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| Schoeller, Jane Elizabeth | |
| Maiden Name: | Davis |
| Cemetery: | Old Palmdale Cemetery |
| AVGS ID: | S-42 |
| Born: | 4/6/1920 Pennsylvania |
| Died: | 8/3/1956 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Inscription: | |
| Find A Grave: | Find A Grave listing ID 9799960 |
| FamilySearch: | FamilySearch Person ID GZ8S-2T8 |
| Notes: | Daughter of James John Davis and Jeannette Rodenbaugh. James was appointed Secretary of Labor by President Warren Harding and reappointed by Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover 1921-1930, when he resigned, having been elected Senator. https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=D000111 Jane lived in New York for about five years acting in musical comedy productions; she met Charles 'Philip' Schoeller and they were married in March of 1952 in Rio de Janeiro. Charles was the son of Henry Paul Schoeller and Ruth Nuckolls Sargent who are buried here at the old Palmdale Cemetery. Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), Saturday, March 15, 1952, page 1 "Sen. Davis' Daughter Married" Philip was a Civil Engineering Student at Cal Tech, Student Body President and earned the Honor Key. As early as 1949 he was in upper management in a construction company in Rio de Janeiro. Jane and Philip made Rio their home. She died there at a young age, and many decades later Philip died their also. Their is a Find A Grave memorial for Jane in Rio de Janeiro also (227205942). This invites further investigation. |
Sources:
- Headstone/marker
- Obituary or article in the newspaper
- U. S. Census
- AVGS newsletter 'Prospector', Focus on Research articles, circa 1979
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GPS coordinates:
Latitude: 34.55910065
Longitude: -118.09332284
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Longitude: -118.09332284
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