Esther L. Christano HAWLEY

Abt 1922 - 1946  (24 years)

• Name	Esther L. Christano HAWLEY  [2]
  	DEATH OF RAYMOND AND ESTHER SEARS Death of Raymond Sears and his mother Esther Mother and Son meet Death in Kings Highway Accident (Ridgefield Press Feb. 14, 1946) Mrs. Esther Hawley Sears was instantly killed last Thursday night when the car in which she was a passenger skidded on the ice and struck a tree on Kings Highway in Westport. He son, Raymond, aged 5, was critically injured and died Friday afternoon at Danbury Hospital. Both Mrs. Sears and her son were thrown against the windshield and suffered fractured skulls. The driver of the car. Mrs. Caroline Verbanic of Georgetown, with whom Mrs. Sears was living, received fractures of the jaw, pelvis, and wrist, and is listed as being in a "serious" condition at the Norwalk hospital. mrs. Sears, Mrs. Verbanic and Raymond were on their way home from Norwalk hospital, where Mrs. Verbanic had had a minor operation, when the accident happened. Double funeral services for Mrs. Sears and her son were held at the Ernest O. Wilson's funeral home Sunday afternoon. Burial was in the Beck Cemetery, Lewisboro, New York. Mrs. Sears, who was 25 years old, was the daughter of Edgar Hawley, who moved to Lewisboro about two months ago, after nine years in Ridgefield. She was the widow of Howard Sears, who died in 1945. Notice was originally shared by sjaycme on 24 Jan 2015 [1]
  Birth	Abt 1922	Connecticut   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1925	Living with grandmother, Emma Gilbert, in Lewisboro, Westchester Co., New York   [3]
  Census	1930	Living with parents in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   [2]
  Census	1940	Living with husband in Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut   [4]
  Death	Feb 1946  [1]
  Person ID	I92343	Main Tree
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Edgar Vincent HAWLEY,   b. Oct 1891, New York d. 1960 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Eva Mae MEAD,   b. 2 Nov 1903, Connecticut d. 27 Jun 1983, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 1922
  Family ID	F38570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pvt Howard Raymond SEARS,   b. 15 Jul 1919, Connecticut d. 3 Feb 1945, Killed in action in France (Age 25 years)
  Children	1. Raymond SEARS,   b. 1941   d. Feb 1946 (Age 5 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F38573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1922 - Connecticut Census - 1925 - Living with grandmother, Emma Gilbert, in Lewisboro, Westchester Co., New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10085] Obituary Notice for Esther Hawley Sears and Raymond Sears. [S01565] 1930 Census Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [S9315] 1925 Census Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York. [S10086] 1940 Census Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut.