 1911 - 1961 (49 years)
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| Name |
Mary Emma SHEARS |
| Born |
19 March 1911 |
Gun Plain Twp.,Allegan Co.,MI  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
16 February 1961 |
Charlotte,Eaton Co.,MI [2] |
| Cause: Car Accident |
| Buried |
20 February 1961 |
Maple Hill Cemetery,Charlotte,Eaton Co.,MI [2] |
| Notes |
- Marcia wrote to Donna - When your mother married Dave (1945 I think) did you move to his house or did he move to yours? Or did they get a different house completely.
Donna Replied - I have to think about this one. First I'm not sure when they got married the first time. We lived in Lansing with Mom and Dave, my step-dad, over by Pottor's Park. and than I remember moving over to Vermontville, to a trailer and lived there until we moved to Kelly Hwy. in Vermontville. and lived there until I got married in June 1957 My brother went to school in Lansing, I remember one day when my mom took Ronnie to school I hid behind the class room door because I wanted to stay in school too. but I never went to Lansing schools. hope that helps.
Mary and Dave Axtell died in a car accident 16 Feb 1961 on the day of Sherrill Strimback's funeral. Dave was too sick to go to the funeral and went to the Dr. in Charlotte, MI. Mary went to Sherrill's funeral and was picking up Dave from a niece's home (Bell Garvey) in Charlotte, MI. They had a right front tire blow out and they hit a big rock (not a tree as articles indicated - Donna saw the rock.) on the right side of the road. Mary broke her neck and died at the site of the accident. Dave was pinned in the car. He was taken to the hospital and after three hours of surgery, where they worked on his crushed leg, he died on the operating table. Dave's family inherited everything and Donna and Ronald received nothing because Mary died first.
The articles written when they died indicated Mary had 7 grandchildren, but Donna said she had three living and Ronnie did not have any yet.
Donna remembers her mother and Dave saying one time they found out that after one of her mother's (Mary's) previous marriages (to Sweezy or Hyatt) the divorce papers were not signed and they (Mary and Dave) had to get remarried, maybe at the Charlotte Court House. Donna was young and is not really sure. (Note: One of the articles said they were married in Lansing in 1945. This may have been the first time.)
BIRTH: The index shows her birth record is in Volume 7, Page 335.
DEATH: Services were held Monday, 20 Feb 1961 at 2:00 p.m. at Burkhead Cheney Chapel, Charotte, Eaton Co., MI.
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| Person ID |
I39 |
Marcia Shears |
| Last Modified |
10 July 2007 |
| Father |
Oscar Lafayette SHEARS, b. 11 March 1864, Ashtabula Co.,OH , d. 16 August 1951, Allegan,Allegan Co.,MI (Age 87 years) |
| Mother |
Celia Edna FARBROTHER, b. 29 March 1887, Gun Plain Twp.,Allegan Co.,MI , d. 12 December 1965, Grand Rapids,Kent Co.,MI (Age 78 years) |
| Married |
24 April 1909 |
Plainwell,Allegan Co.,MI |
| Family ID |
F4 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family/Spouse 3 |
Fred Jay HYATT, b. 23 December 1915, Eaton Rapids,Eaton Co.,MI , d. 9 March 1983 (Age 67 years) [3] |
| Married |
16 November 1942 |
Lansing,Ingham Co.,MI |
| Divorced |
3 February 1945 [3] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F909 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family/Spouse 4 |
Wells Henry AXTELL, b. 23 September 1885, Bellevue,Eaton Co,MI , d. 16 February 1961, Charlotte,Eaton Co.,MI (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
1945 |
Lansing,Ingham Co.,MI |
| Family ID |
F910 |
Family Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S432] SHEARS Mary Emma Birth Announcement, (The Otsego Union, Otsego, Allegan Co., MI, Thursday, 23 Mar 1911).
- [S753] AXTELL Wells and Mary Funeral Paper.
- [S2292] HYATT Fred & SHEARS Mary Marriage and Divorce Information, (e-Mail received from Donna Strimback 25 Jan 2007).
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