 1924 - 1968 (43 years)
-
| Name |
Capps, Edwin Sackett [1] |
| Nickname |
Ed |
| Born |
13 Sep 1924 |
Lacota, Midland County, Michigan, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
17 Apr 1930 |
Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA [3] |
| Military |
21 Nov 1942 [1] |
| Enlisted |
| Military |
29 Jun 1945 [1] |
| Discharged |
| Died |
6 Jun 1968 |
Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, USA [1, 4, 5, 6] |
| Buried |
Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA [7] |
| Person ID |
I15295 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
7 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Capps, James Kenneth, b. 20 Apr 1897, Logan County, Illinois, USA , d. 19 Oct 1968, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA (Age 71 years) |
| Mother |
Sackett, Frances Eleanor, b. 18 Feb 1896, Marinette, Marinette County, Wisconsin, USA , d. 23 Jan 1972, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
11 Oct 1917 |
| Children |
4 children |
| + | 1. Capps, Jack Arthur, b. 24 Apr 1922, Lacota, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA , d. 31 Mar 1999, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA (Age 76 years) | | + | 2. Capps, Edwin Sackett, b. 13 Sep 1924, Lacota, Midland County, Michigan, USA , d. 6 Jun 1968, Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, USA (Age 43 years) | | + | 3. Capps, June Frances, b. 9 Aug 1926, Wausaukee, Marinette County, Wisconsin, USA , d. 13 Jul 2003 (Age 76 years) | | | 4. Living |
|
| Family ID |
F5929 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Lamb, Betty Jean, b. 29 Aug 1926, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA , d. 16 Jul 2002, Carson City, Carson City, Nevada, USA (Age 75 years) |
| Married |
5 Apr 1948 |
Carson City, Carson City, Nevada, USA [8] |
| Children |
|
| Last Modified |
7 Jan 2023 |
| Family ID |
F30736 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
-
| Event Map |
|
 | Born - 13 Sep 1924 - Lacota, Midland County, Michigan, USA |
 |
 | Census - 17 Apr 1930 - Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA |
|
 | Married - 5 Apr 1948 - Carson City, Carson City, Nevada, USA |
|
 | Died - 6 Jun 1968 - Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, USA |
|
 | Buried - - Sierra Hills Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA |
|
|
| Pin Legend |
 |
-
-
| Sources |
- [S2622] U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 6 Jan 2022.
Name: Edwin Sackett Capps
Rank: Tc 5
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1924
Service Number: 16 088 232
Service Branch: Air Force
Unit: 33rd Battalion, Infantry
Company: Company B
Enlistment Date: 21 Nov 1942
Discharge Date: 29 Jun 1945
Death Date: 6 Jun 1968
Cemetery: Sierra Hills Memorial Park
Cemetery Location: Sacramento, California, USA
Requested by: Betty L Capps (widow), Sacramento, California
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S2413] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 6 Jan 2022.
Name: Edwin S Capps
Social Security #: 339147602
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1924
Birth Place: Michigan
Death Date: 6 Jun 1968
Death Place: Sacramento
Mother's Maiden Name: Sackett
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S937] 1930 U.S. Census (Reliability: 3), 7 Jan 2023.
1930 Census, enumerated 17 Apr 1930 in Geneva Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, United States
James K Capps, Head, M, W, 32, M, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, Farmer
Frances Capps, Wife, F, W, 34, M, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, None
Jack Capps, Son, M, W, 7, S, Wisconsin, Illinois, Wisconsin, None
Edwin Capps, Son, M, W, 5, S, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, None
June Capps, Daughter, F, W, 3, S, Wisconsin, Illinois, Wisconsin, None
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 18 Jan 2022.
The Herald-Palladium (Saint Joseph, Michigan), 2 Apr 1999, Page 11
Jack A. Capps
SOUTH HAVEN -- Jack Arthur Capps, 76, of South Haven passed away Wednesday, March 31, 1999, at South Haven Community Hospital. Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 6 at Calvin-Starks and Frost Funeral Home, South Haven, with the Rev. James Capps of Indianapolis and the Rev. Billy Dalton of South Haven, officiating. Friends wishing to make a memorial contribution may do so to the charity of their choice.
Jack was born April 24, 1922, to J. Kenneth and Frances Capps in Lacota, Mich. He owned and operated Capps Quality Bakery. He also worked at Stone's Meat Packing Co., for 18 years and recently the Golden Brown Bakery until his retirement. He served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 667 in South Haven.
On Aug. 9, 1950, in Gallup, N.M., he married Dorothye M. Radosevich, and she survives.
Also surviving are three daughters Sue Deckard of Hartford; Jan Pfaff and Cathy (Terry) Quinn, both of South Haven; three sons the Rev. James (Alice) Capps of Indianapolis, Joe (Nancy) Capps of Grand Rapids, Jack (Mary) Capps of Zeeland, Mich.; two sisters June Procyk of Palmdale, Calif., Linda Acree of Phoenix; nine grandchildren Terri, Kim, Joe, Amy, Becky, Sarah, Michael, Brandon and Nicole; three great-grandchildren Zack, Zoe, Lindsay; and several cousins, nieces and nephews, and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J. Kenneth and Frances Capps; and a brother, Ed Capps, in 1968.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 6 Jan 2022.
Auburn Journal (Auburn, California), 13 Jun 1968, Page 6
Edwin Capps
Funeral services for Edwin S. Capps, veteran Sacramento newsman and a frequent visitor to the Auburn area, were held in Sacramento Monday.
Mr. Capps, who was 43, died of an apparent heart attack last Thursday.
He came to Sacramento as a United Press reporter in 1952 after several years of newspaper work in Nevada. In 1957 he became associated with Henry C. MacArthur in the Capitol News Service, which provides political and other Sacramento news to newspapers through the State.
Mr. Capps also was noted for his talent as an outdoor sports writer, and recently he was selected by the U. S. Department of Interior to make a summer tour of wildfowl breeding grounds in Canada.
He was a founder and active member of the Sacramento Press Club and the Gold Unit of the California Newspaper Publishers Association.
Survivors include his wife, Betty; children, Kenneth, Steven and Katherine; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Capps of South Haven, Mich.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 6 Jan 2022.
The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California), 6 Jun 1968, Page 53
Edwin S. Capps
Edwin S. Capps, 43, news editor and partner with Henry C MacArthur in the Capitol News Service for the last 11 years died in Mercy San Juan Hospital this morning. Capps suffered a heart attack yesterday. shortly after he returned from a San Francisco medical checkup.
Capps had planned to attend his son's graduation from Highlands High School last night.
Born in Lacota, Mich., on Sept. 13, 1924, Capps attended South Haven High School and Western Michigan College.
Capps served in the North African campaign during World War II. He was graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1947.
He moved west after graduation to become editor and advertising manager of the Carson City, Nev., Chronicle and its subsidiary the Linden, Calif., Diamond. He later became owner and publisher of the Lake Tahoe News.
In 1952, Capps moved to Sacramento as a political' and fish-game writer for United Press. He assumed his Capitol News Service post in March 1957.
His syndicated column Fish 'n' Gamer appeared regularly in the Sacramento Union.
He is survived by his wife, Betty, and children, Kenneth, Steven, and Katherine. Capps lived at 5118 Elbert Way, Sacramento.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Transcribed by Ted Smith
- [S543] Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com) (Reliability: 3), 6 Jan 2022.
Memorial ID 107875511
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107875511
Edwin S. Capps
Birth
13 Sep 1924
USA
Death
6 Jun 1968 (aged 43)
USA
Burial
Sierra Hills Memorial Park
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA
Services for Edwin S. Capps, 43, co-owner of Capitol News Service, wil be at 10 a.m. Monday at Carmichael Oaks Chapel. Burial will be in Sierra Hills Memorial Park. Capps died Thursday.
Survivors include his widow, a daughter, two sons, his parents, a brother and two sisters.
Remembrances may be made to the Edwin S. Capps Memorial Fund to be used for scientific wildlife research at Dye Creek Field Station.
-- Published June 8, 1968 in The Sacramento Union
Researched by Ted Smith
- [S1802] Carson City, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1855-1985, (Ancestry.com) (Reliability: 3), 6 Jan 2022.
Name: Edwin S. Capps
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 5 Apr 1948
Marriage Place: Carson City, Nevada, USA
Spouse: Betty Jean Lamb
Marriage Description: Carson
Marriage Record Number: 39704887
Researched by Ted Smith
|
|
|
