Philip Jeffway (1892-1970)
Born 1892: Craig, Colorado. Died May 12, 1970: Colton, California, age 78.
First marriage: Alice Estelle Jeffway (1889 - 1963)
Alice had a son from a prior marriage to Theodore I Gavett: Theodore
Charles Gavett of San Diego.
Second marriage: Edna Hess Jeffway (1895 - 1983)
Edna had a son from a prior marriage to Elmer Otto Hess: Dewain R.
Hess of Colton.
Philip does not appear to have had children of his own.
From the San Bernardino, CA, "Sun" May 14, 1970
Philip J. Jeffway, Colton
Philip J. Jeffway, 78, of 155 E. B St., Colton, died Tuesday in a San Bernardino hospital. He was born in Colorado and was a six-year resident of San Bernardino and a 40-year resident of California.
Jeffway was a self-employed sheet-metal worker.
Survivors include his widow, Edna; two sons, Dewain R. Hess of Colton, and Theodore Gavett of San Diego; three grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Mark B. Shaw Memorial Chapel with burial following at Mt. View Cemetery, Beaumont. Friends may call at the chapel after 7 p.m. today.
From the INDIO DAILY NEWS February 4, 1963
Alice Estelle Jeffway
Alice Estelle Jeffway, 73, of Towne Mobile Park, Indio, passed away at her residence February 1. She is survived by her widower, Phillip, and a son, Mr. Theodore Cavett of San Diego.
Mrs. Jeffway had been a resident of this community for four months and of the state since 1920. She was born in Nebraska on August 25, 1889. Services are pending at Fitzhenry Funeral Home.
From the Mountain Democrat, Placerville, CA, October 6, 1960.
Note from Bill Jeffway: I believe that Theodore I Gavett must have divorced Alice Gavett and she ultimately married Philip Jeffway. When this obituary refers to Theodore's adopted son Theodore Charles, I believe this is a mistake. Census records show Theodore Charles growing up in Theodore I and Alice's household.
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