52350. Willard Lyle Chichester
MARRIAGE. Calhoun County Clerk-Register, Marshall, MI, 1958, #493. Married 29 Jun 1958 at Battle Creek, MI, Beverly Anne Bundy, age 20, b.Battle Creek, residing at Battle Creek; father: Raymond Bundy; mother: Elizabeth Bradley; and Willard Lyle Chichester, age 20, b. Battle Creek, residing in Battle Creek; occupation: filling station attendant; neither married previously; father: Carleton Chichester; mother: Reah E. Harrison; witnesses: Michael Saxton and Sherrill P. Saxton, both of Battle Creek; officiant: Duane N. Vore, MG.
Some information was received from C. Lyle Chichester, Battle Creek, MI 49015 in Jan 1982.
OBITUARY. Battle Creek Enquirer and News, Monday, Aug. 22, 1988, p. 4A. Willard L. Chichester, 51, formerly of Battle Creek, died Saturday, Aug. 20, at his home in Lexington, Ky. He had been ill since April. He was born in Battle Creek and graduated from Lakeview High School in 1956. He lived in Battle Creek until 1987 when he was transferred to Lexington, KY. He attended Kellogg Community College and Oklahoma State University. He was employed by the Clark Equipment for 29 years as a technical hydraulic specialist. He attended First Congregational Church and was a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, member and treasurer of the Personal Computers Organization of Battle Creek, and Battle Creek Elks Lodge 131. He had served as a volunteer for the Battle Creek Hot Air Balloon Championships. In Lexington he was a member of the Wood Carvers Society and Huntington Hills Neighborhood Association. Surviving are his wife, the former Dolores A. "Dee" Duncan; daughters, Connie L. Schultz of Lexington, KY, Penny S. Noonan of Coldwater, and Catherine A. Baker of Brighton; sons, Richard L. Chichester of Orlando, Fla. and Ronald L. Chichester of Houston; his parents, C. Lyle and Reah E. Chichester of Battle Creek; eight grandchildren; and a brother, Lyman L. Chichester of Sheridan. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Miller Chapel of First Congregational Church. Arrangements are by Richard A. Henry Funeral Home.
Coller Collection, Willard Library, Battle Creek, MI. June 1944 Richard Dale Bauer enlisted in the Army. 1946 Richard Dale Bauer is with Industrial Maintenance of Lansing, MI. Date of marriage was also given.
MARRIAGE. Eaton County Clerk, Charlotte, MI. Vol. 9, p. 189, #204. Married 4 Sep 1948 at Charlotte, Richard Dale Bauer, age 22, residing in Battle Creek, b. Battle Creek, father: Earl Bauer, mother: Marguerite Lucas, occupation: Painter/lineman; and Jean Elaine Hillis, age 16, residing in Charlotte, b. Spring Arbor, MI, father: Edward R. Hillis, mother: Neita A. Alldaffer, occupation: at home; officiant: Rev. T. G. Alldaffer, MG, Coldwater, MI; witnesses: Don Wolodko and Melvina Wolodko both of Grand Ledge, MI; neither had been married previously.
OBITUARY. Battle Creek Enquirer, Saturday, Sept. 17, 1949, p. 1. Richard Bauer Killed in Crash. Three Others Hurt in Accident on Gun Lake Road. Richard Dale Bauer, 23, of Route 5, Battle Creek, was killed last night and three other men injured when a speeding car went out of control on a curve and struck several trees on the Gun Lake Road. Injured are James Shook, 28, of Route 2, Plainwell, critically injured; Arthur L. Roberts, 18, of Otsego, the driver of the car, seriously hurt; and Russell Whitney, 22, of Potterville, who suffered lesser injuries. The four men, employees of the Industrial Maintenance of Lansing were on their way home from work at Muskegon. The car failed to make the Fox farm curve, 12 miles west of Hastings, skidded 60-feet before leaving the road, hit and uprooted an eight-inch maple tree, skidded 12 feet farther and careened off another tree and bounded 15 feet more before coming to a rest. All the men were thrown free of the wreck. The car, ownedby Mrs. Herman Sibberason of Otsego, the sister of Mr. Roberts, was demolished. Mrs. Harvey Myers of Hastings, driving by discovered the wreck. She notified Sheriff Leon Doster of Hastings, and three ambulances were dispatched to the scene. The time of the accident was placed at about 9:35 p.m. Mr. Bauer was born in Battle Creek on June 8, 1926, the son of Earl and Marguerite Bauer. He attended Battle Creek High School up to the 10th grade and set pins at Michigan Recreation before enlisting in the Army in June, 1944. For the last three years he was an employee of the Industrial Maintenance of Lansing. Besides his wife, Jeane, of Charlotte whom he married in Charlotte on Sept. 4, 1946, he is survived by a son, David Dale Bauer of Charlotte; his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bauer of Route 5, Battle Creek; his mother, Mrs. Marguerite Zackery of Berrien Springs; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bauer of East Leroy; a grandmother, Mrs. Florence Lucas of Union City; and three sisters, Virginia, Shirley and Joyce Bauer, all of Route 5, Battle Creek. Funeral services will be held at the Royal Funeral home at 11 a.m. Monday, the Rev. Don L. DeCoursey officiating. He will be buried at the Burr Oak Cem., Athens.