Locomotive Engineer Dies at 58
CHAFFEE — J. H. Davenport, a locomotive engineer for the Frisco Railroad, died at 9 Saturday night of an apparent heart attack at the family home in Chaffee.
Mr. Davenport had driven the family station wagon into the driveway at the residence and collapsed as he was getting out of the vehicle.
He was 58 years old.
Born Aug. 11, 1909, in Oran, Mr. Davenport was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Davenport.
Mr. Davenport began his career with the railroad on May 8, 1942, as a fireman. He was promoted to locomotive engineer in 1945.
He was a member and past worshipful master of the Chaffee Masonic Lodge 615; a member and past worthy patron of the Chaffee Chapter 48, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
On April 22, 1933, he married Miss Earlene Ponder of this city. She survives.
OTHER SURVIVORS
Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Huber, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Willard A. Spencer, Bonne Terre; a son, PO 3.C. Thomas A. Davenport, stationed with the Navy at Great Lakes, ILL.; two sisters, Mrs. Liston Smith, Puxico, and Mrs. Albert Duggar, Chaffee; a brother, Lyon B. Davenport, Chaffee, and two grandchildren.
The body is at the Bispilinghoff Funeral Home here where Masonic rites will be held at 7:30 tonight.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Paul York, pastor of First Methodist a Church here. Burial will be in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau.
Southeast Missourian May 20, 1968
CHAFFEE — J. H. Davenport, a locomotive engineer for the Frisco Railroad, died at 9 Saturday night of an apparent heart attack at the family home in Chaffee.
Mr. Davenport had driven the family station wagon into the driveway at the residence and collapsed as he was getting out of the vehicle.
He was 58 years old.
Born Aug. 11, 1909, in Oran, Mr. Davenport was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Davenport.
Mr. Davenport began his career with the railroad on May 8, 1942, as a fireman. He was promoted to locomotive engineer in 1945.
He was a member and past worshipful master of the Chaffee Masonic Lodge 615; a member and past worthy patron of the Chaffee Chapter 48, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
On April 22, 1933, he married Miss Earlene Ponder of this city. She survives.
OTHER SURVIVORS
Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Huber, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Willard A. Spencer, Bonne Terre; a son, PO 3.C. Thomas A. Davenport, stationed with the Navy at Great Lakes, ILL.; two sisters, Mrs. Liston Smith, Puxico, and Mrs. Albert Duggar, Chaffee; a brother, Lyon B. Davenport, Chaffee, and two grandchildren.
The body is at the Bispilinghoff Funeral Home here where Masonic rites will be held at 7:30 tonight.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Paul York, pastor of First Methodist a Church here. Burial will be in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau.
Southeast Missourian May 20, 1968
Locomotive Engineer Dies at 58
CHAFFEE — J. H. Davenport, a locomotive engineer for the Frisco Railroad, died at 9 Saturday night of an apparent heart attack at the family home in Chaffee.
Mr. Davenport had driven the family station wagon into the driveway at the residence and collapsed as he was getting out of the vehicle.
He was 58 years old.
Born Aug. 11, 1909, in Oran, Mr. Davenport was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Davenport.
Mr. Davenport began his career with the railroad on May 8, 1942, as a fireman. He was promoted to locomotive engineer in 1945.
He was a member and past worshipful master of the Chaffee Masonic Lodge 615; a member and past worthy patron of the Chaffee Chapter 48, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
On April 22, 1933, he married Miss Earlene Ponder of this city. She survives.
OTHER SURVIVORS
Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Huber, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Willard A. Spencer, Bonne Terre; a son, PO 3.C. Thomas A. Davenport, stationed with the Navy at Great Lakes, ILL.; two sisters, Mrs. Liston Smith, Puxico, and Mrs. Albert Duggar, Chaffee; a brother, Lyon B. Davenport, Chaffee, and two grandchildren.
The body is at the Bispilinghoff Funeral Home here where Masonic rites will be held at 7:30 tonight.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Paul York, pastor of First Methodist a Church here. Burial will be in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau.
Southeast Missourian May 20, 1968
CHAFFEE — J. H. Davenport, a locomotive engineer for the Frisco Railroad, died at 9 Saturday night of an apparent heart attack at the family home in Chaffee.
Mr. Davenport had driven the family station wagon into the driveway at the residence and collapsed as he was getting out of the vehicle.
He was 58 years old.
Born Aug. 11, 1909, in Oran, Mr. Davenport was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Davenport.
Mr. Davenport began his career with the railroad on May 8, 1942, as a fireman. He was promoted to locomotive engineer in 1945.
He was a member and past worshipful master of the Chaffee Masonic Lodge 615; a member and past worthy patron of the Chaffee Chapter 48, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
On April 22, 1933, he married Miss Earlene Ponder of this city. She survives.
OTHER SURVIVORS
Other survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Robert E. Huber, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Willard A. Spencer, Bonne Terre; a son, PO 3.C. Thomas A. Davenport, stationed with the Navy at Great Lakes, ILL.; two sisters, Mrs. Liston Smith, Puxico, and Mrs. Albert Duggar, Chaffee; a brother, Lyon B. Davenport, Chaffee, and two grandchildren.
The body is at the Bispilinghoff Funeral Home here where Masonic rites will be held at 7:30 tonight.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 2 Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Paul York, pastor of First Methodist a Church here. Burial will be in Memorial Park at Cape Girardeau.
Southeast Missourian May 20, 1968
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