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Obit: William Chester Kivett, MIssouri

Obit: William Chester Kivett, MIssouri

Posted: 28 Mar 2005 11:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
William Chester Kivett, 89, youngest of seven children of William Thomas and Mary Kivett, was born June 1, 1915, at Palace. He died Feb. 25, 2005, at Licking Park Manor.
Like so many children of the Depression, he went west with $27 borrowed from his sister. He joined the Civilian Conservation Corps at Salt Lake City and worked on the flood-control levy on the northern end of the lake to created a wildlife refuge.
He worked at a lumber yard in Los Angeles a short time before joining the Marines in 1935. His first tour of duty was embassy guard at Peiping, China, from 1936 to 1938. He was first introduced to the Japanese Army invading China and Peiping. His second encounter was on Guadalcanal and throughout the Solomon Islands after the New Britain Campaign.
He was rotated back to the U.S., where he volunteered for experimental malaria research at Klamath Falls, Ore. While there, he met and married Wilma Nielson in 1945. They had three children
He ended his active Marine Corps duty in 1957 with 28 awards and medals.
After receiving his GED in the Marines, he attended Oregon State University, where he received a bachelor's degree in wildlife management. He became the first wildlife biologist for the U.S. Forest Service in Region 9.
In 1967, he transferred to the Mark Twain National Forest in the Ava district. After the move to Missouri, he bought the land his grandfather, Joe Jaszarowski, had homesteaded. After his retirement in 1972, he moved to the farm at Beulah.
He was preceded in death by his wife.
Among the survivors are his three children, Aleda, Lyle and Franklin Kivett of Edgar Springs; and grandchildren.
Services were March 5 at the Fox Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Floyd officiating. Burial with full military honors was in the O'Malley Cemetery near Duke.

source: Houston (MO) Herald
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Re: Obit: William Chester Kivett, MIssouri

William D. "Bill" Kivett (View posts)
Posted: 30 Mar 2005 2:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kivett
As amateur Kivett family historian, I would like to be able to verify the grandparents of the subject of this obit. (parents of the referenced William Thomas Kivett). My current records on this line are incomplete, and census records for this period are not much help. I will be happy to share other available records from my collection on this Kivett and associated families with origins back to NC. Please contact me directly at my listed E-Mail address.

Re: Obit: William Chester Kivett, MIssouri

Posted: 1 Jan 2013 3:12AM GMT
Classification: Query
Looking to reply to William D. Kivett regarding William Chester Kivett and family ~ I have William Thomas's father as William Victor (murdered by a neighbor in an argument in Roubidoux,Texas Co.,Mo.) I believe William Victor to be the son of James Kivett, born in N.C. and living in Texas Co. Mo in the 1870 Census ~ if you could update your email, I could email you info that I have Thx Cathy Langford ( grand neice of William Chester )
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