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Submitted: 12/24/21 • Approved: 12/24/21 • Last Updated: 12/27/21 • R475162-G475162-S3
Cliff
1894-1957
Irene
1898-1978
*Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Cliff
Cliff Sivage, about 64 years of age, was found dead in his pickup truck near Wellington about 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. Cause of was apparently a heart attack. He was slumped over the steering wheel of his truck.
Funeral services are tentatively set to be held from the Methodist Church of Wheeler at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Among survivors are: the widow, Mrs. Sivage, two sons, Harold and Palmer all of Wheeler, a son, Vernon of South Dakota. A sister, Mrs. P.A. Martin of Briscoe, Mother, Mrs. Annie Sivage of Wheeler and a brother Vernon Sivage of Briscoe.
A daughter, Mrs. Ed Randall passed away about three years ago.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume XXIV Number 14, Thursday, March 14, 1957, - Page 1)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: William Clifton Sivage
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1894
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Rural, Wheeler, Texas
Father: Louis Sivage
Mother: Annie Ried
Age at Death: 63
Death Date: 12 Mar 1957
Death Place: Rural, Collingsworth, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: W C Sivage
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1894
Birth Place: Stephansvill, Texas
Death Date: 12 Mar 1957
Father: Louis Sivage
Mother: Annie Reid
Claim Date: 20 Mar 1957
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 25 Nov 1977: Name listed as W C SIVAGE
*Obituary Irene
Mrs. Irene L. Sivage, 80, died Sunday, June 18, 1978.
Services were at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, 1978 in First Methodist Church. The Rev. Ernie McGaughey, was pastor, will officiate [sic]. Burial was in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sivage was born in Erath County. She married William C. Sivage there in 1919. They came to Wheeler County in 1924. Mr. Sivage died in 1957.
Mrs. Sivage operated Sivage Hotel here until it closed in 1968. She was a Methodist.
Surviving are two sons, Palmer of Phillips, S.D., and Harold of Wheeler; two brothers, E.L. Lewis of Fort Worth and Bruce Lewis of Stephenville; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Gallaway and Mrs. Buton Cook, both of Odessa; and four grandchildren.
Pall bearers were George Davidson, Dub Goad, Allen Hale, Spud Moore, W.D. Mitchell, and N.L. Sechrist.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 44 Number 28, Thursday, June 22, 1978 - Page 1)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Irene Sivage
Death Date: 18 Jun 1978
Death County: Hemphill
Gender: Female
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Irene Lewis Sivage
Birth Date: 7 Jun 1898
Birth Place: Erath, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Wheeler, Wheeler, Texas
Father: William Clifton Sivage
Mother: Lillie Oxford
Age at Death: 80
Death Date: 18 Jun 1978
Death Place: Canadian, Hemphill, Texas, USA
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Irene Lewis Sivage
[Irene Sivage]
[Irene Lewis Lewis]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Jun 1898
Birth Place: Bluff Dale E, Texas
Death Date: Jun 1978
Father: Crawford L Lewis
Mother: Lillie Oxford
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Signature on SSN Card: W C SIVAGE
Relationship of Signature: Signature name differs from NH's name.
Notes: Dec 1942: Name listed as IRENE LEWIS SIVAGE; 30 Dec 1987: Name listed as IRENE SIVAG
Contributed on 12/24/21
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