Husband Charles Sidney Passavant, Jr. 1 2 3
Born: 21 Feb 1871 - Zelienople, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 3 4
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Died: 20 Dec 1935 3
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Father: Charles Sidney Passavant (1816/1817-1894) 1 4
Mother: Jane Randolph ( - ) 4 5
Marriage: 24 Nov 1892 - Zelienople, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
Wife Lillian Etta Tebay 3 6
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Father: James Hall Tebay (1847-Aft 1883) 7 8
Mother: Anna Eliza "Annie" McCullough ( -1905) 6 7 9
Children
1 M Charles Sidney Passavant III 3 10
Born: 5 May 1895 3
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2 M James Louis Passavant 3 10
Born: 18 Apr 1901 3
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Died: 8 Mar 1935 3
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General Notes: Husband - Charles Sidney Passavant, Jr.
He entered his father's store as an assistant, after he had completed his school course. In the spring of 1902 the property was destroyed by fire, after which he became associated with the First National Bank. This, however, was but one of many interests, an important one being his connection with the Zelienople Light and Power Company. He was also an active citizen and served as president of the Borough Council for at least two terms of office. In his political views he was a Republican. He and his wife were members of the English Lutheran Church. His fraternal relations were with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Masons, in the latter organization belonging to Harmony Lodge, No. 429. An elegant family residence was erected by him in 1895.
He was educated in the local academy and Thiel College. At the death of his father, in 1894, he took over the older man's merchandising business and continued its operation until fire destroyed the store in 1902, thus bringing to an end what amounted to an institution, for the store had been established in 1807 and its destinies directed for nearly a century by three successive generations of the family. Mr. Passavant did not continue with commercial activities, for a time being associated with the local offices of the Iron City Sanitary Company. He then became identified with finance, serving first as assistant cashier and vice-president of the First National Bank, later accepting the presidency of the Peoples National Bank, both of Zelienople. When the Union National Bank was organized in the borough, he became vice-president of the institution and was a member of the liquidating committees of both the First National and Peoples National banks, when his death brought to an end these responsibilities.
Public-spirited in his civic attitude and always devoted to furthering the best interests of Zelienople, Mr. Passavant was to the fore in the worth while movements and organizations initiated for this purpose. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce, at the time of his death. For a decade he had been a member of the School Board; had served several terms on the Borough Council, and had been elected, in the previous November, for another term of four years. He was president of the board of directors of the Old Peoples' Home, and was secretary of the Masonic and Rotary clubs, all of Zelienople. A popular figure in Masonic circles, Mr. Passavant was affiliated with Harmony Lodge, No. 429, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was a Past Master and treasurer; a member of the New Castle Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and of other bodies in the Order including Syria Temple, Pittsburgh, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Numbered among his clubs were the Ellwood City Country, and the above mentioned Masonic and Rotary. A lifelong member of the English Lutheran Church, Zelienople, of which his father was a founder, he also served as secretary of the church council for many years and was chairman of the Lutheran Cemetery Committee.
The appraisal of his career made by a contemporary:
Charles Sidney Passavant, Jr., leading citizen of the Zelienople community, descendant of the founders of the borough, philanthropist, and retired business man was buried Monday afternoon, December 23, 1935. Always a supporter and active worker for civic improvements, Mr. Passavant was for ten years a member of the Zelienople board of school directors and served several terms as a member of the Borough Council. Mr. Passavant was interested in highway improvement and had worked many years for the improvement of the Perry Highway and at the time of his death was an active member of the Perry Highway Association. Besides these activities he was a devout church worker. He was president of the board of the Lutheran Old Peoples' Home of Zelienople and devoted a great deal of time to the welfare of the home residents. He was a charter member of the Zelienople Rotary Club and had attended nearly six hundred consecutive meetings, and for a number of years had been the club treasurer. He was chairman of the Zelienople relief committee and personally supervised preparation of food and clothing to the unfortunates, besides contributing heavily from his own finances. He also spent a great deal of time as chairman of the Crippled Children's Committee of the Rotary Club. His legion of friends were of all classes, and the less fortunates of the district looked to him as their friend in need. As an esteemed citizen he occupied a unique position by having ,the desire to help his town and community, the indomitable courage and will to act and the means with which to convert his ideas into realities, and gave benevolently to them all.
A devoted husband, an admirable father, real brother and true friend. A friend of man not partial to those of any particular standing in life, but firmly believing in the brotherhood of man and exercising that prerogative to the fullest extent. He believed that a friend was one who walked in after all others had walked out. "C. S." was a living example of that Rotary motto, "Service above Self," The orphans, crippled children, the aged, and those who were in need, felt his influence and active participation in the solution of their problems. No matter how inclement the weather, it never deterred our friend from taking a crippled child to a clinic or helping someone in need. He and his car were available at all times for anyone in sorrow or distress.
His passing will be keenly felt by his church for he was a devoted member and an ardent worker, a Christian gentleman, and the loss to his denomination is paramount.
To those organizations that had the privilege of his membership:
We shall meet but we shall miss him,
There will be one vacant chair,
But the life he lived, lives with us
Even though he isn't there.
Our community loss may be expressed by:
Men of his type are reluctantly lost
But his life is a heritage still,
His mantle is tossed to those who remain
With the challenge his station to fill.