11135. Bernard Wallace Conger
Bernard Wallace CongerOCCUPATION: Management consultant, enjoyed conducting management training courses, retired from the U.S. Government FAA with 31 years of service.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 43 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)RESIDENCES: 4967 Powers Ferry Road NW; Atlanta, GA 30327
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Presbyterian
Louise Barry JamesCHURCH_AFFILIATION: Presbyterian
RESIDENCES: 6675 Liggett Drive; Oakland, CA 94611
OCCUPATION: Dentist
11146. Bonnie Lee Blosier
Bonnie Lee BlosierBIOGRAPHY: Talented artist in both dancing and painting. Also a money manager. She started with nothing. At the time of her death she owned 600 acres close to Devine, TX and another 150 acres close to San Antonio, TX, as well as a house.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 326 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)NAME: It is not known if she used the surname, Blosier or Keefe in school. Her "stage name" was, Bonnie Lee.
Edward Vincent HarbeckMILITARY: Career Army Air Force man, served in both WWI and WWII.
COMMENT-MARRIAGE: Never married Bonnie Lee Blosier.
Charles CohenDIVORCE: The marriage of Charles and Bonnie Lee Cohen ended in divorce on 10 Dec 1931.
11149. Job Clifton Conger
Job Clifton Conger IIIPARENTS: Job Clifton Conger, II and Julia Roland Johnson
COMMENT: No family group information for Job Clifton Conger, III in either CFA I or CFA II.
RESIDENCES: Rockford, IL and Springfield, IL
DIVORCE: The marriage of Job Clifton Conger and Avis Dorothy Jones ended in divorce at Springfield, IL in Abt. 1967.
OBITUARY:
Job C. Conger III, 84, of Springfield, [IL] died Monday [12 Dec 1994] at his home.He was born July 28, 1910, in Columbia, S.C., the son of Job C. and Julia Donaldson Conger II.
Mr. Conger had been a Springfield resident since 1939. He introduced the first color processing lab in central Illinois, later becoming owner/operator of a photography and processing business in Springfield. He also was owner/operator of "The Man Store" in Springfield and was formerly employed by Roberts Brothers for many years.
Survivors: two sons, Job C. Conger IV of Springfield and William H. Conger of Florida; a daughter, Dorothy A. Shymansky of West Virginia; and seven grandchildren.
Remains were cremated. Bisch and Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Database: State Journal-Register(Springfield, Illinois), Obituaries,
1993-1999
Headline: OBITUARIES
Publication Date: December 14, 1994
Source: The State Journal-Register Springfield, IL
Page: 13
(Furnished by Betty McMurphy)CREMATION: The remains were cremated.
SSN:
Individual: Conger, Job
Social Security #: 258-09-0183
Issued in: Georgia
Birth date: Jul 28, 1910
Death date: Dec 12, 1994
ZIP Code of last known residence: 62704
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Springfield, Illinois
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-K, Ed. 7, Social Security Death
Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 11, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.54150.64]REFERENCE: Photograph and article appear in the Dec 2000 issue of Conger
Confab,p. 297.
Avis Dorothy JonesAKA: Avis (Jones) Conger Markley; D. Markley on the SSDI
SIBLINGS: Sisters: Esther, Susie, Estelle
RESIDENCES: Cochran, GA; Springfield, IL; Tavares, FL
MARRIAGE: Married Wade Markley after retirement to Tavares, FL.
OBITUARY: Avis (Conger) Markley
Avis Jones Conger Markley of Tavares, Fla., formerly of Springfield, [IL] died Thursday [6 Aug 1989] at Waterman Hospital in Eustis, Fla., following a prolonged illness.She was born in 1914 [19 Aug 1914] in Cochran, Ga. She moved to Springfield in 1939 and moved to Tavares, Fla. in 1979.
Mrs. Markley was employed for many years by the Springfield Department of Finance, and retired from duties as purchasing agent for Lincoln Land Community College before moving to Florida. She was active in several business and civic organizations in Springfield.
Surviving are her husband, Wade Markley of Tavares, Fla.; one daughter, Dorothy A. Shymansky of Wheeling, W.Va.; two sons, Job C. IV of Springfield and William H. of Miami, Fla.; and five grandchildren.
Remains were cremated and will be interred in Wheeling, W.Va.
(Source: Springfield, IL newspaper, undated - written and furnished by Job C. Conger, IV, typed by REH)
CREMATION: The remains were cremated and buried in Wheeling, WV.
SSN:
Individual: Markley, D.
Social Security #: 256-10-7903
Issued in: Georgia
Birth date: Aug 19, 1914
Death date: Apr 6, 1989
ZIP Code of last known residence: 32778
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Tavares, Florida
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 L-Z, Ed. 7, Social Security Death
Index: U.S., Date of Import: Feb 6, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.7.20393.101]
14999. Job Clifton Conger
Job Clifton Conger, IVPARENTS: Job Clifton Conger, III and Avis Dorothy Jones
EDUCATION: M.A. in Journalism
OCCUPATION: Writer, semi-professional folksinger/songwriter, aviation historian, journalist, photographer
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 131 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)RESIDENCES: 521 S. Glenwood Avenue; Springfield, IL 62704-1841
RESIDENCES: As of Sep 1998, 428 W. Vine; Springfield, IL 62704-2933RESEARCHER-RELATIONSHIP: Job C. Conger assumed the role of editor of Conger Confab in late 1996. He is the 8th cousin of H. Maxine (Crowell) Leonard. Their common ancestor was John Belconger.
BIOGRAPHY: Job Conger's AIRCHIVE
People study the stars without ever getting into a rocket and traveling to them. And you don't have to fight in a war to be an expert on military history.So it's not all that unusual that Job Conger IV, one of Springfield's foremost authorities on aviation, can't fly an airplane.
"I've always wanted to learn," Conger says, "but I've never had the time or money."
Nevertheless, he probably knows more about airplanes than many pilots do. Conger's two-story home is crammed with aviation information, most of it filed on thousands of index cards he painstakingly wrote out by hand. There are files on every aircraft imaginable, complete with photos and diagrams.
There's the aircraft name file, the magazine index file, the aircraft data file and the "point in time" file. The point in time file tells what happened on a particular day in aviation history.
"Pick a date." Job says.
"May 10."
"Let's see, May 10. Here it is. On May 10, 1911, the first Army officer was killed in an aircraft. On this day in 1929 was the first flight of the Boeing XP-12A. In 1942, the Mustang's first combat sortie was flown for the Royal Air Force against German occupied France."
There's more. Much, much more.
An upstairs closet contains 5,000 model aircraft kits, dating back to the early 1930s. Some are constructed, others are still in their boxes. Every era is represented, from the space shuttle to the World War I - vintage Sopwith Camel.
The next room has piles of files. And there's yet another room beyond that, containing aviation magazines, more files, photos, facts and figures about anything that flies, flew or falls from the sky.
There are more models in Job's basement, including one of Han Solo's Millenium Falcon ship from the "Star Wars" movie trilogy. Other models are just figments of Job's imagination and sense of humor - like the one in which he grafted a World War II bomber's nose gunner turret onto the modern B-1 bomber.
All of the models and information are part of Job's "AIRCHIVE" project. AIRCHIVE is a library for anyone who needs information on aircraft. Job says he gets four or five requests a month, some from foreign countries.
"We're known in Venice, Italy, we're known in Prague, Czechoslovakia," Job says. "But we're very little known in Springfield, [IL] -- and those who do know about us are not inclined to support us."
Job's dream is someday to take all of his AIRCHIVE files and models out of his house and put them on display somewhere, like a museum or an airport. Last year, he had some of his collection on display at the Sangamon County Fair. He has done slide shows and speeches for local organizations to promote his idea. But, so far, it remains just a dream.
"Only one person from the airport authority board has even visited and that was for about 10 minutes," Job says, "even though they've been invited several times."
Maintaining the AIRCHIVE library is what Job calls a "labor - intensive operation." Some days he spends up to 10 hours putting information into his files.
"It's easier for me because I don't punch a clock," he says. "Not that I wouldn't want to."
Job supports himself by doing freelance writing, including a weekly aviation column. For three years, he put together the souvenir program for Air Rendezvous. Most of the material he collects, such as aviation magazines, is donated to him.
Financially, it's a losing proposition. But if a guy's got a dream...
"This is what I'd like to do with my life if I could just find a way to support it," Job says.
Job, 39, developed his aviation fascination early in life.
"When I was 4, I could draw a picture of an F-86 Saber faster than any kid on the block," he says. "The first time I remember enjoying a plane ride was in the 9th grade."
Naturally, Air Rendezvous is just about Job's favorite time of the year. He burns up film that weekend like a fighter burns up fuel.
Job took his favorite plane ride at Air Rendezvous in 1985. He went up in a B-25 bomber to shoot photographs of Rudy Frasca's P-40 in flight. He had the run of the bomber as he scrambled about to get different photographic angles of Frasca's plane.
The article that he eventually wrote about the P-40 was published in "Air Show Journal," along with one of his photographs.
Even moving to a different house didn't dent Job's dream. He moved every pound of his files with him and then issued an "AIRCHIVE Update" press release, announcing the move. At the end of the update he says: "The saga continues at AIRCHIVE. The dream is undiminished. The horizon is blue."
(Source: Written by Dave Bakke amd published about 1986 in unnamed paper, later republished in "Conger Confab" p. 578, Vol. XIV, No. 4, Dec 1988 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)POETRY:
Freelance writer/photographer Job Conger wrote his first poem in sixth grade and is still at it at age 58, going on 25. He considers himself a journalist because he wants to be and a poet because he must be. Job's articles and visual arts column "Art Seen" appear regularly in Illinois Times, a Springfield-based news weekly. He has published three books of his poetry and a compendium of poetry, biography and more about his favorite native-son poet Vachel Lindsay. He shares Lindsay's life story and recites his favorite poetry (Lindsay's and his own) for schools and organizations in central Illinois and hopes to expand his "territory" via Illinois State Poetry Society. A past president of Poets & Writers Literary Forum of Springfield, Illinois, and first secretary of the international Tanka Society of America, Job's poetry has been published in several "small magazines," and regularly appears at his own Web site at http://www.aeroknow.com/poemsofjob.htm
(Source: Illinois State Poetry Society website)
11168. Charles Lee Conger
Charles Lee CongerEDUCATION: B.S.C.E. from University of Wyoming in 1949
OCCUPATION: Manager of a construction company
RESIDENCES: 1514 86th Ave. N.E.; Bellevue, WA 98004
Grace Mary WilliamsEDUCATION: B.A. in Home Ec from the University of Iowa in 1947
OCCUPATION: Director of Test Kitchen (Chicago Newspaper); did TV work
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Catholic
11169. Dane Haaser Conger
Dane Haaser CongerProblem: Was he born on 3 Mar 1921 or 3 May 1921 as listed in Conger Confab of
Sep 1999?OBITUARY: Dane H. Conger; May 3, 1921 - Sept. 7, 1999
Dane H. Conger, 78, of Buffalo Gap, SD died Tuesday, September 7, 1999 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Hot Springs, SD.Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday September 11, 1999 at Isburg-McColley's Chapel in Hot Springs, SD. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery.
Dane was born May 3, 1921 at the Conger Ranch to Peter B. and Mary Edna (Haaser) Conger.
Dane received his elementary education in Buffalo Gap school, then graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1939. After four years at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology.
Having participated in the ROTC program at the university, he was eligible to go to Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA. From there he served at Camp Wolters, TX. He was then assigned to the 97th Infantry Division at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Then this division was sent to Europe. On May 8, 1945 the war in Europe ended. Returning to the US, the division was sent direct to Japan to serve in the Army of Occupation. In June 1946 he returned to the US and was released from active duty and returned to the ranch.
On Nov. 27, 1947 he married his wife, Evelyn. Their son, Tom, was born Nov. 10, 1948.
On Sept. 1, 1950, Dane was recalled to active duty as a Major for service in the Korean War. In June 1952 he was finally released from active duty to the ranch for good.
His community activities were many. He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the Lion's Club, the Elks Club and the VFW.
He was a member of the Hot Springs School Board for 12 years. Governor Joe Foss appointed him to the State Athletic Commission and later to the Game, Fish and Parks Commission on which he served for seven years. In 1975 he was named Range Man of the Year by the Society for Range Management. He was a charter member of the Hot Springs Development Corporation from which developed the Fall River Feed Lot, the Mammoth Site and the Golf Course. He served on the Farm Credit Board for six years. He was then elected to the Board of Directors for the Golden West Communications where he served 12 years.
In 1994 he was initiated into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in the Agriculture Division. He was a life member of South Dakota Buckaroos.
Now his riding days are over.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, one son, Tom, one granddaughter, Misti Cantrell and two great granddaughters.
(Source: Conger Confab, Sep 1999, included photograph - furnished by Mrs. Evelyn Conger)
Evelyn ZackersonAKA: Evelyn King in CFA I. Evelyn Zackerson King, with father listed as, Oscar Emanual Zackerman in CFA II, p. 715.
QUESTION: What was the maiden surname of this person?
11175. Frederic Grant Buswell
Frederic Grant Buswell, IIOCCUPATION: Farmer
MILITARY: Served for 4 years during WWII; USNR Lt. JG Pacific Theater.
Mary Elizabeth JohnsonOCCUPATION: Teacher
15011. Robert Johnson Buswell
Robert Johnson BuswellEDUCATION: Graduate of Virginia Tech
OCCUPATION: Accountant
11176. Anne Carter Buswell
Anne Carter BuswellEDUCATION: B.S. Bucknell University, 1952
John Alexander SchaumbergEDUCATION: B.S. Bucknell University, 1951; MBA NYU, 1962
MILITARY: Lt. USN 1952-1955
OCCUPATION: Supervisor for Western Electric Company
11177. Rita C. Conger
Rita C. CongerOCCUPATION: Attorney; County Commissioner
William P. BanningOCCUPATION: Retired insurance broker
DIVORCE: The marriage of William P. Banning and Rita C. Conger ended in divorce.
11178. Oliver Carrington Conger
Oliver Carrington CongerSPOUSE: Oliver Carrington Conger, Jr. was the 2nd spouse of Cynthia Sharpe.
OCCUPATION: Insurance broker, partner in Evans, Conger & Bahr, Inc., VP and Director; Pottstown Pipe Products, Inc., Treas & Director; U.S. Terraza Panels, Inc.; and Confer, Inc.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 409 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)RESIDENCES: 226 King Street; Pottstown, PA 19464
Cynthia SharpeBIRTH-QUESTION: In what county did the birth take place?
15017. George Arthur Conger
George Arthur CongerADOPTION: Child of Cynthia Sharpe and Orville Munger, he was adopted by Oliver Carrington Conger.
15018. Andrew S. Conger
Andrew S. CongerADOPTION: Child of Cynthia Sharpe and Orville Munger, he was adopted by Oliver Carrington Conger.