When Gordon Heber Sears was born on 2 August 1902, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Heber John Sears, was 40 and his mother, Isabelle Farr, was 41. He married Elizabeth Wilson on 7 July 1935, in Milstead, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He lived in District 7, Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1940 and Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States for about 1 years. He died on 5 May 1977, in La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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Possible Related NamesToday my cousin, Melissa Sears Moore, and I listened to the cassette recording of Grandfather Sears' Memorial Service, held in La Jolla, California in 1977. We had been trying to record it onto a CD …
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