San Salvador zoo. According to one oft-repeated version, a Toyota sedan sped by, almost hitting him. He fired a shot in the air with the Magnum. Someone shot back. Peter Stryker Hascall died, the victim of a street crime, a business deal gone bad or the civil war. No one is quite sure.
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
REBELS CLAIM SLAYING
DATE: Tuesday, February 18, 1986
Mercury News Wire ServicesLeftist guerrillas claimed responsibility for the weekend slaying of an American who reportedly worked as an adviser to the Salvadoran navy, reports said Monday. Peter Stryker Hascall, 35, who lived in San Salvador for five years, died early Saturday, when he was gunned down by unknown attackers. Rebels said Hascall was one of the 55 U.S. military advisers training the Salvadoran army, but a U.S. Embassy official said he was a merchant marine who may have worked as an adviser to the Salvadoran navy.
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SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
AMERICAN 'MARINE CONSULTANT' SHOT, KILLED IN EL SALVADOR
DATE: Sunday, February 16, 1986
By TIM GOLDEN, Knight-Ridder News ServiceA shadowy American who reportedly worked with the Salvadoran navy was shot and killed in San Salvador before dawn on Saturday under mysterious circumstances. Peter Stryker Hascall, 35, whose last U.S. address was Galveston, Texas, in 1981, was shot once in the chest with a large-caliber handgun, authorities said.
After several shots were heard, Hascall was found on the street in front of the apartment complex where he lived with a Salvadoran woman, their four-year-old daughter and the woman's other daughter.
The San Salvador judge in charge of the case, Justice of the Peace Rosario Goches Castro, said the only apparent witnesses to the killing were two Salvadoran men who had been drinking with Hascall and returned to the apartment with him at about 2 a.m. According to Goches and neighbors in the apartment complex, Hascall left the apartment with the two men at about 2:40 a.m. and was shot minutes later. Both of the men were said to have fled.
According to Goches and two neighbors, Hascall was armed with a .44-caliber Magnum handgun, which he carried in a shoulder holster, and a smaller pistol he carried in his belt. Goches said the police investigation would not reveal until later this week whether Hascall had fired either of his guns.
Hascall's companion, Margarita Galdeas, could not be reached for comment, but her daughter Marisol, 14, and other teen-agers interviewed at the apartment said a night watchman who had seen the two men identified them as a sergeant and lieutenant of the Salvadoran army.
Neither Goches nor a National Police lieutenant familiar with the case could confirm the identity of the men, and no officials of the unit to which they were said to have belonged -- the elite Bracamonte infantry battalion -- could be reached for comment.Almost as mysterious was the occupation of Hascall. A 6-foot, 220-pound man with reddish-brown hair and a beard, Hascall carried a card from the U.S. Coast Guard identifying him as a merchant seaman. However, he was variously described by Goches, friends and neighbors as a sales representative for a company called Swiftship, of Morgan City, La., an adviser to the Salvadoran navy and a free-lance boat captain. Hascall carried cheap-looking business cards identifying himself as a "marine consultant" based out of the San Salvador apartment and as "Capt. Peter Hascall" with a post office box address in Morgan City.
In a broadcast Saturday morning, the guerrilla Radio Farabundo Marti identified Hascall as a U.S. military adviser but attributed no responsibility for the slaying. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said Hascall did not work for the U.S. government. "He is not a loose-cover spook (CIA agent)," a U.S. official said. "He does not work for the U.S. Embassy." Several U.S. Embassy officials who arrived at the Isidro Menendez morgue appeared tense and refused to answer any questions or let photographers take pictures of Hascall's body. Hascall is believed to be the 18th American killed in El Salvador since civil war broke out in 1979.
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New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Pan American Worl Airways Passenger Manifest
From Kindley Field, Bermuda to Idlewild, New York
April 24, 1954
Robert S. Hascall
Elizabeth H. Hascall
Peter S. Hascall
Fayetteville Observer, The (NC) July 28, 1997 PUBLIC RECORDS: BANKRUPTCIES
* David S. Hascall, Tabor Church Road, Fayetteville; Chapter 7.
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The Fayetteville Observer (NC)
September 13, 2012FAYETTEVILLE -- David Stryker Hascall, 57, of Tabor Church Road, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012.
Survived by: Wife, Ethel; daughters, Tracey, Terry and Donna; and five grandchildren.
Chicago Daily Tribune
August 30, 1932George Francis James, suddenly at his late residence, 4811 Kimbark Av., on Aug 29.
Dodge City Daily Globe
June 15, 2005MINNEOLA - Margaret J. Coleman, 97, died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at Minneola Long Term Care Unit. She was born March 30, 1907, to George F. and Pauline (Sholes) James at Chicago, Cook, Illinois. She married Wade Hampton Coleman Jr. He preceded her in death in 1973. She was a longtime resident of Tuscaloosa, Ala. She moved to Minneola in 2001.
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New York Passenger Lists
Ship Homeric from Cherbourg, France, arrived New York 13, Aug 1930
New York Passenger Lists
Ship Homeric from Cherbourg, France, arrived New York 13, Aug 1930
The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, FL)
January 17, 2005George Francis James, Jr., age 95 of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL died January 15, 2005 at Vicars Landing. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and had resided in Ponte Vedra since 1989. He was a financial officer for Mobil Oil Corporation. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church.
He was the husband of the late Mary Ellen James. He is survived by 2 daughters: Suzanne Nelis, Alna, Maine and Victoria Munsey, Torin, Italy. Sister: Margaret Coleman Tuscalusca, AL , Grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Theodore W Powell
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Michigan
State of Residence: Michigan
County or City: Shiawassee
Enlistment Date: 2 Mar 1942
Enlistment State: Michigan
Enlistment City: Fort Custer
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emerge
ncy, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled construction occupations, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70
Weight: 145
The Flint Journal (MI)
February 20, 2003BLAIR-McCANN, Juliabelle L. (Judy) - Age 84, of Flint and formerly of Bancroft, passed away on Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at Kith Haven Nursing Home, Flint.
She had been a nurse's aide and cook at the former Griffin Nursing Home in Corunna, and retired in 1986.
Judy was born on August 28, 1918 in Durand, the daughter of Robert and Emma (TenEyck) Powell, and had lived in the Bancroft area most of her life. She married Burton Blair in Saginaw on December 24, 1941. He passed away in November 1972. She married James McCann in Bancroft in August 1986.
She is survived by her husband, James; 6 children, Robert (Nancy) Blair of Owosso, Benjamin (Sharonann) Blair of Lennon, Raymond (Sharon) Blair of Bancroft, Fred (Donna) Blair of Durand, Judy (Bill) Bowers of Byron, Elizabeth (Edward) Dorrance of Corunna; 18 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; a brother, Theodore (Marlene) Powell of Flint; and a sister-in-law, Mary Cottenham of Durand.
She was predeceased by 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
local newspaper
December 28, 1995Hascall C. Peirce of Holland died early Wednesday, Dec. 20, at a local bursing home.
Mr. Peirce was born in Chicago and moved to the Saugatuck area in 1944. In 1968 he retired from Michigan Bell Telephone after 32 years of service. Following his retirement he owned and operated Peirce Woodworking as a hobby. He was a member of All Saints' Episcopal Church and spent more than 10. 000 hours as a volunteer at Holland Community Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Bobbie; two children, Douglas and Judy Peirce of Memphis, Tenn., ans Margaret Lipe of Douglas; five grandchidren; five great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Louise Peirce of Moline, Ill., and Viola Coey of Boulder, Colo.; and nieces and nephews.
local newspaperRoberta Margaret Peirce, 89, of Douglas, died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, at Harbors Health Care Facility.
Mrs. Peirce was born in Chicago, Dec. 14, 1914, to Henry and Ethel Frerickson. After moving from Chicago, she resided in the Holland and Saugatuck areas, where she worked in the offoces of Holland Furnace and later Baker Furniture for many years before retiring. Mrs. Peirce was a mamber of All Saints Episcopal Church in Saugatuck.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hascal.
Surviving are her children, Margaret Lipe od Saugatuck and Douglas and Vera Peirce of Oakland, Tenn.; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews anf cousins.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Burt W Peirce
Birth Year: 1919
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Illinois
State of Residence: Illinois
Enlistment Date: 8 Apr 1941
Enlistment State: Illinois
Enlistment City: Chicago
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade Code: Private
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Skilled linemen and servicemen, telegraph, telephone, a
nd power
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 182
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites
Name: Burt Wallace Peirce
Service Info.: S/SGT US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1919
Death Date: 14 Aug 1980
Cemetery: Rock Island National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1 Arsenal Drive Bldg 118 Rock Island, IL 61299-7090
Buried At: Section R Site 47
Rock Island Argus
March 29, 2006Louise Kemp Peirce, 88, of Moline, died Monday, March 27, 2006, at her home. Louise was born Nov. 8, 1917, in Rock Island to Frank F. and Esther Loretta Gannon Kemp. She married B. Wallace Peirce Oct. 26, 1946, in Rock Island.
Louise was employed in the personnel department at Rock Island Arsenal, retiring in 1970. Louise was a World War II Marine Corps veteran, stationed at Camp Pendelton. She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church, Moline. She was also a member of the Secular Franciscan Order, the Ouad City Fine Arts and the Rock Island Woman's Club.
Survivors (and spouses) include daughters, Frances (Stuart) Clem, Ellen Peirce (Roger Dore), Mary Lee Peirce, Kathleen Peirce; grandchildren, Mary Erin Clem (Ben Thompson), Johanna Peirce, Joseph Ross; sister, Grace (Jim) Wilson.
She was preceded in death by her husband; daughter, Marion Elaine Peirce; parents; grandchild, Christopher Clem; and her siblings, Anna Marie Widdel and Clement Kemp.
local newspaper
Ruby Mae Bowman Wallace, 82, of Waterford Township, MI, passed away July 12, 1998 in Waterford Township.
She was born February 4, 1916 on Lower Twin Road, Lee County, Kentucky, the daughter of Bedford and Jessie Creech Bowman. She was a member of the four Towns Methodist Church.
Survivors are one daughter, Sandra K. Wallace, Waterford, MI: two sons, David C. Wallace Jr. and wife Jean, of Indiana, Robert B. Wallace of Waterford, MI; one sister, Corena Davis, Missouri; one sister-in-law, Mary Frances Bowman, Davison, MI; and two grandchildren, David M. Wallace and James R. Wallace both of Indiana.
Burial was in the Oakland Memorial Hills Garden.
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
January 3, 1987LAVERS, GERTRUDE T., 95, of 10900 Temple Ter. N, Seminole, died Wednesday (Dec. 31, 1986) at Seminole Nursing Pavilion. She was born in Grand Blanc, Mich. and came here in 1954 from Detroit. She was a retired governess. She was a member of the Church by the Sea, Indian Rocks Beach.
Survivors include her husband Bill; a son John T., Corpus Christi, Texas; a daughter Alicia Kennedy, East Lansing, Mich.; four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
New York Passenger Lists
Ship Santa Elena, from Venezuela, arrived New York 25 Apr 1939
Dignity MemorialAlicia Ann (Lavers) Kennedy died Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Burcham Hills Retirement Community in East Lansing. Born September 12, 1920, in Bad Axe, Michigan, she was the daughter of Gertrude (Thompson) Lavers and William Wilcox Lavers. She attended Walter French Junior High School in Lansing and graduated from Redford High School in Detroit. In 1938 she obtained a BA degree in Home Economics from Michigan StateUniversity, where she was a loyal member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
In 1942 she married Lt. Chester Kennedy of the Tenth Armored Division, then at Ft. Benning, Georgia, and for the next twenty-five years she "followed the gun," creating a home for her family in Karlsruhe, Germany; Ft. Monroe, Virginia; Palo Alto, California; Arlington, Virginia; Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; Ft. Richardson, Alaska; Ft. Leavenworth, again; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; Falls Church, Virginia; Heidelberg,Germany; and Straubing, Germany.
On leaving the Army, the Kennedys settled in East Lansing, where Alicia worked as an academic counselor, helping generations of MSU students cope with the challenges of undergraduate life. Alicia entered eagerly into the life of the communities in which she lived. She was a Cub, Boy, and Girl Scout leader, took roles in amateur theatrical productions and modeled in fashion shows, served as president of the Ft. Leavenworth PTA, and was a supportive member of the German-American Women's Clubs of Heidelberg and Straubing.
An accomplished hostess, she relished opportunities to entertain and never met a party she didn't like. She maintained long-lasting friendships, was adored by her children for whom she kept the home-fires burning through successive Army moves, and was the one and only love of her husband throughout a 71-year marriage.
Her husband Chet Kennedy, of East Lansing, survives her, as do her brother Jack Lavers of Corpus Christi, Texas; daughter and son-in-law Jan and Edward Foster of Walla Walla, Washington; son and daughter-in-law James and Bonnie Kennedy of Roselle, Illinois; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Find-a-GraveChester Elwood (Chet) Kennedy, formerly of East Lansing, who passed away March 10, was born July 19, 1915, to Charles Francis Kennedy and Evangeline May Palmer Kennedy in Royal Oak, Michigan. As a boy, Chet Kennedy worked as a caddy at Oakland Hills Country Club, in the process becoming keenly interested in the game of golf.
Kennedy matriculated at Michigan State College in 1936, but withdrew after his sophomore year to make money to complete his studies. Graduating with honors in 1941, he accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the US Cavalry.
Kennedy took part in the US Army's conversion from horse cavalry to Armor in advance of America's entry into World War II. He and Alicia Ann Lavers of Detroit were married at Fort Benning, Georgia, in July 1942. Kennedy sailed for Europe with the Sixth Armored Division in 1944 and landed at Utah Beach on July 18. As a major commanding the 69th Tank Battalion, he participated in the relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He emerged from the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel, having been awarded a Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, the Belgian and the French Croix de Guerre, and a Bronze and a Silver Star, both with oak-leaf clusters.
Kennedy remained in the service after the War, obtained an MBA at Stanford, and was posted from the Inspector General's Office at the Pentagon to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, to comptroller duties in Alaska, to Fort Leavenworth again as an instructor, to the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, to the Budget Office at the Pentagon, and to USAREUR headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. He commanded the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment on the Czech border in southern Germany in the midst of the Cold War.
After a 26-year Army career, Kennedy joined American Bank and Trust in Lansing, Michigan, as a trust officer. He remained with them until retiring in 1980.
A talented golfer from his youth, Kennedy remained a strong practitioner of the game, winning the Fifth Army championship at Fort Leavenworth in 1957, and joining Walnut Hills Country Club immediately on returning to East Lansing in 1964. The Kennedys were delighted to find several of their MSC classmates still residing in the area and members at Walnut Hills (most notably Jean and H. Andrews Hays.) In retirement he custom-built golf clubs for friends, tied flies, fished, and read extensively in history and economics.
Always the kindest and best of fathers, he sustained his family through multiple changes of station by an unfailing solicitude for their welfare and interest in their projects. He loved one woman, his children's mother, through 71 years of marriage, and outlived her by less than a year.
He is survived by a daughter, a son, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Alicia Lavers Kennedy predeceased him in 2013.
The Flint Journal (MI)
February 4, 2004HAIGHT, Dorothy G. (Day) - Of Grand Blanc, age 87, died Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at her resdience.
Mrs. Haight was born in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan on August 17, 1916, the daughter of Cash and Gertrude Day and was a resident of the Grand Blanc area all of her life.
Surviving are 5 children, Ann and husband Ronald Machur, Catherine Haight-Goss, Connie Marosi, Susan and husband Richard Carpenter, Charles and wife Jean Haight; 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; brother, Donald Day; 2 sisters, Jane and husband Milton Ward, Margaret and husband Thomas Ward; many nieces, nephews and dear friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Willard Haight, in 1978.
Find-a-GraveCOLEMAN - Mrs. Richard Stemple, 60, died at the Ford Hospital at Detroit Monday after a few days illness.
She was born Miss Mona Sawyer in Kalamazoo March 26, 1897 and was married to Richard Stemple Oct. 15, 1921 at Flint. Most of their married lives were spent in the Coleman area.
Among the survivors are her husband, Richard; one son, Richard Jr., of McCall, Ida.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Draves of Averill and Mrs. Shirley Adolph of Flushing and 11 grandchildren.
Find-a-GraveCOLEMAN - Richard L. Stemple, 415 Simon, died Thursday morning at his home. He was 78.
Mr. Stemple was born in Aurora, W. Va., Sept. 21, 1896. He married Mona Sawyer in Flint Oct. 15, 1921 and she died July 8, 1957. Two years later, on April 4, 1959, he married Alverna Andrews in Flushing.
Mr. Stemple was a retired employee of the Coleman school system and was a World War I veteran.
Surviving are his wife; a son, Richard, of Maradian, Idaho; two daughters, Mrs. Peter (Shirley) Adolf, Flushing and Mrs. Harley (Mary) Draves, Sanford; a brother, Ryle of Ashland, Ore.; two sisters, Mrs. Glen (Mary) Brookens, Midland and Mrs. Irene Bell, Lakeworth, Fla.; two stepsons, Eugene and Leon Andrews, both of Clare; 14 grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
The Argus-Press (Owosso, MI)
December 23, 2012Shirley Ann Adolf, age 90, of Flushing, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at Country Crossing Care Facility in Laingsburg.
Shirley was born in Flint on July 16, 1922, the daughter of Richard and Mona (Sawyer) Stemple. She married Peter Adolf on June 23, 1940, in Flint. A few short years later, after their first daughter was born, he left for World War II. By 1955, they had four children; Janet and husband Peter of Surprise, Ariz., Chris and JoAnn Adolf of Bancroft, Peter and Cindy Adolf of Big Rapids, and Mary and husband Richard Trubiro of Corunna. Four children brought them nine wonderful grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
Shirley worked at AC Spark Plug in her early years. Later, she worked at Walter Winchester Hospital and was a caregiver for many individuals at their residence. Shirley did a wonderful job caring for her mother-in-law at their home the last several years of Grandma Adolf's life.
Shirley and her husband Peter enjoyed their retirement years where they spent more than 25 years in Florida. As a family, they can all attest to very few dull moments and much laughter in their home which will provide many years of fond memories. They were active members of Grace Lutheran Church of Durand.
She is also survived by her sister Mary Draves Nielson of Sanford and sister-in-law Eloise Stemple of Meridian, Idaho.
She was preceded in death by her husband Peter on Feb. 12, 2008; brother Richard Stemple; and special aunt, Esther Sawyer.
The Flint Journal
February 14, 2008ADOLF, Peter M.
Of Flushing, age 90, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at his residence with his family at his side.Peter was born in Flint, MI on August 23, 1917, to the late John and Mary (Nichol) Adolf. He graduated from Flint Northern in 1936 and on June 23, 1940 he married Shirley Stemple. He served in the United States Army during World War II, stationed in Europe. Peter retired from AC Spark Plug in 1974 with 37 years of service. After retirement, Pete and Shirley spent 30 wonderful winters in Zephyrhills, FL.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley; 4 children, Janet and husband Peter Walser of Arizona, Chris and wife Joann Adolf of Flushing, Peter and wife Cindy Adolf of Big Rapids and Mary and husband Rick Trubiro of Flushing; 9 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 2 sisters, Emma Stadler of Flushing and Bertha Petersen of Fenton.
The Idaho Statesman (Boise, ID)
July 29, 2008Richard C. Stemple died Monday, July 21, 2008 at his home in Meridian with his family at his side.
He was born in Flint, Mich. to Mona Sawyer and Richard L. Stemple on Feb. 19, 1924. Richard (Dick) lived most of his youth on the family farm in Coleman, Mich.
In 1943 Dick joined the U.S. Naval Service and was honorably discharged in Feb. 1946. After the service he attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in Forestry. In 1951 upon moving to Idaho,
Dick met his future wife Eloise Cusick. The following year they were married in Seattle, Wash. where at the time he was employed by Boeing. In 1953 Dick began a career in the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) serving on the Boise and Payette National Forests in Idaho, and the Cache National Forest in Utah. Dick continued his career in timber management at the USFS Region 4 Supervisors' Office in Ogden, Utah. He finished a distinguished 30 year career as head of Timber Management on the Boise National Forest. Dick's greatest pleasure was the outdoors. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and camping with his family. After retiring he and Eloise spent their time taking cruises, traveling to Canada and vacationing on the Oregon coast. At home his yard and garden were his pride and joy.
Dick is survived by his wife Eloise of Meridian; his sons, Kirt of Meridian, Cam (Marla) of Boise, Chris (Lori) of Bend, Ore., Kyle of Seattle, Wash. and Kelly of Castro Valley, Calif; eight grandchildren and three great-grandsons.
Dick was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Cindy.
Find-a-GraveHarley Draves was born April 29, 1926 in Midland. He served with the US Army Air Core during World War II. He married Mary Stemple Dec 17, 1946 in Midland. He was employed by The Dow Chemical Co over 30 years, retiring in 1980. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sanford and a Boy Scout leader for several years.
He leaves his wife; sons James Draves and Duane Draves, Sanford; daughters Susan (Michael) Mills, Portland and Jacqueline (Chris) Rivett, Midland; brothers, Earl, Clyde, Floyd, Lorn, Robert, Louis, James and Paul; sisters Viola Staley, Florence Morgan and Betty Dice; six grand-children and many nieces and nephews.
Five brothers and sisters preceded him in death.