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Cmsgt. Thomas Lynn Bisbee

Male 1944 - 2000  (55 years)

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  • Name Thomas Lynn Bisbee  [1]
    Prefix Cmsgt.
    Birth 12 Nov 1944  Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    • Hamot Hospital.
    Gender Male
    Military Service U.S. Air Force for 26 years 
    • He retired in 1990.
    Census 12 Apr 1950  Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Death 26 Jul 2000  Hampton, Hampton (city), Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Cause: cancer 
    Burial 31 Jul 2000  Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton, , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Thomas Lynn Bisbee    		 Thomas Lynn Bisbee
    Person ID I9  Bisbee
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2023

    Father Lynn Melvin Bisbee,   b. 6 Dec 1919, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 May 1978, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    Mother Margaret Jane Dunnihoo,   b. 9 Apr 1922, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 2001, Marion, Smyth, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Marriage 6 Aug 1941  Panama, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10] 
    Divorce 7 Jul 1948  [1] 
    Remarriage 19 Nov 1949  Panama, Chautauqua, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Divorced for second time 1960. [1]
    Family ID F9  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 N.J. Sullivan
    Children 
     1. S.M. Actin
     2. K.J. Bisbee
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2009

    Family 2 Private
    Children 
     1. Private
     2. Private
     3. Private
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2009

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Nov 1944 - Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 Apr 1950 - Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: cancer - 26 Jul 2000 - Hampton, Hampton (city), Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 31 Jul 2000 - Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton, , Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Lynn Bisbee attended elementary school in Union City and Erie, Pennsylvania. For a period of time he was enrolled in Devine Word Seminary (Catholic) in Girard, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Erie). Later, Thomas attended Cathedral Preparatory High school in Erie, but left before graduating (he got his high school diploma after joining the military.) Thomas enlisted in the US Air Force and made a lifelong career of it, serving in North Dakota, Florida, Korea and Virginia. He retired at the top rank of Chief Master Sergeant. He was living with his second wife and children in Hampton, Virginia, when he became ill and died at age 55. Tom was 5'10" tall, 170 lbs, with dark blond hair and brown eyes.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 260.

    2. [S1200] Bisbee, William F: Records and Recollections, Brother of subject.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 407.

    4. [S3524] Bisbee, Lynn Melvin (I7): 1950 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2022): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T628, enumeration district (ED) 25-82, sheet 5, line 7, household 45; Image accessed 10 Jan 2023), US.1950.PA.Erie.Union City.16.6.

    5. [S1535] Death, Hampton Daily Press, "Thomas Lynn Bisbee (Obituary)," July, 2000.

      Hampton. Thomas Lynn Bisbee, 55, passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, July 26, 2000, after enduring a long struggle with cancer.
      A native of Erie, Pa., he had been a Peninsula resident since 1988.
      Mr. Bisbee had a distinguished and honored career in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1990 after 26 years of service.

    6. [S1536] Death, Erie Times, (Erie, Pennsylvania), "Thomas Lynn Bisbee (Obituary)," Sunday, 30 Jul 2000.
      Hampton, VA. -- Thomas Lynn Bisbee, 55, of Hampton, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000 at his home.
      He was born in Erie, son of Margaret Cardamone and the late Lynn Melvin Bisbee. He had lived in Hampton since 1988.
      He served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1990.

    7. [S1536] Death, Erie Times, (Erie, Pennsylvania), "Thomas Lynn Bisbee (Obituary)," Sunday, 30 Jul 2000.
      Hampton, VA. -- Thomas Lynn Bisbee, 55, of Hampton, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000 at his home.
      He was born in Erie, son of Margaret Cardamone and the late Lynn Melvin Bisbee. He had lived in Hampton since 1988.
      He served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1990.
      Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Chun Cha Bisbee; five daughters, Sherry Michelle Laks of Miami, Kristina Joanne Byrd of Daytona, Fla., Annette Marie Bisbee of Hampton, Cassandra Lee Bisbee of Charlottesville, Va., and Dianna Lynn Bisbee of Hampton; two sisters, Kathleen Bisbee of Erie and Karen Stanek of Concord, Ohio; his step-mother, Jeanette Bisbee of Erie; a brother Richard Bisbee of Baltimore.
      Friends may call at the Langley Air Force Base Main Chapel Monday from 9 a.m. until the time of a service there at 10. The Chaplain, the Rev. James Chizek, will officiate.
      Burial will be at Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton.
      The Amory Funeral Home, Grafton, Va., is making the arrangements.

    8. [S1535] Death, Hampton Daily Press, "Thomas Lynn Bisbee (Obituary)," July, 2000.

      Hampton. Thomas Lynn Bisbee, 55, passed away at his home early Wednesday morning, July 26, 2000, after enduring a long struggle with cancer.
      A native of Erie, Pa., he had been a Peninsula resident since 1988.
      Mr. Bisbee had a distinguished and honored career in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1990 after 26 years of service.
      Daddy was preceded in death by his father, Lynn Melvin Bisbee.
      Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 25 years, Chun Cha Bisbee; five daughters, Sherry Michelle Laks and her family of Miami, Fla., Kristina Joanne Byrd and her family of Daytona, Fla., Annette Marie Bisbee of Hampton, Cassandra Lee Bisbee of Charlottsville, Va., and Dianna Lynn Bisbee of Hampton; his mother Jeanette Bisbee of Erie, Pa.; two sisters, Kathleen Bisbee of Erie, Pa., and Karen Stanek and her family of Concorde, Ohio; a brother, Richard Bisbee and his family of Baltimore, Md.; and his birth mother, Margaret Cardamone.
      Friends and family are welcome to view daddy from 9 to 10 a.m. on Monday, July 31, at the Langley Air Force Base Main Chapel. A chapel service will immediately follow at 10 a.m. with Chaplain James Chizek officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Park, Hampton.
      Arrangements are being provided by Amory Funeral Home, Grafton.
      Our hero, father and husband, we all miss and love you very much.

    9. [S1207] Pennsylvania. Erie., Divorce Decree, Erie County, Pennsylvania, 232 May 1948, Divorce Decree, July 7, 1948.

    10. [S1206] New York State. Chautauqua., Marriage Registration, Chautauqua, New York, Local Register No. 10, Bisbee-Dunnihoo, 1949.
      Lynn Melvin Bisbee of Union City, Pennsylvania, age 21, born Union City, and Margaret Jane Dunnihoo of Union City, Pennsylvania, age 19, born Dayton, Ohio, married 11-19-1949 in the Town of Panama, New York.