Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Sidney Hammond Challenger, Jr.    
                Born: Mar- 7-1927          in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  1
                Died: Nov-12-2016           2
              Buried:                      in Mountain Grove Cemetery & Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  2,3
             Resided:                      in Trumbull, Fairfield Co, CT  2
             Resided: 1952                 in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  1
          Occupation:                      Regional Sales Manager for Hartford Office Supply Co (retired)  2
          Occupation: formerly             Vice President of his father’s business, Frank H. Fargo Office Supply  2
           Education:                      Bassick H.S., University of Bridgeport, West Virginia Wesleyan  2
            Military:                      U.S. Navy, World War II (duty at Long Beach, California)  2
              Father: Sidney Hammond Challenger   (1903 - 1997) 
              Mother: Ethel Hull   (1901 - 1998) 
                Wife: Mary Ellen Lawson     
             Married: Apr-26-1952          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
                Born: Aug- 2-1929          in Brushy Fork (Bridgeport), Harrison Co, WV  2,1,4
                Died: Jan-23-2013          in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  5,4
              Buried:                      in Mountain Grove Cemetery & Mausoleum, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co, CT  2
             Resided:                      in Trumbull, Fairfield Co, CT  2,6
             Resided: 1952                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Simpson District, Harrison Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      school librarian in Trumbull Schools (retired), Fairfield Public Library Childrens Dept  2
           Education:                      West Virginia Wesleyan, Southern Connecticut State (Library Science)  2
              Father: Willie Delaney Lawson   (1895 - 1980) 
              Mother: Freda Virginia Pratt   (1898 - 1975) 

Sources:
(1) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=63997&Type=Marriage. 
(2) Obituary. 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(5) Obituary - Hospital. 
(6) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 







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