43 YEARS - 2 MONTHS - 21 DAYS
Obituary from The Dayton Daily News, July 12, 1968
Traylor, Arthur B., 43 of 4617 Merrydale Avenue, Dayton, Ohio died Friday on the way to the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a welder for Moody's of Dayton, Inc., a member of Shroyer Road Baptist Church, Navy Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by one brother Frederick Eugene Traylor (1939), maternal grandparents, Charles Winfield (1921) and Jenny (Reed) Grauser (1924), Paternal grandparents Harrison (1898) and Lona (Black) Traylor (1939). Survived by his wife, Betty G., parents, Ira K. & Bessie R. (Grauser) Traylor; 2 daughters, Ann Traylor, Mrs. Jean (Traylor) Saylor, son-in-law William (Bill) Saylor; 2 stepdaughters Mrs. Lynn (Pitzer) Lischke, Mrs. Connie (Pitzer) Taylor; 2 sons, Clay and Cole Traylor; 1 stepson, Ronald Pitzer; 1 sister Marilyn (Traylor) Syx and her husband Kenneth P. Syx, 1 brother, Harrison Traylor and his wife Mary Alice (Moskewicz) Traylor and 1 grandchild and 3 step grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio. Burial at Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday. 4-9 p.m. (additional info added by Marilyn Traylor Syx)
Arthur Barrett Traylor (Babe) was born in Whittfield, Ohio on April 21, 1925, the second son of Ira Kanada & Bessie Rebecca (Grauser) Traylor. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio during the Great Depression. He attended Ruskin, McKinley and Roosevelt High School. After school he worked at the Western Union and the Stanley Greeting Card Company before joining the Navy on December 2, 1942 at age 17. He was a plank owner (original crew member) and served aboard the destroyer USS Wadsworth,DD516 in the South Pacific where his ship came under the attack of the Japanese Kamikazi' many times. He saw many battles and was relieved of duty in 1945 due to battle fatigue. In later years, they called this PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and then as now, the U.S. Government gave their deserving veterans very poor follow-up medical treatment. He lived through many terrible battles and came home forever a changed and tortured soul and was still only 20 years old. When he returned home after being treated at the U.S. Naval Hospital, in Corvallis, Washington, he married Marjorie June Hasson on June 9, 1945. Together, they had two children, Virginia Jean in 1946, and Clay Lee in 1956. He and Marjorie divorced in 1957 and he then married Betty Pitzer in 1958. He graduated from Hobart School of Welding in Troy. Ohio around 1948 and was a very proficient welder. He was killed by an accident at work outside of Indianapolis when he was up on a tall structure and a guy wire snapped, hitting him and breaking his back. The medics had to get a fire truck with a cherry picker on it to bring him down and he died on the way to the hospital. He was a great brother and son and loved dearly by his family and many friends. His children didn't have the privilege of knowing this true being, only this tortured being, thanks to WWII.
Obituary from The Dayton Daily News, July 12, 1968
Traylor, Arthur B., 43 of 4617 Merrydale Avenue, Dayton, Ohio died Friday on the way to the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a welder for Moody's of Dayton, Inc., a member of Shroyer Road Baptist Church, Navy Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by one brother Frederick Eugene Traylor (1939), maternal grandparents, Charles Winfield (1921) and Jenny (Reed) Grauser (1924), Paternal grandparents Harrison (1898) and Lona (Black) Traylor (1939). Survived by his wife, Betty G., parents, Ira K. & Bessie R. (Grauser) Traylor; 2 daughters, Ann Traylor, Mrs. Jean (Traylor) Saylor, son-in-law William (Bill) Saylor; 2 stepdaughters Mrs. Lynn (Pitzer) Lischke, Mrs. Connie (Pitzer) Taylor; 2 sons, Clay and Cole Traylor; 1 stepson, Ronald Pitzer; 1 sister Marilyn (Traylor) Syx and her husband Kenneth P. Syx, 1 brother, Harrison Traylor and his wife Mary Alice (Moskewicz) Traylor and 1 grandchild and 3 step grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio. Burial at Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday. 4-9 p.m. (additional info added by Marilyn Traylor Syx)
Arthur Barrett Traylor (Babe) was born in Whittfield, Ohio on April 21, 1925, the second son of Ira Kanada & Bessie Rebecca (Grauser) Traylor. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio during the Great Depression. He attended Ruskin, McKinley and Roosevelt High School. After school he worked at the Western Union and the Stanley Greeting Card Company before joining the Navy on December 2, 1942 at age 17. He was a plank owner (original crew member) and served aboard the destroyer USS Wadsworth,DD516 in the South Pacific where his ship came under the attack of the Japanese Kamikazi' many times. He saw many battles and was relieved of duty in 1945 due to battle fatigue. In later years, they called this PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and then as now, the U.S. Government gave their deserving veterans very poor follow-up medical treatment. He lived through many terrible battles and came home forever a changed and tortured soul and was still only 20 years old. When he returned home after being treated at the U.S. Naval Hospital, in Corvallis, Washington, he married Marjorie June Hasson on June 9, 1945. Together, they had two children, Virginia Jean in 1946, and Clay Lee in 1956. He and Marjorie divorced in 1957 and he then married Betty Pitzer in 1958. He graduated from Hobart School of Welding in Troy. Ohio around 1948 and was a very proficient welder. He was killed by an accident at work outside of Indianapolis when he was up on a tall structure and a guy wire snapped, hitting him and breaking his back. The medics had to get a fire truck with a cherry picker on it to bring him down and he died on the way to the hospital. He was a great brother and son and loved dearly by his family and many friends. His children didn't have the privilege of knowing this true being, only this tortured being, thanks to WWII.
43 YEARS - 2 MONTHS - 21 DAYS
Obituary from The Dayton Daily News, July 12, 1968
Traylor, Arthur B., 43 of 4617 Merrydale Avenue, Dayton, Ohio died Friday on the way to the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a welder for Moody's of Dayton, Inc., a member of Shroyer Road Baptist Church, Navy Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by one brother Frederick Eugene Traylor (1939), maternal grandparents, Charles Winfield (1921) and Jenny (Reed) Grauser (1924), Paternal grandparents Harrison (1898) and Lona (Black) Traylor (1939). Survived by his wife, Betty G., parents, Ira K. & Bessie R. (Grauser) Traylor; 2 daughters, Ann Traylor, Mrs. Jean (Traylor) Saylor, son-in-law William (Bill) Saylor; 2 stepdaughters Mrs. Lynn (Pitzer) Lischke, Mrs. Connie (Pitzer) Taylor; 2 sons, Clay and Cole Traylor; 1 stepson, Ronald Pitzer; 1 sister Marilyn (Traylor) Syx and her husband Kenneth P. Syx, 1 brother, Harrison Traylor and his wife Mary Alice (Moskewicz) Traylor and 1 grandchild and 3 step grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio. Burial at Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday. 4-9 p.m. (additional info added by Marilyn Traylor Syx)
Arthur Barrett Traylor (Babe) was born in Whittfield, Ohio on April 21, 1925, the second son of Ira Kanada & Bessie Rebecca (Grauser) Traylor. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio during the Great Depression. He attended Ruskin, McKinley and Roosevelt High School. After school he worked at the Western Union and the Stanley Greeting Card Company before joining the Navy on December 2, 1942 at age 17. He was a plank owner (original crew member) and served aboard the destroyer USS Wadsworth,DD516 in the South Pacific where his ship came under the attack of the Japanese Kamikazi' many times. He saw many battles and was relieved of duty in 1945 due to battle fatigue. In later years, they called this PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and then as now, the U.S. Government gave their deserving veterans very poor follow-up medical treatment. He lived through many terrible battles and came home forever a changed and tortured soul and was still only 20 years old. When he returned home after being treated at the U.S. Naval Hospital, in Corvallis, Washington, he married Marjorie June Hasson on June 9, 1945. Together, they had two children, Virginia Jean in 1946, and Clay Lee in 1956. He and Marjorie divorced in 1957 and he then married Betty Pitzer in 1958. He graduated from Hobart School of Welding in Troy. Ohio around 1948 and was a very proficient welder. He was killed by an accident at work outside of Indianapolis when he was up on a tall structure and a guy wire snapped, hitting him and breaking his back. The medics had to get a fire truck with a cherry picker on it to bring him down and he died on the way to the hospital. He was a great brother and son and loved dearly by his family and many friends. His children didn't have the privilege of knowing this true being, only this tortured being, thanks to WWII.
Obituary from The Dayton Daily News, July 12, 1968
Traylor, Arthur B., 43 of 4617 Merrydale Avenue, Dayton, Ohio died Friday on the way to the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a welder for Moody's of Dayton, Inc., a member of Shroyer Road Baptist Church, Navy Veteran of World War II. He was preceded in death by one brother Frederick Eugene Traylor (1939), maternal grandparents, Charles Winfield (1921) and Jenny (Reed) Grauser (1924), Paternal grandparents Harrison (1898) and Lona (Black) Traylor (1939). Survived by his wife, Betty G., parents, Ira K. & Bessie R. (Grauser) Traylor; 2 daughters, Ann Traylor, Mrs. Jean (Traylor) Saylor, son-in-law William (Bill) Saylor; 2 stepdaughters Mrs. Lynn (Pitzer) Lischke, Mrs. Connie (Pitzer) Taylor; 2 sons, Clay and Cole Traylor; 1 stepson, Ronald Pitzer; 1 sister Marilyn (Traylor) Syx and her husband Kenneth P. Syx, 1 brother, Harrison Traylor and his wife Mary Alice (Moskewicz) Traylor and 1 grandchild and 3 step grandchildren. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Morris Sons Funeral Home, 1809 E. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio. Burial at Hill Grove Cemetery, Miamisburg, Ohio. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday. 4-9 p.m. (additional info added by Marilyn Traylor Syx)
Arthur Barrett Traylor (Babe) was born in Whittfield, Ohio on April 21, 1925, the second son of Ira Kanada & Bessie Rebecca (Grauser) Traylor. He grew up in Dayton, Ohio during the Great Depression. He attended Ruskin, McKinley and Roosevelt High School. After school he worked at the Western Union and the Stanley Greeting Card Company before joining the Navy on December 2, 1942 at age 17. He was a plank owner (original crew member) and served aboard the destroyer USS Wadsworth,DD516 in the South Pacific where his ship came under the attack of the Japanese Kamikazi' many times. He saw many battles and was relieved of duty in 1945 due to battle fatigue. In later years, they called this PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and then as now, the U.S. Government gave their deserving veterans very poor follow-up medical treatment. He lived through many terrible battles and came home forever a changed and tortured soul and was still only 20 years old. When he returned home after being treated at the U.S. Naval Hospital, in Corvallis, Washington, he married Marjorie June Hasson on June 9, 1945. Together, they had two children, Virginia Jean in 1946, and Clay Lee in 1956. He and Marjorie divorced in 1957 and he then married Betty Pitzer in 1958. He graduated from Hobart School of Welding in Troy. Ohio around 1948 and was a very proficient welder. He was killed by an accident at work outside of Indianapolis when he was up on a tall structure and a guy wire snapped, hitting him and breaking his back. The medics had to get a fire truck with a cherry picker on it to bring him down and he died on the way to the hospital. He was a great brother and son and loved dearly by his family and many friends. His children didn't have the privilege of knowing this true being, only this tortured being, thanks to WWII.
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