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Personal data Velma Marie Viers 

• She was born on March 22, 1917 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.
• Resident on December 24, 1948: Hawthorne, Los Angeles Co., CA.Source 1
• She died on August 9, 1988 in Brown Co., OH, she was 71 years old.
• She is buried after August 8, 1988 in Decatur, Brown Co., OH (Decatur Cem.).
• A child of Marion Lavern Viers and Maude Ethel Alvord
• This information was last updated on July 13, 2025.

Household of Velma Marie Viers

(1) She is married to Carl Lapp.

They got married.

Carl Lapp oo Velma Viers

Marr. source: The following newspaper clipping was sent to me by Shirley Hill of Fruita CO.

Bellevue [OH] Gazette, 27 Dec 1948, pg 1 col 7

'6 Members of Family Are Killed

Six members of a Sandusky family, former residents here were killed in a traffic crash Christmas Eve while enroute to spend the holiday with relatives in Birmingham, Mich., on Route 2, three miles west of Port Clinton. Dead are Mr and Mrs. Curtis Armitage, Route 1, Sandusky; their two children, Robert, three years and Beverly, six months, and Mrs. Armitage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Viers, Sr., also of Ropute 1 Sandusky.

Mr. Armitage, 26, had been an employe of the American Baler Co. here almost since its beginning four years ago. The pland and office were both closed this afternoon to permit employes to attend the funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their two children in Attica.

Men of the company were pallbearers, and the funeral services were private except for members of the family and the employes of the plant and office.

Mr. and Mrs. Viers were former residents of the city also, having moved to Sandusky about five years ago. The two families lived together in a home on Columbus Ave., at the corner of Perkins and Columbus Ave. at the city limits of Sandusky. Mr. Armitage, a Nave veteran, commuted to his work here. * * * The two families were enroute to spend the holiday with Mrs. Armitage's brother, Marion Viers, Jr., and his wife, the former Evelyn DeHart, both of whom formerly resided here. Mrs. Armitage, 23, the former Lydia Viers, was graduated from Bellevue High School in 1943 and was employed at the Northern Ohio Telephone Co. before her marriage.

Funeral services for the Viers will be held Tuesday [28 Dec 1948] in the Frey Funeral Home, Sandusky, at 10 a.m. and burial will be in Butternut Ridge Cemetery, North Olmstead. Services this afternoon for the Armitage family were held in the Weaver Funeral Home, Attica, at 2 p.m. and burial was in Attica Cemetery.

According to locat State Patrolman Joseph Swartz who investigated the crash the driver of the truck involved in the crash is in critical condition in Magruder Hospital, Port Clinton. He is Robert E. Dawes, 33, Sandusky, and he suffered the loss of an arm, a fractured skull and shock. A passenger in the truck, Joseph H. Boudreau, 25, Hudson, was not hurt.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur O. Pike, Toledo, and thier children, Janice, fin\\ve, and Gregory, six months, occupants of the third vehicle involved in the crash, suffered minor injuries. * * * The truck and tractor, operated east by Mr. Dawes, passed the Pike car, also going east. The Armitage car, enroute west, swung to the left to avoid a collision, but was struck on the right side by the truck. The blow ripped the side from the car. The car then struck the Pike automobile broadside, rolling it over. The Armitage car was demolished. All of the family were believed instantly killed with the exception of the three-year-old Robert, who died several hours later in Magruder Hospital, the State Patrolman said.

The truck careened out of control for over a 100 feet and upset. Mr. Dawes' arm was caught beneath the wreckage until a wrecking crew lifted the vehicle from the limb. * * * The accident happened at 8 p.m. just east of Camp Perry.

Ralston Armitage, a brother of the dead man, is also employed at the local plant. Parents of the dead youth are Mr. and Mrs. John Armitage. Two sisters and trhee brothers survive.

The Viers are survived by their son, Marion Jr., and an daughter, Mrs. Carl Lapp of Hawthorne, Calif., also a former resident here. Mrs. Viers, 57, has three sisters, Mr. Viers, 61, has no immediate survivors.'

Child(ren):

1. Carl Marian Lapp  1940-2011

(2) She is married to Thomas Milford Faile.

They got married at Brooke Co., WV.

Child(ren):

1. Thomas Verdon “Tom” Faile  1944-2022

(3) She is married to Robert Grant Sowers.

They got married at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.

Notes about Velma Marie Viers

Velma Viers

Sources: Author: Hill, Shirley; Title: Hill GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Phoenix AZ, Publisher: SDH, Publication date: xii Jan MM)

The following newspaper clipping was sent to me by Shirley Hill of Fruita CO.

Bellevue [OH] Gazette, 27 Dec 1948, pg 1 col 7, Repository: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center

"6 Members of Family Are Killed

Six members of a Sandusky family, former residents here were killed in a traffic crash Christmas Eve while enroute to spend the holiday with relatives in Birmingham, Mich., on Route 2, three miles west of Port Clinton.

Dead are Mr and Mrs. Curtis Armitage, Route 1, Sandusky; their two children, Robert, three years and Beverly, six months, and Mrs. Armitage's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. Viers, Sr., also of Ropute 1 Sandusky.

Mr. Armitage, 26, had been an employe of the American Baler Co. here almost since its beginning four years ago. The pland and office were both closed this afternoon to permit employes to attend the funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their two children in Attica.

Men of the company were pallbearers, and the funeral services were private except for members of the family and the employes of the plant and office.

Mr. and Mrs. Viers were former residents of the city also, having moved to Sandusky about five years ago. The two families lived together in a home on Columbus Ave., at the corner of Perkins and Columbus Ave. at the city limits of Sandusky. Mr. Armitage, a Nave veteran, commuted to his work here. * * * The two families were enroute to spend the holiday with Mrs. Armitage's brother, Marion Viers, Jr., and his wife, the former Evelyn DeHart, both of whom formerly resided here. Mrs. Armitage, 23, the former Lydia Viers, was graduated from Bellevue High School in 1943 and was employed at the Northern Ohio Telephone Co. before her marriage.

Funeral services for the Viers will be held Tuesday in the Frey Funeral Home, Sandusky, at 10 a.m. and burial will be in Butternut Ridge Cemetery, North Olmstead. Services this afternoon for the Armitage family were held in the Weaver Funeral Home, Attica, at 2 p.m. and burial was in Attica Cemetery.

According to locat State Patrolman Joseph Swartz who investigated the crash the driver of the truck involved in the crash is in critical condition in Magruder Hospital, Port Clinton. He is Robert E. Dawes, 33, Sandusky, and he suffered the loss of an arm, a fractured skull and shock. A passenger in the truck, Joseph H. Boudreau, 25, Hudson, was not hurt.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur O. Pike, Toledo, and thier children, Janice, fin\\ve, and Gregory, six months, occupants of the third vehicle involved in the crash, suffered minor injuries. * * * The truck and tractor, operated east by Mr. Dawes, passed the Pike car, also going east. The Armitage car, enroute west, swung to the left to avoid a collision, but was struck on the right side by the truck. The blow ripped the side from the car. The car then struck the Pike automobile broadside, rolling it over. The Armitage car was demolished. All of the family were believed instantly killed with the exception of the three-year-old Robert, who died several hours later in Magruder Hospital, the State Patrolman said.

The truck careened out of control for over a 100 feet and upset. Mr. Dawes' arm was caught beneath the wreckage until a wrecking crew lifted the vehicle from the limb. * * * The accident happened at 8 p.m. just east of Camp Perry.

Ralston Armitage, a brother of the dead man, is also employed at the local plant. Parents of the dead youth are Mr. and Mrs. John Armitage. Two sisters and trhee brothers survive.

The Viers are survived by their son, Marion Jr., and an daughter, Mrs. Carl Lapp of Hawthorne, Calif., also a former resident here. Mrs. Viers, 57, has three sisters, Mr. Viers, 61, has no immediate survivors."

Author: Helphinstine, Jane; Nevin, Susan Lyn Piper; Savoldi, Julie; Title: "Velma Marie Viers," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xxxi May MMXXII)

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/G7BT-2TK

"... Velma Marie Viers Reason: consistent with family spelling Last Changed: May 31, 2022 Julie Savoldi Sex Female Last Changed: January 21, 2021 Susan Lyn Piper Nevin

Birth 22 March 1917 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, ... Last Changed: January 21, 2021 Susan Lyn Piper Nevin

Death 9 August 1988 Brown, Ohio, ... Reason: United States Social Security Death Index Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, ...
Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 Brown, Ohio, ... Last Changed: January 21, 2021 Susan Lyn Piper Nevin

Burial 1988 Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Brown, Ohio, ... Last Changed: January 21, 2021 Susan Lyn Piper Nevin

Alternate Names Also Known As Velma Siers

Residence 1920 Cleveland Ward 2, Cuyahoga, Ohio, ... Census
Residence 1930 Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, ... Census
Residence 1935 Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, ... [from 1940 census]
Residence 1935 Akron, Summit, Ohio, ... [from 1940 census]
Residence 1940 Ward 3, Bellevue City, Bellevue Township, Huron, Ohio, ...
Residence 1940 Akron, Summit, Ohio, ...
Residence 9 August 1988 Brown, Ohio, ...

Spouses & Children
Preferred

Carl Lapp Jr Male 1916-Deceased LTCG-6YB
Velma Marie Viers Female 1917-1988 G7BT-2TK [<-blood rel.]
Marriage 18 February 1939 Cuyahoga, Ohio, ...

Children (1)

[1] Carl Marian Lapp Male 1940-Deceased G42R-56G

Thomas Milford Faile Male 1898-1950 GHX9-G8P
Velma Marie Viers Female 1917-1988 G7BT-2TK [<-blood rel.]
Marriage Brooke, West Virginia, ...

Children (1)

Thomas Verdon "Tom" Faile Male 1944-2020 GHX9-P1J

Robert Grant Sowers Male 1919-2009 GMGJ-XX5
Velma Marie Viers Female 1917-1988 G7BT-2TK [<-blood rel.]
No Marriage Events

Children (0)

Parents & Siblings

Marion Lavern Viers Sr Male 1886-1948 LD1W-P95 [<-blood rel.]
Maud Ethel Alvord Female 1892-1948 9MGG-YGN
Marriage 20 June 1913 , Erie, Ohio, ...

Children (6)

[1] Juanita M. Viers Female 1914-1918 LYXF-G5Z
[2] Marion Lavern Viers Jr Male 1915-1983 LVLZ-NG4
[3] Velma Marie Viers Female 1917-1988 G7BT-2TK
[4] Erma E Viers Female 1919-Deceased GHXS-X2F
[5] Charles R. Viers Male 1921-1923 LYXF-ZX4
[6] Lydia Marie Viers Female 1926-1948 LYXF-JMC"
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