Edwin Hamilton Vause^[1]

1923 - 2009  (85 years)

• Name	Edwin Hamilton Vause  [2, 3]
  Born	30 Mar 1923	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Jun 1942	Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	116 South Logan
  Residence	Aug 1949	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Education	University of Illinois College of Advanced Education (B.S., M.S., Chemical Engineering), University of Chicago (MBA, 1952)  [2, 5]
  Occupation	Research engineer (Standard Oil, Whiting, Indiana), Educator (Kettering Foundation, Centerville, Ohio)  [2]
  Military Notes	Served in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers during World War II in British and Dutch New Guinea, The Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan.  [2]
  Died	23 Feb 2009	San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I698	Mohr-Whalen
  Last Modified	10 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Harry Russell Vause           b. 20 Apr 1884, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA           d. 17 Aug 1949, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Sylvia Clair Roxy           d. Jul 1948, Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico, USA
  Family ID	F10346	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Evelyn Oestmann           b. 24 Jul 1926, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA           d. 6 Nov 2012, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	30 Jun 1951	Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA   [1, 2, 5, 6]
  Notes	Lived in Hammond, Indiana, Evansville, Indiana, and Hinsdale, Illinois, before moving to Centerville, Ohio in 1962. Moved to San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), California in 1987. [2, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living   5. Living
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2020
  Family ID	F503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Suffered third degree burns helping to fight the Whiting Refinery Fire of 1955. [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Letter to Bradley Mohr, Chuck Binzel. [S3838] Obituary of Edwin Vause. [S6704] WWII Draft Registration Card of Edwin Hamilton Vause, Ancestry.com (National Archives & Records Administration). [S6003] Obituary of Harry Russell Vause. [S6000] Engagement Announcement of Edwin H. Vause and Harriet Oestmann. [S3837] Obituary of Harriet Evelyn Vause.