NOTE: Military and death records state his birth year as 1913, but a handwritten birth announcement by his mother records his birth as "Jan. 20th 1914" which is correct.
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GENEALOGICAL FACTS
PARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Jr./(II)
Anna Lois (White) Post
SIBLINGS:
Brookse-Nel (Post) Insel, Millicent Angeline "Mickey" (Post) Butler, Lewis Foch Post, and Richard Morgan Post
SPOUSE:
Never married (twice engaged)
CHILDREN:
None
GRANDPARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Sr.
Angeline (Tufts) Post Quillen
Lewis B. White
Millicent R. (Weyand) White
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CAUSE OF DEATH
Just days before Alverus's death, his fiancee, Jean Roberts, was murdered by her business partner, Lil McElrath, following an evening of arguing between the two women. Unbeknownst to Jean, Lil was apparently in love with her and unhappy with the attention Jean was showing toward Alverus. Lil was seen to reach under the counter of the cafe they owned together in Boron, pull out a gun and shoot Jean in the chest - she later turned the gun on herself. A witness to the murder left the cafe and brought Alverus back to the scene of the carnage, were they found both women dead. This would be the second untimely death of a woman Alverus loved and had hopes of marrying. Only a couple of years before, his college sweetheart and first fiancee was killed in an auto accident. Perhaps, this second loss proved to be too much for him and Alverus took his own life. See Mojave Record article by Geo. H. Killinger, The Boron Live, "Quarrel Over Love of One Man Climaxes Death of Three."
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(Transribed from original copy of newspaper article found in personal paperwork of Lewis F. Post)
Mojave Desert News, Kern County, CA
Dated: 25 Sep 1947
ALVERUS POST IN SUICIDE JUMP
Word was received here yesterday of the death of Alverus B. Post, III, who committed suicide by leaping into a shaft at the Baker mine in Boron at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23.
The shaft was 660 ft. deep and the act was witnessed by Leroy Bassler and Clarence Butt.
Mr. Post was employed at the P.C.B. in Boron and he was vice president of the Chemical Workers Union. It is thought he was despondent over the death of Jean Roberts. He is survived by his father, Alverus Post, Jr., who resides in Richmond, Calif.
The body was removed to the 0' Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave where funeral arrangements are pending. An inquest will be held at the P.C.B. mine today (Thursday at 1:00 p. m.)
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NOTE: Alverus acquired the nickname "Mike" while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Most referred to him by his given name, Alverus.
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GENEALOGICAL FACTS
PARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Jr./(II)
Anna Lois (White) Post
SIBLINGS:
Brookse-Nel (Post) Insel, Millicent Angeline "Mickey" (Post) Butler, Lewis Foch Post, and Richard Morgan Post
SPOUSE:
Never married (twice engaged)
CHILDREN:
None
GRANDPARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Sr.
Angeline (Tufts) Post Quillen
Lewis B. White
Millicent R. (Weyand) White
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CAUSE OF DEATH
Just days before Alverus's death, his fiancee, Jean Roberts, was murdered by her business partner, Lil McElrath, following an evening of arguing between the two women. Unbeknownst to Jean, Lil was apparently in love with her and unhappy with the attention Jean was showing toward Alverus. Lil was seen to reach under the counter of the cafe they owned together in Boron, pull out a gun and shoot Jean in the chest - she later turned the gun on herself. A witness to the murder left the cafe and brought Alverus back to the scene of the carnage, were they found both women dead. This would be the second untimely death of a woman Alverus loved and had hopes of marrying. Only a couple of years before, his college sweetheart and first fiancee was killed in an auto accident. Perhaps, this second loss proved to be too much for him and Alverus took his own life. See Mojave Record article by Geo. H. Killinger, The Boron Live, "Quarrel Over Love of One Man Climaxes Death of Three."
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(Transribed from original copy of newspaper article found in personal paperwork of Lewis F. Post)
Mojave Desert News, Kern County, CA
Dated: 25 Sep 1947
ALVERUS POST IN SUICIDE JUMP
Word was received here yesterday of the death of Alverus B. Post, III, who committed suicide by leaping into a shaft at the Baker mine in Boron at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23.
The shaft was 660 ft. deep and the act was witnessed by Leroy Bassler and Clarence Butt.
Mr. Post was employed at the P.C.B. in Boron and he was vice president of the Chemical Workers Union. It is thought he was despondent over the death of Jean Roberts. He is survived by his father, Alverus Post, Jr., who resides in Richmond, Calif.
The body was removed to the 0' Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave where funeral arrangements are pending. An inquest will be held at the P.C.B. mine today (Thursday at 1:00 p. m.)
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NOTE: Alverus acquired the nickname "Mike" while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Most referred to him by his given name, Alverus.
NOTE: Military and death records state his birth year as 1913, but a handwritten birth announcement by his mother records his birth as "Jan. 20th 1914" which is correct.
_________________________
GENEALOGICAL FACTS
PARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Jr./(II)
Anna Lois (White) Post
SIBLINGS:
Brookse-Nel (Post) Insel, Millicent Angeline "Mickey" (Post) Butler, Lewis Foch Post, and Richard Morgan Post
SPOUSE:
Never married (twice engaged)
CHILDREN:
None
GRANDPARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Sr.
Angeline (Tufts) Post Quillen
Lewis B. White
Millicent R. (Weyand) White
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CAUSE OF DEATH
Just days before Alverus's death, his fiancee, Jean Roberts, was murdered by her business partner, Lil McElrath, following an evening of arguing between the two women. Unbeknownst to Jean, Lil was apparently in love with her and unhappy with the attention Jean was showing toward Alverus. Lil was seen to reach under the counter of the cafe they owned together in Boron, pull out a gun and shoot Jean in the chest - she later turned the gun on herself. A witness to the murder left the cafe and brought Alverus back to the scene of the carnage, were they found both women dead. This would be the second untimely death of a woman Alverus loved and had hopes of marrying. Only a couple of years before, his college sweetheart and first fiancee was killed in an auto accident. Perhaps, this second loss proved to be too much for him and Alverus took his own life. See Mojave Record article by Geo. H. Killinger, The Boron Live, "Quarrel Over Love of One Man Climaxes Death of Three."
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(Transribed from original copy of newspaper article found in personal paperwork of Lewis F. Post)
Mojave Desert News, Kern County, CA
Dated: 25 Sep 1947
ALVERUS POST IN SUICIDE JUMP
Word was received here yesterday of the death of Alverus B. Post, III, who committed suicide by leaping into a shaft at the Baker mine in Boron at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23.
The shaft was 660 ft. deep and the act was witnessed by Leroy Bassler and Clarence Butt.
Mr. Post was employed at the P.C.B. in Boron and he was vice president of the Chemical Workers Union. It is thought he was despondent over the death of Jean Roberts. He is survived by his father, Alverus Post, Jr., who resides in Richmond, Calif.
The body was removed to the 0' Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave where funeral arrangements are pending. An inquest will be held at the P.C.B. mine today (Thursday at 1:00 p. m.)
_________________________
NOTE: Alverus acquired the nickname "Mike" while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Most referred to him by his given name, Alverus.
_________________________
GENEALOGICAL FACTS
PARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Jr./(II)
Anna Lois (White) Post
SIBLINGS:
Brookse-Nel (Post) Insel, Millicent Angeline "Mickey" (Post) Butler, Lewis Foch Post, and Richard Morgan Post
SPOUSE:
Never married (twice engaged)
CHILDREN:
None
GRANDPARENTS:
Alverus Byron Post, Sr.
Angeline (Tufts) Post Quillen
Lewis B. White
Millicent R. (Weyand) White
_________________________
CAUSE OF DEATH
Just days before Alverus's death, his fiancee, Jean Roberts, was murdered by her business partner, Lil McElrath, following an evening of arguing between the two women. Unbeknownst to Jean, Lil was apparently in love with her and unhappy with the attention Jean was showing toward Alverus. Lil was seen to reach under the counter of the cafe they owned together in Boron, pull out a gun and shoot Jean in the chest - she later turned the gun on herself. A witness to the murder left the cafe and brought Alverus back to the scene of the carnage, were they found both women dead. This would be the second untimely death of a woman Alverus loved and had hopes of marrying. Only a couple of years before, his college sweetheart and first fiancee was killed in an auto accident. Perhaps, this second loss proved to be too much for him and Alverus took his own life. See Mojave Record article by Geo. H. Killinger, The Boron Live, "Quarrel Over Love of One Man Climaxes Death of Three."
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(Transribed from original copy of newspaper article found in personal paperwork of Lewis F. Post)
Mojave Desert News, Kern County, CA
Dated: 25 Sep 1947
ALVERUS POST IN SUICIDE JUMP
Word was received here yesterday of the death of Alverus B. Post, III, who committed suicide by leaping into a shaft at the Baker mine in Boron at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23.
The shaft was 660 ft. deep and the act was witnessed by Leroy Bassler and Clarence Butt.
Mr. Post was employed at the P.C.B. in Boron and he was vice president of the Chemical Workers Union. It is thought he was despondent over the death of Jean Roberts. He is survived by his father, Alverus Post, Jr., who resides in Richmond, Calif.
The body was removed to the 0' Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave where funeral arrangements are pending. An inquest will be held at the P.C.B. mine today (Thursday at 1:00 p. m.)
_________________________
NOTE: Alverus acquired the nickname "Mike" while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Most referred to him by his given name, Alverus.
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