Talk:Owen Ray Skelton

NY Times obit
I looked up the New York Times obituary in order to put a specific date of death on the article. In doing that, there were some inconsistencies between that and the article that I wanted to discuss. The obit states that he died July 20, 1969, and that he was 81. I believe the date is correct, but the listing of him as 81 would be incorrect per the present Wikipedia article. It would make him 83 at time of death. This might really be inconsequential and I would probably go with 83 just fine over the 81 in the obit, but it does make one wonder. The Obit doesn't specifically state date or year of birth. It does, however, mention that he was survived by his wife Edith, two daughters, a step-daughter, one brother and eleven grandchildren. Also mentions he died in Palm Beach, Florida. The date and place of death I have no problems changing really, but it makes me wonder about his date of birth and his wife. Was he married twice? I didn't just want to take mention of Edna out if that was a different person or, if same person, how to explain the difference. Just some thoughts. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 20:04, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Let me try to understand the questions and answer them. The book by Curcio I do not have in front of me and gave back to the library to send back on I.L.L. I remember it (off the top of my head) as saying his wife's name being Edna. The 1930 and 1940 U.S. census says his wife's name is Edna. The Social Security Death Index says: "Born 9 Feb 1886" and "died Jul 1969". Using these numbers he would have been 83 when he died. The 1940 U.S. Census shows he has 2 daughters. Does that answer all your questions?--Doug Coldwell (talk) 00:16, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Fairly well. I will go ahead and put the death date and place in per the obit, but will leave the wife's name as Edna for now. Edith could just be a nickname or middle name for Edna or just a mistake in the obit, possibly. Thank you. -- JoannaSerah (talk) 00:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)

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