I hope that you find her. Bobee ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: [ILLASALLE] Re: Looking for cousin Elaine, lost during WW II in Seneca > My uncle, Frederick Charles Runyard, was killed in action on the Liberty > ship, USS Paul Hamilton, sunk near the coast of Algiers in the > Mediterranean Ocean on April 20, 1944. The ship was sunk by an aerial > torpedo, and 504 men lost their lives. It was the greatest loss of lives > caused by an American ship sinking during the 44 months of WW II > > Fred had a daughter, Elaine, in Seneca, Illinois, who was born before he > left for Europe in the army, and after his death, our family lost contact. > > Mother of Elaine was Lois, and she is said to have very curly hair, perhaps > red. We do not know if Fred and Lois were married. Elaine would have been > born 1935 to 1941, and would be approximately 64 years old now. > > It is my assumption that she continued to live in the Seneca area, and > perhaps graduated from the high school there, probably in the early to mid > 1950's. > > Fred was from Winnebago, Illinois, and he met her mother Lois when he was > working in the State Park for the CCC--he was building a bridge there just > before the war. > > I never knew the existance of Elaine until this year, and she was probably > adopted by a later person who perhaps married her mother Lois. Maybe she is > unaware of her father, Fred Runyard. She would make a welcome addition to > our family. I hope we find her before old age wins the battle... > > Thanks, David Jones, Pecatonica, Illinois > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >