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Richard Charles Gavitt

Male 1919 - 1982  (63 years)

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  • Name Richard Charles Gavitt  [1, 2]
    Nickname Dick
    Birth 12 Nov 1919  [3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Military Service U.S. Army  [5] 
    • Serial No. 33 273 693
    Death 25 Dec 1982  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Cause: metastatic squamous cell carcinoma due to squamous cell carcinoma of lung, 1 month duratio 
    Burial Laurel Hill Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Richard C. Gavitt Memorial    		 Richard C. Gavitt Memorial
    Maintained by Dottie Kunselman
    at Find A Grave
    Person ID I1784  Bisbee
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2011

    Father George A. Gavitt,   b. 24 Apr 1875, Harborcreek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1954, , Warren, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Mary Agnes Souza,   b. 3 Sep 1877, , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1943, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Marriage 3 Sep 1906  , Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • George and Mary lived on Wellington Street in North East, Pennsylvania.
    Family ID F981  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cletius Laverne Helwig,   b. 6 Jul 1919, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1984, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Marriage 26 Apr 1941  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. C.J. Gavitt
    +2. M.L. Gavitt
    Photos
    Richard Charles Gavitt (1919-1982) and Cletius Laverne Helwig Gavitt (1919-1984)    		Richard Charles Gavitt (1919-1982) and Cletius Laverne Helwig Gavitt (1919-1984)
    Parents of Carol Joanne Gavitt Bisbee (1942- )
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Dec 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: metastatic squamous cell carcinoma due to squamous cell carcinoma of lung, 1 month duratio - 25 Dec 1982 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Richard Gavitt had brown eyes and black hair, was slender, quiet, and stood about 5'-6" tall. He served in the US Army during WWII. Stationed at Douglas, Arizona, he was aboard ship on his way to Guam when the War ended. Most of his working life he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad as a welder.

  • Sources 
    1. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Informant: Mary Lou Calabrese (daughter), 3101 Hershey Road, Erie, Pennsylvania: Gives parents of Richard Charles Gavitt as George Gavitt and Mary Sousa

    2. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 406.

    3. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Informant: Mary Lou Calabrese (daughter), 3101 Hershey Road, Erie, Pennsylvania: gives birth as 11/12/19, North East, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

    4. [S1534] Social Security Death Index - Ancestry, (www.ancestry.com, 2007: Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File), entry for Richard C. Gavitt, 1982, SS no. 170-16-3385.

      Born: 12 Nov 1919
      Died: 25 Dec 1982
      State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951 )

    5. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).

    6. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Richard Gavitt was found deceased at 340 West 18th Street, Erie, Pennsylvania, at 4:45 p.m. on 25 Dec 1982 at age 63.

    7. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Burial on 12/28/82 at Laurel Hill Cemtery, Millcreek, Pennsylvania, by Alton E. St. George of St. George Funeral Home, 628 West 18th Street, Erie, Pennsylvania 16502.

    8. [S1248] George A. Gavitt marriage license.

    9. [S888] Gavitt, Richard Charles: Death Certificate, (Pennsylvania Department of Health, New Castle).
      Maiden name of spouse: Cletius Helwig.