Richard Alvah Sawyer (1917 - 1982)

Born 6 Feb 1917 in Menominee, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Muriel Louise (Lundin) Sawyer — married 7 Feb 1942 in Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, United States

Died 22 Apr 1982 at age 65 in Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States of America

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Biography

Petty Officer 1 Dick Sawyer served in the United States Coast Guard in World War II
Service started: Dec 1941
Unit(s):
Service ended: Feb 1946

Birth and Family

Richard Alvah Sawyer (Dick). was born on 6 February 1917 at Menominee, Michigan^[1]. Dick was the son of Meredith Phillip Sawyer (1890-1949) and Esther Ruth (Snyder) Sawyer (1890-1966)

Dick had one Brother and two Sisters, Jane Snyder (Sawyer) Goray (1915-2006), Kenneth Trevor Sawyer (1919-2000), and Sally Ann (Sawyer) Michaelsen (1924-1999)

Marriage

Dick Sawyer married Muriel Louise Lundin on 7 Feb 1942 at Menominee, Michigan. Wife ^[2]

Children

Dick and Muriel had three Children

Meredith (Chip) Philip Sawyer II

Susan Jane (Sawyer) Plimpton.

Barbara Jo Sawyer-Koch.

Residence

During his life Dick was documented as living in the following locations

Menominee, Michigan, USA. 1920 - 1940^{[3] [4][5]}

Death

Dick passed away on 22 April 1982. at home in Stephenson, Menominee County, Michigan, United States of America. ^[6] He was cremated and his ashes were spread in Green Bay. The location is known only to his Children.

Military Service

Service: USCG 29 Dec 1941.

Research Notes

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Family Search Profile for Richard Alvah Sawyer: FamilySearch Person: LCRW-SM6

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Number: 370-10-5350; Issue State: Michigan; Issue Date: Before 1951. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ssdi&h=54845577&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth date: 6 Feb 1917 Birthplace: Death date: Apr 1982 Death place: Stephenson, Menominee, Michigan, United States of America
2. ↑ Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 151; Film Title: 55 Menominee 2480-5769; Film Description: Menominee (1934-1946)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RFS-GW2?cc=1488411&wc=QZJT-346%3A1036472001%2C1039017401%2C1039028701%2C1589335276 : 11 September 2019), Michigan > Menominee > Menominee Ward 2 > ED 267 > image 26 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHF-ST7?cc=1810731&wc=QZF3-B95%3A648805801%2C651000901%2C651008901%2C1589282404 : 8 December 2015), Michigan > Menominee > Menominee > ED 18 > image 5 of 28; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4GH-RJK: 29 July 2019), Richard Sawyer in the household of Esther Sawyer, Ward 7, Menominee, Menominee City, Menominee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 55-21, sheet 7B, line 57, family 157, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1789.
6. ↑ Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZTR-TLH: 4 December 2014), Richard A Sawyer, 22 Apr 1982; from "Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: 1998); citing Menominee, Menominee, Michigan, death certificate number 21950, Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Lansing.

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Acknowledgment

Sources added by Jeff Michaelsen