Dawn Carolyn Maybee

1926 - 1997  (70 years)

• Name	Dawn Carolyn Maybee
  Birth	2 Mar 1926	Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Census	18 Apr 1930	320 Fruit Street, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan   [3]
  	Anna Maybee, Head, owns house worth $2500, F, W, 42, S, Michigan, Michigan, New York, action finishing, piano factory Cora E Maybee, Mother, F, W, 72, Wd, New York, New York, New York Milton W Maybee, Brother, M, W, 30, M, age at first marriage 24, Michigan, Michigan, New York, carpenter, house Ada C Maybee, Sister-in-law, F, W, 24, M, age at first marriage 18, Indiana, Iowa, Indiana Dawn C Maybee, Niece, F, W, 4, S, Indiana, Michigan, Indiana
  Census	4 Apr 1940	538 Superior, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan   [4]
  	Milton Maybee, Head, M, W, 40, M, completed 10 years school, born in Michigan, Mail Carrier, City, wages earned in 1939 - $1800 Ada Maybee, Wife, F, W, 34, M, completed 10 years school, born in Indiana Dawn Maybee, Daughter, F, W, 14, S, attended school, completed 9 years school, born in Indiana Dan Maybee, Son, M, W, 5, S, born in Michigan
  Education	Dawn graduated from L.C. Mohr high school, South Haven. res Indiana then Michigan attended Western Michigan University
  Note	Maybee Society Member Number 80
  Death	22 Jan 1997	Battle Creek, Michigan   [5]
  	of cancer
  Obituary	Jan 1998  [6]
  	Dawn C. (Maybee) Bilanow, 70, of Battle Creek, died on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997, in Battle Creek Health System after a short illness. She was born March 2, 1926, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Milton W. and Ada C. (Lyman) Maybee. She graduated from L.C. Mohr High School in South Haven and attended Western Michigan University. She was employed as a secretary at the Battle Creek Veteran Affairs Medical Center from 1963 to 1972. Dawn married Walter Bilanow on July 23, 1948, in South Haven. He survives. Also surviving are sons, Bruce Bilanow of Battle Creek, and Dan Bilanow of Antioch, Calif.; a daughter, Patricia Burnes of Battle Creek; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas James Bilanow. Community Involvement, hobbies: Member of St. Patrick Anglican Church in Comstock, where she served as Sacristan. Active member of Maybee Genealogical Society and a Civil War buff. Enjoyed historical novels and her grandchildren. Avid herb and flower gardener. Enjoyed traveling the world. Had been an active Cub Scout Den Mother. The above obituary from the Battle Creek Enquirer was sent to us by Walter Bilanow. He and his daughter, Patricia, will carry on Dawn's genealogical work. Dawn was descended from the elusive Tobias Maybee
  Reference Number	80
  Residence	161 Frances Dr, Battle Creek, Michigan   [1]
  Burial	Fort Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan   [7]
  Person ID	I80	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Milton Wellington Maybee, Jr.,   b. 1 Feb 1900, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan d. 21 Mar 1980, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ada Carol Lyman,   b. 19 Nov 1905, Fort Wayne, Indiana d. 20 Oct 1988, South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Nov 1924	First Evangelical Church, Allen County, Indiana   [8, 9, 10]
  Divorce	13 Jun 1945	Van Buren County, Michigan   [9]
  Family ID	F13796	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter Bilanow,   b. 10 Jan 1923, Akron, Summit County, Ohio d. 28 Feb 2006, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Jul 1948	South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan   [1, 8]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Thomas James Bilanow,   b. 8 Jun 1965, Battle Creek, Michigan d. 8 Jun 1965, Battle Creek, Michigan (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Douglas Cameron Mabee, MS 177 - Douglas Cameron Mabee; Number: 177. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940. [S302] 1930 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, Roll: 1029, Enumeration District: 28, Image: 28. [S455] 1940 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, Roll T627-1822, Page 3B, ED 80-31. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/. [S128] Information printed in the Maybee Society Communicator, Issue 37, January 1998. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2006. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952. [S396] Alice Edith George, Submission by Maybee Society Member, from Dawn Maybee Bilanow, MS#80.