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On April 28, 1918 in Lindsey, Nebraska, Everett Henry McPhillips was born as the fifth of six boys and the sixth baby in the McPhillips family. He had one sister who was older than him. This sister, Viola, helped provide care for his older brother, Edward, himself and a younger brother, Don. They lived on a family-owned farm. His father, James was Irish extraction by one generation and Catholic. His mother Mary Jane had been born in Wales and Protestant but converted to Catholicism. The father required the children to ride their horses without saddles as his brother had been dragged to death by having his foot caught in the saddle's stirrup. They rode to school on horseback many miles in all weather, where Everett remembered the nuns as strict teachers who used the ruler readily over their knuckles. Everett's education ended after completing the eighth grade. The McPhillips family was a close clan with strong ties to their mother. They worked hard, played card games, shot ferrel cats from the barn rafters, learned to smoke out back of the barn and went to community dances. Everett was a wonderful dancer who has noted for this talent when Lawrence Welk came to their nearby community to provide music for a dance. He also was in the Golden Gloves program as a featherweight boxer. At some year in the early 1940's he and his younger sibling, Don and older siblings Thomas and Edward moved to Seattle WA. His mother and sister would come later.They took jobs at Boeing Aircraft and later enlisted in the military for WWII. Everett was given an honorable discharge for "nerves" and flat feet. He did not go to the war arena. His brother Don knew Dorothy Bolsinger who had her own beauty shop so Everett took his girlfriend there for an appt. He made a pass at Dorothy and came back to tell his brother that the minute he saw her he knew "this is the girl I'm going to marry." Indeed, two weeks later, March 11, 1944, they were married. He was good looking with a Jimmy Stewart kind of long face with dark hair, grey eyes and a very good sense of humor. He was popular with women. Unfortunately, when with his brothers, he was also prone to drink like his father and gamble. Dorothy came from a family where the father was a teetotaler who would not let alcoholic drink into his house. Dorothy soon learned to meet him on payday and take his check to pay the bills. He had a variety of jobs and did not keep them long. He drove the Yellow Cab until a customer held him up for the night's earnings at gunpoint. They had their first and only child. (It is unknown whether or not Everett knew when he broke up with his girlfriend, that she was also pregnant. A daughter by his girlfriend was born 17 days before his and Dorothy's child. These daughters would not know of each other until they were 68 years old.) Everett & Dorothy drew straws over their daughter's religion. Presbyterian won over Catholicism. A tumor on Everett's sturnum was misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis and he was sent to the VA Hospital in Vancouver, WA. for a year. Dorothy and his daughter, followed with Dorothy still continuing with her Beauty Shop. During this time, his brother, Tom, came to live with them as did Everett's mother Mary Jane. After they had left, Mel's children, stayed with them as their parents went to develop a business in Alaska. They moved with the three children to a home in Spanaway, that Mel and Eunice had bought before leaving. During that time Everett caught a bad case of the chickpox which lasted two weeks. He said if he could go that long without smoking then he could quit for good, which he did. Later, he had an occassional cigar.
Mel convinced them that there was work for Everett in Alaska so they all moved to Valdez, Alaska in 1952 before it was a state in the union. Everett had hoped to work for Mel's trucking outfit but the work dried up. He would had gone to drink but Dorothy threatened to leave so he pulled himself together, gave up the drink for good, and found a job as a longshoreman working on the docks loading and unloading ships in the bay. After a short while the Longshoreman union blackballed him and 12 others from work. They produced pictures while the men were sleeping on their breaks and said they were not working on the job. They said they were stealing items from the loads to shift blame from themselves. They did this to get friends or themselves more work and skip the seniority of the thirteen workers. While off work Everett took odd jobs like sweeping the snow off the huge oil tanks. The thirteen took the union to court and with the help of Dorothy's writing skills (she typed late into the midnight hours). They were successful in winning the suit. They were reinstated to work. Everett thrived on this work and in this environment. He loved fishing and hunting and kept the larder full with salmon and pharmigan, an occasional moose, elk, caribou and once a bear which he gave to the native Americans. The next three years were the best of their married lives as they went to movies, dances and played cards with friends and participated in the Baptist church they had joined because of it's warm social atmosphere.
On July 7th 1955 Everett and a friend, Wally, the town garbage collector, went on a vacation fishing trip to Summit Lake. The ice had just been off the lake three days and fishing season had just begun so they were eager to get there on the first day. Their small dorie had been home-built by a former owner. Because it was still very cold they were dressed heavily with thick boots. Everett excited that he had a fish on the line stood up and the boat capsized, throwing him far away but Wally close to the boat. Wally tried to push the boat to him but it moved away and his frozen fingers could barely hang on until help would come. Everett was laden down with his clothes and suffered a heart attack when he hit the ice cold water. He yelled help once and drown. It took a day of scraping the lake before they found his body. (It is ironic that as a young man back in Nebraska he had been a strong enough swimmer to save another man's life who was drowning.) He was given a funeral in the Baptist church in Valdez. His body was flown out to Seattle where he had a Catholic funeral for his McPhillips family. He was buried in Tacoma at the Mt. View Memorial Park next to Dorothy's parents.
He was only thirty-seven years old. Some of the values that he gave to his daughter were; to treat all people equally regardless of race because they are all equal, play fair, keep a sense of humor, admit when you are wrong and enjoy life.
Everett McPhillips is in three censuses that are available resources at this time; 1920 United States Federal Census, Joliet, Platte Co. Nebraska and 1930 United States Federal Census, Cameron, Hall Co. Nebraska. (and now the 1940 census.)
World War II
On April 28, 1918 in Lindsey, Nebraska, Everett Henry McPhillips was born as the fifth of six boys and the sixth baby in the McPhillips family. He had one sister who was older than him. This sister, Viola, helped provide care for his older brother, Edward, himself and a younger brother, Don. They lived on a family-owned farm. His father, James was Irish extraction by one generation and Catholic. His mother Mary Jane had been born in Wales and Protestant but converted to Catholicism. The father required the children to ride their horses without saddles as his brother had been dragged to death by having his foot caught in the saddle's stirrup. They rode to school on horseback many miles in all weather, where Everett remembered the nuns as strict teachers who used the ruler readily over their knuckles. Everett's education ended after completing the eighth grade. The McPhillips family was a close clan with strong ties to their mother. They worked hard, played card games, shot ferrel cats from the barn rafters, learned to smoke out back of the barn and went to community dances. Everett was a wonderful dancer who has noted for this talent when Lawrence Welk came to their nearby community to provide music for a dance. He also was in the Golden Gloves program as a featherweight boxer. At some year in the early 1940's he and his younger sibling, Don and older siblings Thomas and Edward moved to Seattle WA. His mother and sister would come later.They took jobs at Boeing Aircraft and later enlisted in the military for WWII. Everett was given an honorable discharge for "nerves" and flat feet. He did not go to the war arena. His brother Don knew Dorothy Bolsinger who had her own beauty shop so Everett took his girlfriend there for an appt. He made a pass at Dorothy and came back to tell his brother that the minute he saw her he knew "this is the girl I'm going to marry." Indeed, two weeks later, March 11, 1944, they were married. He was good looking with a Jimmy Stewart kind of long face with dark hair, grey eyes and a very good sense of humor. He was popular with women. Unfortunately, when with his brothers, he was also prone to drink like his father and gamble. Dorothy came from a family where the father was a teetotaler who would not let alcoholic drink into his house. Dorothy soon learned to meet him on payday and take his check to pay the bills. He had a variety of jobs and did not keep them long. He drove the Yellow Cab until a customer held him up for the night's earnings at gunpoint. They had their first and only child. (It is unknown whether or not Everett knew when he broke up with his girlfriend, that she was also pregnant. A daughter by his girlfriend was born 17 days before his and Dorothy's child. These daughters would not know of each other until they were 68 years old.) Everett & Dorothy drew straws over their daughter's religion. Presbyterian won over Catholicism. A tumor on Everett's sturnum was misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis and he was sent to the VA Hospital in Vancouver, WA. for a year. Dorothy and his daughter, followed with Dorothy still continuing with her Beauty Shop. During this time, his brother, Tom, came to live with them as did Everett's mother Mary Jane. After they had left, Mel's children, stayed with them as their parents went to develop a business in Alaska. They moved with the three children to a home in Spanaway, that Mel and Eunice had bought before leaving. During that time Everett caught a bad case of the chickpox which lasted two weeks. He said if he could go that long without smoking then he could quit for good, which he did. Later, he had an occassional cigar.
Mel convinced them that there was work for Everett in Alaska so they all moved to Valdez, Alaska in 1952 before it was a state in the union. Everett had hoped to work for Mel's trucking outfit but the work dried up. He would had gone to drink but Dorothy threatened to leave so he pulled himself together, gave up the drink for good, and found a job as a longshoreman working on the docks loading and unloading ships in the bay. After a short while the Longshoreman union blackballed him and 12 others from work. They produced pictures while the men were sleeping on their breaks and said they were not working on the job. They said they were stealing items from the loads to shift blame from themselves. They did this to get friends or themselves more work and skip the seniority of the thirteen workers. While off work Everett took odd jobs like sweeping the snow off the huge oil tanks. The thirteen took the union to court and with the help of Dorothy's writing skills (she typed late into the midnight hours). They were successful in winning the suit. They were reinstated to work. Everett thrived on this work and in this environment. He loved fishing and hunting and kept the larder full with salmon and pharmigan, an occasional moose, elk, caribou and once a bear which he gave to the native Americans. The next three years were the best of their married lives as they went to movies, dances and played cards with friends and participated in the Baptist church they had joined because of it's warm social atmosphere.
On July 7th 1955 Everett and a friend, Wally, the town garbage collector, went on a vacation fishing trip to Summit Lake. The ice had just been off the lake three days and fishing season had just begun so they were eager to get there on the first day. Their small dorie had been home-built by a former owner. Because it was still very cold they were dressed heavily with thick boots. Everett excited that he had a fish on the line stood up and the boat capsized, throwing him far away but Wally close to the boat. Wally tried to push the boat to him but it moved away and his frozen fingers could barely hang on until help would come. Everett was laden down with his clothes and suffered a heart attack when he hit the ice cold water. He yelled help once and drown. It took a day of scraping the lake before they found his body. (It is ironic that as a young man back in Nebraska he had been a strong enough swimmer to save another man's life who was drowning.) He was given a funeral in the Baptist church in Valdez. His body was flown out to Seattle where he had a Catholic funeral for his McPhillips family. He was buried in Tacoma at the Mt. View Memorial Park next to Dorothy's parents.
He was only thirty-seven years old. Some of the values that he gave to his daughter were; to treat all people equally regardless of race because they are all equal, play fair, keep a sense of humor, admit when you are wrong and enjoy life.
Everett McPhillips is in three censuses that are available resources at this time; 1920 United States Federal Census, Joliet, Platte Co. Nebraska and 1930 United States Federal Census, Cameron, Hall Co. Nebraska. (and now the 1940 census.)
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World War II
On April 28, 1918 in Lindsey, Nebraska, Everett Henry McPhillips was born as the fifth of six boys and the sixth baby in the McPhillips family. He had one sister who was older than him. This sister, Viola, helped provide care for his older brother, Edward, himself and a younger brother, Don. They lived on a family-owned farm. His father, James was Irish extraction by one generation and Catholic. His mother Mary Jane had been born in Wales and Protestant but converted to Catholicism. The father required the children to ride their horses without saddles as his brother had been dragged to death by having his foot caught in the saddle's stirrup. They rode to school on horseback many miles in all weather, where Everett remembered the nuns as strict teachers who used the ruler readily over their knuckles. Everett's education ended after completing the eighth grade. The McPhillips family was a close clan with strong ties to their mother. They worked hard, played card games, shot ferrel cats from the barn rafters, learned to smoke out back of the barn and went to community dances. Everett was a wonderful dancer who has noted for this talent when Lawrence Welk came to their nearby community to provide music for a dance. He also was in the Golden Gloves program as a featherweight boxer. At some year in the early 1940's he and his younger sibling, Don and older siblings Thomas and Edward moved to Seattle WA. His mother and sister would come later.They took jobs at Boeing Aircraft and later enlisted in the military for WWII. Everett was given an honorable discharge for "nerves" and flat feet. He did not go to the war arena. His brother Don knew Dorothy Bolsinger who had her own beauty shop so Everett took his girlfriend there for an appt. He made a pass at Dorothy and came back to tell his brother that the minute he saw her he knew "this is the girl I'm going to marry." Indeed, two weeks later, March 11, 1944, they were married. He was good looking with a Jimmy Stewart kind of long face with dark hair, grey eyes and a very good sense of humor. He was popular with women. Unfortunately, when with his brothers, he was also prone to drink like his father and gamble. Dorothy came from a family where the father was a teetotaler who would not let alcoholic drink into his house. Dorothy soon learned to meet him on payday and take his check to pay the bills. He had a variety of jobs and did not keep them long. He drove the Yellow Cab until a customer held him up for the night's earnings at gunpoint. They had their first and only child. (It is unknown whether or not Everett knew when he broke up with his girlfriend, that she was also pregnant. A daughter by his girlfriend was born 17 days before his and Dorothy's child. These daughters would not know of each other until they were 68 years old.) Everett & Dorothy drew straws over their daughter's religion. Presbyterian won over Catholicism. A tumor on Everett's sturnum was misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis and he was sent to the VA Hospital in Vancouver, WA. for a year. Dorothy and his daughter, followed with Dorothy still continuing with her Beauty Shop. During this time, his brother, Tom, came to live with them as did Everett's mother Mary Jane. After they had left, Mel's children, stayed with them as their parents went to develop a business in Alaska. They moved with the three children to a home in Spanaway, that Mel and Eunice had bought before leaving. During that time Everett caught a bad case of the chickpox which lasted two weeks. He said if he could go that long without smoking then he could quit for good, which he did. Later, he had an occassional cigar.
Mel convinced them that there was work for Everett in Alaska so they all moved to Valdez, Alaska in 1952 before it was a state in the union. Everett had hoped to work for Mel's trucking outfit but the work dried up. He would had gone to drink but Dorothy threatened to leave so he pulled himself together, gave up the drink for good, and found a job as a longshoreman working on the docks loading and unloading ships in the bay. After a short while the Longshoreman union blackballed him and 12 others from work. They produced pictures while the men were sleeping on their breaks and said they were not working on the job. They said they were stealing items from the loads to shift blame from themselves. They did this to get friends or themselves more work and skip the seniority of the thirteen workers. While off work Everett took odd jobs like sweeping the snow off the huge oil tanks. The thirteen took the union to court and with the help of Dorothy's writing skills (she typed late into the midnight hours). They were successful in winning the suit. They were reinstated to work. Everett thrived on this work and in this environment. He loved fishing and hunting and kept the larder full with salmon and pharmigan, an occasional moose, elk, caribou and once a bear which he gave to the native Americans. The next three years were the best of their married lives as they went to movies, dances and played cards with friends and participated in the Baptist church they had joined because of it's warm social atmosphere.
On July 7th 1955 Everett and a friend, Wally, the town garbage collector, went on a vacation fishing trip to Summit Lake. The ice had just been off the lake three days and fishing season had just begun so they were eager to get there on the first day. Their small dorie had been home-built by a former owner. Because it was still very cold they were dressed heavily with thick boots. Everett excited that he had a fish on the line stood up and the boat capsized, throwing him far away but Wally close to the boat. Wally tried to push the boat to him but it moved away and his frozen fingers could barely hang on until help would come. Everett was laden down with his clothes and suffered a heart attack when he hit the ice cold water. He yelled help once and drown. It took a day of scraping the lake before they found his body. (It is ironic that as a young man back in Nebraska he had been a strong enough swimmer to save another man's life who was drowning.) He was given a funeral in the Baptist church in Valdez. His body was flown out to Seattle where he had a Catholic funeral for his McPhillips family. He was buried in Tacoma at the Mt. View Memorial Park next to Dorothy's parents.
He was only thirty-seven years old. Some of the values that he gave to his daughter were; to treat all people equally regardless of race because they are all equal, play fair, keep a sense of humor, admit when you are wrong and enjoy life.
Everett McPhillips is in three censuses that are available resources at this time; 1920 United States Federal Census, Joliet, Platte Co. Nebraska and 1930 United States Federal Census, Cameron, Hall Co. Nebraska. (and now the 1940 census.)
World War II
On April 28, 1918 in Lindsey, Nebraska, Everett Henry McPhillips was born as the fifth of six boys and the sixth baby in the McPhillips family. He had one sister who was older than him. This sister, Viola, helped provide care for his older brother, Edward, himself and a younger brother, Don. They lived on a family-owned farm. His father, James was Irish extraction by one generation and Catholic. His mother Mary Jane had been born in Wales and Protestant but converted to Catholicism. The father required the children to ride their horses without saddles as his brother had been dragged to death by having his foot caught in the saddle's stirrup. They rode to school on horseback many miles in all weather, where Everett remembered the nuns as strict teachers who used the ruler readily over their knuckles. Everett's education ended after completing the eighth grade. The McPhillips family was a close clan with strong ties to their mother. They worked hard, played card games, shot ferrel cats from the barn rafters, learned to smoke out back of the barn and went to community dances. Everett was a wonderful dancer who has noted for this talent when Lawrence Welk came to their nearby community to provide music for a dance. He also was in the Golden Gloves program as a featherweight boxer. At some year in the early 1940's he and his younger sibling, Don and older siblings Thomas and Edward moved to Seattle WA. His mother and sister would come later.They took jobs at Boeing Aircraft and later enlisted in the military for WWII. Everett was given an honorable discharge for "nerves" and flat feet. He did not go to the war arena. His brother Don knew Dorothy Bolsinger who had her own beauty shop so Everett took his girlfriend there for an appt. He made a pass at Dorothy and came back to tell his brother that the minute he saw her he knew "this is the girl I'm going to marry." Indeed, two weeks later, March 11, 1944, they were married. He was good looking with a Jimmy Stewart kind of long face with dark hair, grey eyes and a very good sense of humor. He was popular with women. Unfortunately, when with his brothers, he was also prone to drink like his father and gamble. Dorothy came from a family where the father was a teetotaler who would not let alcoholic drink into his house. Dorothy soon learned to meet him on payday and take his check to pay the bills. He had a variety of jobs and did not keep them long. He drove the Yellow Cab until a customer held him up for the night's earnings at gunpoint. They had their first and only child. (It is unknown whether or not Everett knew when he broke up with his girlfriend, that she was also pregnant. A daughter by his girlfriend was born 17 days before his and Dorothy's child. These daughters would not know of each other until they were 68 years old.) Everett & Dorothy drew straws over their daughter's religion. Presbyterian won over Catholicism. A tumor on Everett's sturnum was misdiagnosed as Tuberculosis and he was sent to the VA Hospital in Vancouver, WA. for a year. Dorothy and his daughter, followed with Dorothy still continuing with her Beauty Shop. During this time, his brother, Tom, came to live with them as did Everett's mother Mary Jane. After they had left, Mel's children, stayed with them as their parents went to develop a business in Alaska. They moved with the three children to a home in Spanaway, that Mel and Eunice had bought before leaving. During that time Everett caught a bad case of the chickpox which lasted two weeks. He said if he could go that long without smoking then he could quit for good, which he did. Later, he had an occassional cigar.
Mel convinced them that there was work for Everett in Alaska so they all moved to Valdez, Alaska in 1952 before it was a state in the union. Everett had hoped to work for Mel's trucking outfit but the work dried up. He would had gone to drink but Dorothy threatened to leave so he pulled himself together, gave up the drink for good, and found a job as a longshoreman working on the docks loading and unloading ships in the bay. After a short while the Longshoreman union blackballed him and 12 others from work. They produced pictures while the men were sleeping on their breaks and said they were not working on the job. They said they were stealing items from the loads to shift blame from themselves. They did this to get friends or themselves more work and skip the seniority of the thirteen workers. While off work Everett took odd jobs like sweeping the snow off the huge oil tanks. The thirteen took the union to court and with the help of Dorothy's writing skills (she typed late into the midnight hours). They were successful in winning the suit. They were reinstated to work. Everett thrived on this work and in this environment. He loved fishing and hunting and kept the larder full with salmon and pharmigan, an occasional moose, elk, caribou and once a bear which he gave to the native Americans. The next three years were the best of their married lives as they went to movies, dances and played cards with friends and participated in the Baptist church they had joined because of it's warm social atmosphere.
On July 7th 1955 Everett and a friend, Wally, the town garbage collector, went on a vacation fishing trip to Summit Lake. The ice had just been off the lake three days and fishing season had just begun so they were eager to get there on the first day. Their small dorie had been home-built by a former owner. Because it was still very cold they were dressed heavily with thick boots. Everett excited that he had a fish on the line stood up and the boat capsized, throwing him far away but Wally close to the boat. Wally tried to push the boat to him but it moved away and his frozen fingers could barely hang on until help would come. Everett was laden down with his clothes and suffered a heart attack when he hit the ice cold water. He yelled help once and drown. It took a day of scraping the lake before they found his body. (It is ironic that as a young man back in Nebraska he had been a strong enough swimmer to save another man's life who was drowning.) He was given a funeral in the Baptist church in Valdez. His body was flown out to Seattle where he had a Catholic funeral for his McPhillips family. He was buried in Tacoma at the Mt. View Memorial Park next to Dorothy's parents.
He was only thirty-seven years old. Some of the values that he gave to his daughter were; to treat all people equally regardless of race because they are all equal, play fair, keep a sense of humor, admit when you are wrong and enjoy life.
Everett McPhillips is in three censuses that are available resources at this time; 1920 United States Federal Census, Joliet, Platte Co. Nebraska and 1930 United States Federal Census, Cameron, Hall Co. Nebraska. (and now the 1940 census.)
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