Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Sevier, James "Jim" Abner February 23, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 24, 2006, 9:58 pm The Dalles Chronicle, March 1, 2004 James “Jim” Abner Sevier, 88, The Dalles, died at the local hospital on Monday, Feb. 23, 2004. He was born Dec. 2, 1915, in San Francisco, Calif., the oldest of three children to Abner James and Alta Martha (Pederson) Sevier. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from San Mateo High School in 1934, and then the College of San Mateo in 1936. Mr. Sevier married Adeline Roche on Dec. 8, 1938, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked for Bethleham Steel in his earlier years and in his latter years worked for the U.S. Postal Office as a postal carrier. After the passing of his wife, he moved to The Dalles to be near family in 1994. He was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church and enjoyed the outdoors, gardening and history, including world and U.S. events. Mr. Sevier is survived by one son, Ron, and his wife, Fran Sevier, south San Francisco, Calif.; three granddaughters: Andrea and her husband, Barry McNair, Austin, Texas; Nicci and her husband, Dick Vuyk, Houston, Texas; Tiffany and her husband, Jay Kenslow, The Dalles; one great-grandson, Max Vuyk, and his son-in-law, Paul Wadsworth, The Dalles. He was preceded in death by his wife, Adeline, in December 1993; and one daughter, Marian Wadsworth, May 2002. Private family services will be held in conjunction with the cremains burial at St. John’s Cemetery in San Mateo, Calif. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory with Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home in care of arrangements. Memorials may be made to The Dalles Celilo Center, 1800 East 19th Street, The Dalles, Ore., 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/s/sevier572gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb