Father: Frank Emory Seaver (1868-1936)
Mother: Ellen Perrin Seaver (1871-1958)
Married: Gladys Lovenia Gashel (1901-1999). Gladys the daughter of Adolph Gashel and Caroline Elizabeth Beers Gashel. Harold and Gladys married, 28 Nov. 1929, Cedar Falls, Iowa, at the home of her parents.
Children: Marilyn Ione, Donald Allen, Charlene Ruth.
Harold was the oldest of three children. He had a sister Edna and a brother Lloyd. His father was a farmer and carpenter. The family moved frequently in the early years,from Bassett to rural Nashua to Charles City, then in 1912 to Kirkhoven, Minnesota. They farmed in Kirkhoven until 1920, then moved back to Iowa and Rock Grove and Nora Springs.
In 1918 Harold was accepted to the Dunwoody Institute in Mpls. and learned the Auto Mechanics trade. He continued in 1921 to earn a diploma from the Michigan State Automobile School after completing courses in construction, repair and driving of standard makes of cars. Harold worked in a garage in Rock Falls, where he met Gladys, who was working in the general store right next door.
It was a long courtship and the two were not married until 28 Nov. 1929 at Cedar Falls, the home of Gladys's parents.
The great depression at hand, Harold worked on road crews in Iowa. He had built a house for the back of the truck and the newlyweds called that home for a few years. Then Harold quit that work and got a job in Cedar Falls working for Diamond Bros. driving a truck. He later found work as a mechanic at the DX plant in Waterloo, and worked there until he was asked to go to Charles City to help in the war effort, training mechanics for the World War. It was good pay and he and Gladys were able to put much of the earnings during that time away in savings. There were by then all three children underfoot. Following the Charles City war training, Harold eventually was back to work at the DX plant and stayed there until his retirement in Oct. 1966.
Following retirement, he and Gladys did a lot of traveling, and were in every state in the union except Hawaii. Harold had taken up the hobby of lapidary, and they used to take their exhibits to rock shows around the area. He was good at the stone setting and did some custom work for local jewelry stores and others.
Harold died of complications of prostate cancer. He was a fine man.
(bio by M.Andersen, Nov. 2010)
Mother: Ellen Perrin Seaver (1871-1958)
Married: Gladys Lovenia Gashel (1901-1999). Gladys the daughter of Adolph Gashel and Caroline Elizabeth Beers Gashel. Harold and Gladys married, 28 Nov. 1929, Cedar Falls, Iowa, at the home of her parents.
Children: Marilyn Ione, Donald Allen, Charlene Ruth.
Harold was the oldest of three children. He had a sister Edna and a brother Lloyd. His father was a farmer and carpenter. The family moved frequently in the early years,from Bassett to rural Nashua to Charles City, then in 1912 to Kirkhoven, Minnesota. They farmed in Kirkhoven until 1920, then moved back to Iowa and Rock Grove and Nora Springs.
In 1918 Harold was accepted to the Dunwoody Institute in Mpls. and learned the Auto Mechanics trade. He continued in 1921 to earn a diploma from the Michigan State Automobile School after completing courses in construction, repair and driving of standard makes of cars. Harold worked in a garage in Rock Falls, where he met Gladys, who was working in the general store right next door.
It was a long courtship and the two were not married until 28 Nov. 1929 at Cedar Falls, the home of Gladys's parents.
The great depression at hand, Harold worked on road crews in Iowa. He had built a house for the back of the truck and the newlyweds called that home for a few years. Then Harold quit that work and got a job in Cedar Falls working for Diamond Bros. driving a truck. He later found work as a mechanic at the DX plant in Waterloo, and worked there until he was asked to go to Charles City to help in the war effort, training mechanics for the World War. It was good pay and he and Gladys were able to put much of the earnings during that time away in savings. There were by then all three children underfoot. Following the Charles City war training, Harold eventually was back to work at the DX plant and stayed there until his retirement in Oct. 1966.
Following retirement, he and Gladys did a lot of traveling, and were in every state in the union except Hawaii. Harold had taken up the hobby of lapidary, and they used to take their exhibits to rock shows around the area. He was good at the stone setting and did some custom work for local jewelry stores and others.
Harold died of complications of prostate cancer. He was a fine man.
(bio by M.Andersen, Nov. 2010)
Father: Frank Emory Seaver (1868-1936)
Mother: Ellen Perrin Seaver (1871-1958)
Married: Gladys Lovenia Gashel (1901-1999). Gladys the daughter of Adolph Gashel and Caroline Elizabeth Beers Gashel. Harold and Gladys married, 28 Nov. 1929, Cedar Falls, Iowa, at the home of her parents.
Children: Marilyn Ione, Donald Allen, Charlene Ruth.
Harold was the oldest of three children. He had a sister Edna and a brother Lloyd. His father was a farmer and carpenter. The family moved frequently in the early years,from Bassett to rural Nashua to Charles City, then in 1912 to Kirkhoven, Minnesota. They farmed in Kirkhoven until 1920, then moved back to Iowa and Rock Grove and Nora Springs.
In 1918 Harold was accepted to the Dunwoody Institute in Mpls. and learned the Auto Mechanics trade. He continued in 1921 to earn a diploma from the Michigan State Automobile School after completing courses in construction, repair and driving of standard makes of cars. Harold worked in a garage in Rock Falls, where he met Gladys, who was working in the general store right next door.
It was a long courtship and the two were not married until 28 Nov. 1929 at Cedar Falls, the home of Gladys's parents.
The great depression at hand, Harold worked on road crews in Iowa. He had built a house for the back of the truck and the newlyweds called that home for a few years. Then Harold quit that work and got a job in Cedar Falls working for Diamond Bros. driving a truck. He later found work as a mechanic at the DX plant in Waterloo, and worked there until he was asked to go to Charles City to help in the war effort, training mechanics for the World War. It was good pay and he and Gladys were able to put much of the earnings during that time away in savings. There were by then all three children underfoot. Following the Charles City war training, Harold eventually was back to work at the DX plant and stayed there until his retirement in Oct. 1966.
Following retirement, he and Gladys did a lot of traveling, and were in every state in the union except Hawaii. Harold had taken up the hobby of lapidary, and they used to take their exhibits to rock shows around the area. He was good at the stone setting and did some custom work for local jewelry stores and others.
Harold died of complications of prostate cancer. He was a fine man.
(bio by M.Andersen, Nov. 2010)
Mother: Ellen Perrin Seaver (1871-1958)
Married: Gladys Lovenia Gashel (1901-1999). Gladys the daughter of Adolph Gashel and Caroline Elizabeth Beers Gashel. Harold and Gladys married, 28 Nov. 1929, Cedar Falls, Iowa, at the home of her parents.
Children: Marilyn Ione, Donald Allen, Charlene Ruth.
Harold was the oldest of three children. He had a sister Edna and a brother Lloyd. His father was a farmer and carpenter. The family moved frequently in the early years,from Bassett to rural Nashua to Charles City, then in 1912 to Kirkhoven, Minnesota. They farmed in Kirkhoven until 1920, then moved back to Iowa and Rock Grove and Nora Springs.
In 1918 Harold was accepted to the Dunwoody Institute in Mpls. and learned the Auto Mechanics trade. He continued in 1921 to earn a diploma from the Michigan State Automobile School after completing courses in construction, repair and driving of standard makes of cars. Harold worked in a garage in Rock Falls, where he met Gladys, who was working in the general store right next door.
It was a long courtship and the two were not married until 28 Nov. 1929 at Cedar Falls, the home of Gladys's parents.
The great depression at hand, Harold worked on road crews in Iowa. He had built a house for the back of the truck and the newlyweds called that home for a few years. Then Harold quit that work and got a job in Cedar Falls working for Diamond Bros. driving a truck. He later found work as a mechanic at the DX plant in Waterloo, and worked there until he was asked to go to Charles City to help in the war effort, training mechanics for the World War. It was good pay and he and Gladys were able to put much of the earnings during that time away in savings. There were by then all three children underfoot. Following the Charles City war training, Harold eventually was back to work at the DX plant and stayed there until his retirement in Oct. 1966.
Following retirement, he and Gladys did a lot of traveling, and were in every state in the union except Hawaii. Harold had taken up the hobby of lapidary, and they used to take their exhibits to rock shows around the area. He was good at the stone setting and did some custom work for local jewelry stores and others.
Harold died of complications of prostate cancer. He was a fine man.
(bio by M.Andersen, Nov. 2010)
