Individual Notes

Note for: Jessica Bernice Pevarnik, 12 JUL 1983 - Index

Residence:
     Place:   Bunker Hill, WV

Event:
     Type:   Ethnicity/Relig.
     Place:   Baptist

Individual Notes

Note for: Samuel Patrick Shannon, 25 OCT 1906 - 4 JAN 1999 Index

Alias:   /Pat/

Burial:
     Place:   Watertown, NY

Individual Note:
      Entered the employ of what was then the Northern New York Utilities Company, at Carthage. After 2 years there, he was transferred to Watertown, returning to Carthage in 1964 as general line foreman.

     After 40 years with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, transferred from Watertown area to Carthage, where he succeeds his brother John G. Shannon, 442 South James, as general line foreman for Niagara Mohawk.
     Samuel Patrick Shannon and his wife, who have s summer residence at Pillar Point, are living at 460 South Clinton. They returned by air Wednesday, Sept 29, from a three week tour of France, Belgium, Germany, England, Wales and Ireland.

      1968 - Honored at a company retirement dinner given by the company at Johnnies Inn, Deferiet, after more than 43.5 years with Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. 140 persons attended. The retirement party also celebrated the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shannon, that part of the festivities having been arranged as a surprise by their sons-in-law and daughters and their son and daugher-in-law. (all named).

      Member of Watertown Masonic Lodge 29, F.&A.M., and Utilities Employes Association.

     1996 - Honored at family descendents at suprise 90th birthday party held at Recreation Hall, Lowe's City Mobile Home Community, Saint Petersburg, Florida. Party was organized by his 3 children.

     Died Jan. 4, 1999 at 1:45am at Carrington Place Nursing Home & Convalescent Center, St Petersburg, FL. On Nov 20, 1998 he had a cardiac arrest in ER of St Anthony's Hospital and was defibed back. He was CCU for 3 days, moved to PCU, and then to Carrington Place on Nov 27, 1998. On Jan 3, 1999 his breathing became labored, but seemed okey when his daughter Patricia Lazier and son-in-law Wesley Bicknell visited. He went to sleep that night and never woke up.

Individual Notes

Note for: Bernice Iva Harrigan, 4 JUL 1912 - 5 MAY 1987 Index

Occupation:
     Place:   PT Accounts Secretary

Event:
     Type:   Event 2
     Date:   4 JUL 1912
     Place:   Born Saturday 9:30 p.m. 8lb 4oz

Event:
     Type:   Ethnicity/Relig.
     Place:   /Baptist > Methodist

Event:
     Type:   Comment 4
     Place:   Hiatial Hernia

Burial:
     Place:   Watertown, NY

Individual Note:
     Born Independence Day, Saturday, July 4, 1912, at 9:30pm. Weight 8 lb 4 oz.

Attended Watertown High School and the Watetown School of Commerece.

(1978) Former employee of Marine Midland Bank.

Member of Jefferson Chapter 406, Order of the Eastern Star; The Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem No. 6, the Watertown Morning Musicales, and the First Baptist Church.

Mr. and Mrs. S. Patrick Shannon sold their home (6/27/79) on the Northshore Road, Pillar Point and will live in St. Petersburg, FL. Mrs. Bernice Shannon suffered a heart attack while at her daughter's home in Myersville, MD and was taken by ambulance to Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, MD where she was a patient two and a half weeks. She will fly Sept 14, 1979 to St Petersburg, FL accompanied by her daughter Mrs. Patricia Lazier. They sold their home through Timerman Realty to Mr. and Mrs. James Harrington who have returned to Watertown from California. Mr Harrington is associated with the Hospital Service Corporation of Jefferson County.

[1983 Christmas Letter]
We are great grandparents for the first time. (Jessica Bernice Pevarnik 7/12/83)
Pat & I went back North in July to Watertown from St Petersburg. I was in hospital two weeks in CCU in September and again in October. However, as always, God id so good to answer all the prayers for me.... My sight continues to deteriorate but I keep trying as you can see. I had laser surgery in March. They feel that it has slowed the bleeding down. That is a blessing.

[Memorial Service Notes:]
Bernice Harrrigan Shannon 1912-1987
"Bernice, as she was known to her many friends, was born in Watertown, New York to James and Jenny Harrigan. She married S. Patrick Shannon in 1928 at the age of 16 years. Marring into the Shannon family brought her many years of love and joy.

"Bernice shared her beliefs and her life with everyone who came in contact with her. It was widely known that you did not get in and out of her home or life without many hugs and kisses.

"She loved music, sewing for everyone, and her hands were never still. She loved having a house full to feed and her seet rolls and heavenly hash have thrilled many who crossed her door step.

"She had a strong personal faith that strengthened and nurtured her, her family, her friends and neighbors. Her words of encouragement and praise were as familiar as her name to those she cared for throughout the years.

"Bernice and Pat's years together through ups and downs always showed their love and respect for each other. She left to her children and their children a capacity to love and care like no other."

Individual Notes

Note for: James Thomas Shannon, 1 SEP 1937 - Index

Alias:   Jim /Shannon/

Occupation:
     Place:   Northrop, Gruman, Cetec Retired

Residence:
     Date:   1998
     Place:   Amissville, VA

Event:
     Type:   Ethnicity/Relig.
     Place:   Catholic (converted)

Individual Note:
     Graduated Watertown High School.

Sang in Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, production of "Oklahoma" by Rogers and Hammerstein on campus Thrusday-Saturday.

"James T. Shannon of Watertown, will sing in the Bucknell University Chapel Choir when the 47-voice group makes its fall tour Nov. 13 and 14. The choir will give concerts in Arlington, VA, Baltimore, MD, and Wilmington, DE. A freshman, Shannon is studying for a BS degree."

Member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Graduated Bucknell 1960.
Employed by the American Process Corporation as quality control engineer, (10/22/60)

Promoted from Lieutenant to Captain while stationed at Mannheim, Germany with 22nd Army Signal Corps.

Promoted to Major while assigned to the Army Security Agency training center and school, Fort Devens, MA. He was a training evaluation officer, entered the Army in April, 1961, and was last stationed overseas. He is a 1960 graduate of Bucknell University.

    "An appeal to church, fraternal and social groups for gifts of toys and candy for more than 1,000 Vietnamese children in the Quang Da Zone of South Vietnam in observance of the coming Tet Holiday has been made by Army Major James T. Shannon, formerly of Watertown.
    Like the Chinese, the Vietnamese celebrate Tet at the beginning of each lunar year; this year from Feb 6 to 8. Packages of five pounds or less sent by Space Available Mail (SAM) by Jan 20 would arrive in time. Parcels should be mailed to Maj. James T. Shannon, U.S. Army Adv. Tm. 1, Quang Da Special Zone, APO San Francisco, 96349.
    In Vietnam Tet is not only an occasion for the Vietnamese to rest and have a good time as a compensation for the many days of toil and hardship, but it is also an opportunity for them to remember their ancestors, to maintain the latter's graves, to pay visits to relatives and neighbors to tighten the bonds of family and social relationship, and to forget the past conflicts and differences so as to welcome together a happy New Year, Major Shannon said.
    First of all, Tet is a family feast. All members of the family gather under the same roof.
    Tet is a religious feast in which people express their prayers and worship for their saints, gods, and ancestors, is a a social occasion and, also a birthday for everybody, the major said.
    Major Shannon, serving as an advisor with the Quang Da Special Zone, a Vietnamese Tactical unit, is a son of Mr and Mrs S. Patrick Shannon, Dexter, RD 1. A 1955 graduate of Watertown High School, he was commissioned through the ROTC program at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1960."

Major Shannon received the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Silver Star near Quang Da, Vietnam, Sept 16, 1969. The award is presented for gallantry in action against the enemy. Major Shannon received the award for the part he played in action in Vietnam. He entered the Army in 1961, was stationed at Fort Devens, MA, before arriving overseas in May 1969 and is an intelligence advisor with the Army Advisor Team 1. He holds the Army Commendation Medal.

Individual Notes

Note for: Robert Chauncy Bicknell, 24 MAR 1905 - 13 FEB 1976 Index

Occupation:
Place: Rental Mgr for City Service, Retired

Individual Notes

Note for: Frances Maines, 21 OCT 1905 - 7 JUN 1986 Index

Occupation:
Place: Housewife, Volinteer, Retired

Individual Notes

Note for: Robert Stanley Bicknell, 22 JUL 1931 - Index

Occupation:
     Place:   RETIRED from TASC

Residence:
     Place:   32 Barberry Road, Lexington, MA 02173

Event:
     Type:   Personality/Intrst
     Place:   Sailing, Golf, Computers

Event:
     Type:   E-mail (Facts Pg)
     Place:   MABicknells@@rcn.com

Individual Note:
     Graduated HS with highest citizenship award. (As did Peggy his wife)
Attended USNA 1949-1953, m. 6/27/53
Joined USAF 1953, assigned to B57s, as Navigator, Bombidier, Radar man.
    Went to Loan, France AFB Spring of 1957 (Peg followed after Sheryl born)
    Returned to Texas 1960
    Got Master degree in Airenautical Engineering from Michigan U in 1962?
    Assigned as Project Officer on Titan IID, based in California 1962-
Resigned USAF in 19.. and went with Lincoln Labs, MIT.
Joined in formation of TASC in 19..

Retired TASC in June 1990.

Individual Notes

Note for: Mary Frances Bicknell, 19 APR 1941 - Index

Residence:
     Place:   Schofield, WI 54476

Event:
     Type:   E-mail (Facts Pg)
     Place:   bicky@@pcpros.net