ELSIE LEORA KEAR
Elsie
Leora Kear, daughter of Mary Catherine Tope and Robert Thomas
Kear,
was born 11 April 1871 in Van
Wert, Ohio [note], and died 2 March 1918
in Decatur, Van Buren Co., Michigan. She married James
Monroe Athey on 11 October 1889. James
was born in September 1866 in Cuba, Clinton County, Ohio, and
died 17 April 1931 in Decatur, Van Buren Co., Michigan.
Elsie and James had seven children:
- Raymond
Melville Athey, born 22 April 1890, Van Wert, Van
Wert County, Ohio, died 19 July 1907, Decatur, Van Buren Co.,
Michigan by drowning.
- Carl Lynden
Athey, born 8 October 1896, died 22 August 1970,
married Mary Kalerta on 15
September 1928.
- Vivian
Eulilia Athey, born 4 February 1900, Alverton, Ohio,
died 24 September 1972, Chicago, Cook Couinty, Illinois; married John
Gerald Kolenburg, 21 May 1922.
John was born 8 October 1899
in Johannesburg, South Africa, and died 26 January 1974 in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Vivian and John are buried in
Mount Emblem Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
- Lucille
Genevieve Athey, born 12 May 1905, Decatur, Van Buren
Co., Michigan. Married Roy Thomas Miller
on 22 April 1926. Roy
was born 3 March 1900 in Decatur, Michigan, and died 5 November
1972. Lucille and Roy are buried in Memorial Gardens, Arlington
Heights, Illinois.
- Ruth Carey
Athey born 21 May 1908 in Decatur, Van Buren Co.,
Michigan. She married Henry William King
on 23 July 1926. He was
born 1 April 1905 and died 30 September 1958. Ruth and Henry are
buried in East Side Cemetery, Michigan.
- Robert
James Athey born 18 February 1910 in Decatur, Van
Buren Co., Michigan, and died 22 December 1972. He married Hildegard
Phillips on 12 June 1937.
- David Leroy
Athey was born 26 February 1912 in Decatur, Van
Buren Co., Michigan, and died June 1981. He married Ethel
Marion
Gradine.
Note:
Birth Records, Probate Court, Van Wert County, Ohio,
Vol. 1,
p. 56.
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