Notes for John Wendell Himes, Sr., 1-4: Nov 25, 1905-John Wendell Himes Sr. was born Soc. Security No. 288-07-1964
John Wendell Himes Sr. has had various jobs during the years: He has his own car wash the Belmont area of Dayton, OH He had his own Excavating Business. During the war he and his father had a gas station in Belmont. Later on John was Manager of the Shell Station downtown Dayton, OH by Coop High school When the school enlarged, the Shell sold the land to the school. John then worked at MPI Parking garage as their Chief Mechanic.
2-14-1978: John Wendell Himes went to the Hospital, suffering from cancer and emphazema.
3-31-1978, Dottie and John Himes Jr, (his son and wife), were living in Graham, TX. His other Son Steve was living in Columbus, OH. Wendell had emphazema and cancer and needed care. He was in the hospital and needed to go to a Nursing home close to his children. His other son Steve living in Columbus, OH could not take over the responsibility for his Dad, so John and Dottie drove 19 hours all night long from Graham, TX to Dayton, Oh to pick up his Dad as he could not fly to TX because of his emphazema. We got there about noon, slept a few hours, visited a short time with Dottie's mother, Mary Elizabeth Porter at 405 Redwood, Dayton, OH. About 6 pm, we went to the Nursing Home to pick up his Dad as he had to be moved during the night when it was cool. Wendell sat up the first few hours, and later laid down in the back of our stationwagon as we had a mattress in there for him. We drove all night long straight through to Graham, TX. After arriving in Graham, TX, Sunday morning, we took him to the pre-arranged Nursing home so they could properly take care of him. About the time, we drove up, our daughters were heading to church and saw us and came over to tell Grandpa hello. One of the Administrators that worked there was a good friend of ours that worked there, Neda Thompson, and she took especially good care of him. We visited him every day, but some days, he didn't even know us. We had our Dr. check him and he said the drive did not hurt him and was okay. Six days later, he got up and sat in the chair, began coughing and his lung collapsed and he died. He only had one lung left due to the cancer and smoking. We then turned around and went back to Dayton, Ohio for his funeral. The funeral services were held at Tobias Funeral Home in Belmont, Dayton, OH. and he was buried at David Cemetery, Kettering, OH.
8-31-2000 John and Dottie Himes received from John's cousin, Taylor Cardwell, Centerville, OH, various information regarding the Himes Family; A printed page of information that may have come from the Funeral home with the following information: Name: John Wendle Himes Middle name should be: Wendell Date of birth: blank Date of death: 4-7-1978 and buried on 4-11-1978 Age at death: 72 Cremation: No Veteran: blank Next of Kin: John W. Himes, #3287 Spouse Name: Alice Mae Service Fee: $175.00 Funeral Home: 100.000 Tobias Funeral Home, Belmont, Dayton, OH Grave Lot: Section 2, Lot 306, space 1 Cause of Death: blank Owner of Plot :#3287 John Wendell Himes Parents names: blank
6-2001 David Cemetery, Kettering, OH cemetery records page 93 row 3 #4 Himes John W 1905-1978 Himes, Alice M. 1904-1959 (see the OH cemetery book for this page)
More About John Wendell Himes, Sr., 1-4: Burial: Apr 11, 1978, David Cemetery, Kettering, OH Sect 2, Lot #306, space 1.
More About John Wendell Himes, Sr., 1-4 and Alice Mae Ahlers, 1-5: Marriage: May 1, 1937, Indiana.
Children of John Wendell Himes, Sr., 1-4 and Alice Mae Ahlers, 1-5 are:
John Wendell Himes, Sr., 1-4 (b. Nov 25, 1905, d. Apr 7, 1978)
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