11451. Charlotte Craig Conger
Charlotte Craig CongerBIRTH: Born in the red brick house built by John Conger in Peninsula, OH
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Protestant
OCCUPATION: Chemist
HOBBIES: Pianist
CHILDREN: Raised the children alone
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 696 - Maxine Crowell
Leonard)
Robert ArnoldMILITARY: Disabled veteran of World War II, he was eventually hospitalized
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 696 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)OCCUPATION: Draftsman
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Protestant
11452. Eunice Evelyn Conger
Eunice Evelyn CongerBIRTH: Born in the red brick house built by John Conger in Peninsula, OH
EDUCATION: B.A. at the University of Toledo
OCCUPATION: Published writer
ORGANIZATIONS: 10 years American Association of University Women
COMMENT: Naturalist in the family tradition
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Unitarian
Richard Morgan HallsEDUCATION: Received diploma at Cleveland School of Art, B.A.
MILITARY: Served in 7th Inf, WWII, received Bronze Star
OCCUPATION: Professional artist and exhibits.
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Unitarian
RESIDENCES: 12 Berry Court; Huntington Station, NY 11746
11453. Ella Frances Conger
Ella Frances CongerProblem: Was she born in Peninsula, OH or Phoenix, AZ? CFA I, lists both.
ORGANIZATIONS: Active in the League of Women Voters
EDUCATION: Quit college after 2 years to help pay her husband's expenses.
RESIDENCES: As of Mar 2000, Davenport, IA; Email: gramhart@qconline.com
Wade Wallace HartmannOCCUPATION: Quality Control Engineer
APPEARANCE-TRAITS: Affable and intelligent. Master at bridge and cards
ERROR-BIRTH: Children were born at Cincinnati, OH, not Columbus, OH.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 724 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
15287. Mary Helen Stevens
Mary Helen StevensQUESTION: Was this Mary Helen Stevens or did Mary Stevens have a sister, Helen?
There is no comma between "Mary Helen" in CFA I.
11456. Kenyon Bronson Conger
Kenyon Bronson Conger, Jr.MILITARY: Ensign in U.S. Naval Air Force WWI
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Episcopalian
OBITUARY: On Oct 25, [1977] Ken Conger passed away in Natchez, Miss, at the age of 80.
Born May 7, 1897, Ken prepared at Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY, entered Princeton in 1916 only to leave in the spring of 1917 to enlist in Naval Aviation and go through WWI with an Ensign's commission. In WWII he was in charge of the Hell-Cats and Wild-Cats for General Motors. He then spent a year in London attached to the British Admiralty.Ken's business career was in real estate and insurance, in which he was very active in NYC and Westchester County, until 1952, when he sold the business and moved to Natchez. [Printed in the "Princeton Alumni Weekly"]
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. II, p. 156 - Maxine Crowell Leonard)
Mabel Sanford BoudenCHURCH_AFFILIATION: Episcopalian
11458. Latham Hubbard Conger
Latham Hubbard CongerMILITARY: Flyer during World War II
OCCUPATION: Engineer
HOBBIES: Had an active interest in refinishing antiques and building lamps from antiques or small collectibles. (CFA I, p. 353)
RESIDENCES: 2011 Banbury Road; Palatine, IL 60067
SSN:
Individual: Conger, Latham
Social Security #: 297-10-9880
Issued in: Ohio
Birth date: May 22, 1916
Death date: Jan 1992
ZIP Code of last known residence: 60067
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
Palatine, Illinois
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-K, Ed. 7, Social Security Death
Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 12, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.54150.175]
Sylvia Joanne ShmigelskyOCCUPATION-HONORS: Home Economist, employed for 15 years by the Quaker Oats Co., in Research and Development; Received the Fredus N. Peters Award in Dec 1966 for contribution to this activity.
HOBBIES: Learned to share her husband's interest in antiques.
11459. James Watson Conger
James Watson CongerMILITARY: USN Carrier Officer, held rank of Captain. Captain Conger was the commander of the carrier WASP during the first recovery of the Gemini astronauts in 1965.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 41a - Maxine Crowell Leonard)CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Episcopalian
RESIDENCES: 5017 Caryn Ct. #303; Alexandria, VA
BIOGRAPHY: From the "Akron Beacon Journal," 8 Jun 1965 - WASP Commanded by Native of Akron.
A native Akronite played a good-sized role in the history making Gemini 4 Space Shot. Capt. James W. Conger, a West High School graduate, commanded the aircraft carried WASP which picked up the Astronauts.Conger is the son of the later Latham Hubbard Conger, and the grandson of Akron pioneers, Colonel and Mrs. A.L. Conger. His mother, Mrs. Latham Conger, now lives in Weston, Mass., with her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Nichols.
Conger was graduated from West High in 1937. He spent the next year at Bullis School, Silver Spring, Maryland, preparing for the Naval Academy. He was appointed to Annapolis in 1938 by Congressman-at-Large, Harold G. Mosier of Cleveland.
For two years he held the Ohio high school 220 yard free style swimming championship and the State YMCA title for the same event. He was graduated in 1942 from the Naval Academy. After World War II he was stationed at Norfolk, VA, as executive officer of an aircraft squadron on the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since then he has served in several assignments. He has been in command of the WASP about a year.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 262-263 - Maxine Crowell Leonard).
BIOGRAPHY: From the New York Herald Tribune, 8 Jun 1965.
In speaking of the Gemini team: "They said very little except they were very damned glad to be aboard," said Admiral William W. McCormack, recover - operation commander. He and WASP Capt. James W. Conger were the first persons on the ship to welcome the spacemen aboard the carrier, which will be their home for the next three days.Admiral McCormack and Capt. Conger escorted the astronauts between a double line of Marine Honor Guards and down a red carpet to a door leading below. The space twins walked with their arms slung around each other's shoulders and smiled as they left the deck.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 263 - Maxine Crowell Leonard).
RECOLLECTIONS: When asked about his part in this event, Jim wrote on 30 Jun 1970: "The carrier was WASP and it was the first manned recovery of The Gemini, or Twin Series (known as G-74). As a result we received almost as much publicity as the first trip around the moon. It was the longest mission in space at that time and at at time when doctors weren't very sure whether man could survive weightlessness. It was also the mission when we had the 'space walk,' a first, by Ed White."In his letter he mentioned that he had not seen Ned (Clayton Ned Conger, also a Naval Officer) since about 1960.
(Source: The Conger Family of America, Vol. I, p. 263 - Maxine Crowell Leonard).
Elizabeth DanielOCCUPATION: Teacher
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Presbyterian
HOBBIES: hand work, arts and crafts, sewing, ceramics, music, organ, knitting
15293. James Daniel Conger
James Daniel CongerAKA: Called, Daniel Conger in the obituary of his step-mother, Anne Bennett Helme Conger.
RESIDENCES: As of Apr 2003, Richmond, VA.
15294. Todd Elizabeth Conger
RESIDENCES: As of Apr 2003, Richmond, VA.
Anne BennettAKA: Anne Bennett Helme at the time of her marriage to James Watson Conger.
OBITUARY: Anne Bennett Helme Conger - Navy Wife and Daughter Anne Bennett Helme Conger, 78, the wife and daughter of Navy Officers who accompanied her first husband and father to Navy posts around the United States and the world, died April 20 [2003] at her home in Falcons Landing in Sterling, [VA] after a heart attack.
Mrs. Conger was born in Bremerton, Wash., and had lived on and off in this area since childhood, including at residences in Washington, Arlington and Vienna. She graduated from the Crouse Irving Memorial School of Nursing in Syracuse, N.Y., and in the 1970s was a nurse at Arlington Hospital.
She was an avid golfer and made two holes-in-one.
Her first husband, Navy Capt. Charles F. Helme, Jr., died in 1977.
Survivors include her husband, retired Navy Capt. James Watson Conger of Falcons Landing; four children from her first marriage, Anne Helme of Selingsgrove, Pa., Robert E. Helme of Paducah, Ky., June Helme of Scarsdale, N.Y., and Charles F. Helme III of Clifton; two stepchildren, Daniel Conger and Todd Jancaitis both of Richmond; and 13 grandchildren.
(Source: The Washington Post, Saturday, 26 Apr 2003, p. B7 - typed by REH)
11460. Franklin Potter Conger
Franklin Potter CongerOCCUPATION: Personnel manager
RESIDENCES: 5809 156th N.D.; Redmond, WA 98052
RESIDENCES: As of Jan 2001, 8710 133rd Ave. N.E.; Redmond, WA 98052-1989
Coralie Kay JensenOCCUPATION: Bookkeeper
15296. Travis Sheldon Conger
Travis Sheldon CongerCOMMENT: Still single as of Jan 2001
OCCUPATION: As of Jan 2001, Manager of a company that sells, leases and repairs large storage containers.
11461. Kenneth Lee Conger
Kenneth Lee Conger, Jr.RESIDENCES: At the time of death, Meadow Lane, Wakefield, MA
EDUCATION: 1944 graduate of Wakefield High School; 1 year at MIT prior to WWII; Bachelor's Degree from Tufts University in class of 1949
MILITARY: Served during WWII
OCCUPATION: Insurance salesman with Sentry Insurance; achieved the CPCU and CLU designations
HOBBIES: Gardening, golf, hunting, fishing, reading and extensive traveling
ORGANIZATIONS: Active in Ducks Unlimited
OBITUARY: Kenneth Lee Conger, Jr.
Wakefield, MA -- Lifelong Wakefield resident, Kenneth L. "Lee" Conger Jr., 73, of Meadow Lane died suddenly on March 9, (2000) while vacationing in Australia.Mr. Conger was born in Utica, NY to Esther (Cayting) Conger of Wakefield and the late Kenneth L. Conger Sr.
In 1929 the Conger family moved permanently to Wakefield.
Mr. Conger graduated from Wakefield High School in 1944 and was captain of the basketball team and also ran track. He then attended MIT for one year before enlisting in the armed forces during WWII.
After the war, Mr. Conger earned his bachelor's degree from Tufts University, Class of 1949.
Soon thereafter, he began his career as an insurance salesman for Sentry Insurance. During his distinguished career he achieved both the CPCU and CLU designations.
After a successful 40-year career, Lee and his wife of 47 years, Diane, retired to their home in Wakefield. Mr. Conger's favority interests included gardening, golf, hunting, fishing, reading and extensive traveling.
He was also very active in the Ducks Unlimited organization.
Mr. will be fondly remembered for his unselfish devotion to his wife, family and friends, his sense of character and commitment to the community.
Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother, Esther (Cayting) Conger; sister, Virginia Stevens of Wakefield; five children - Thomas Conger of Middleburg, FL, Susan McCarthy and her husband, Mark, of Wakefield, Paula MacDonald and her husband, Robert, of Kingston, NH, John C. Conger and his wife Jennifer of Radnor, PA and Lisa Hemeon and her husband, Richard, of Reading. He is also survived by nine grandchildren - Kendra and Colleen McCarthy, Sara Allison and Evan MacDonald, Sean and Meghan Conger and Kasey and Andrea Hemeon.
(Source: unknown - furnished by Lisa (Conger) Hemeon and published in the Dec 2000 issue of Conger Confab, p. 293)
COMMENT: Living as of March 2000
15297. Thomas Conger
RESIDENCES: As of Mar 2000, Middleburg, FL
11463. William Lawrence Conger
William Lawrence CongerRESIDENCES: 3417 Nantucket Drive; Lexington, KY
DIVORCE: The marriage of William Lawrence Conger and Carol Ann Seaton ended in divorce on 27 Dec 1978. William gained custody of the three children.
OCCUPATION: Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Chemical Engineerying of the University of Kentucky. Also held a half-time position as Associate Director of Summer Programs for the University. (CFA II, p. 235)
PUBLIC_SERVICE: Did volunteer work for the Blue Grass Council BSA
HONORS: Presented the District Award of Merit, the highest award a district can present. Also awared the Silver Beaver, the highest award a council can present.
15304. Christopher Lee Conger
Christopher Lee CongerBIRTH: Birth was listed as 10 Nov 1986 in CFA I. Corrected in CFA II, p. 235 to 12 Nov 1968 per letter from his father.
Caryl Jane WorthingtonSPOUSE: Caryl Jane Worthington was the 2nd spouse of William Lawrence Conger.
11464. Richard Byron Conger
Richard Byron CongerEDUCATION: Law school graduate, University of Louisville
MILITARY: Commander U.S. Navy Reserves
OCCUPATION: Bank trust officer; later Sr. V.P. & Trust Department Head, United Virginia Bank
HOBBIES: Golf and bridge, tennis
PUBLIC_SERVICE: Very active in the community
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Presbyterian in CFA I; Methodist in CFA II
RESIDENCES: 6808 Green Meadow Cir; Louisville, KY 40207
RESIDENCES: 1224 Misty Hollow Way; Virginia Beach, VA 23454
Betty Mae JonesEDUCATION: B.A. in Education
OCCUPATION: At one time teacher of kindergarten and pre-school
CHURCH_AFFILIATION: Methodist
HOBBIES: Tennis and bridge