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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Owen Ray Skelton is credited with engineering a rubber engine mount system for cars known as "
floating power" to greatly cut down on engine vibration to the chassis?
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I looked up the New York Times obituary in order to put a specific date of death on the article. In doing that, there were some inconsistencies between that and the article that I wanted to discuss. The obit states that he died July 20, 1969, and that he was 81. I believe the date is correct, but the listing of him as 81 would be incorrect per the present Wikipedia article. It would make him 83 at time of death. This might really be inconsequential and I would probably go with 83 just fine over the 81 in the obit, but it does make one wonder. The Obit doesn't specifically state date or year of birth. It does, however, mention that he was survived by his wife Edith, two daughters, a step-daughter, one brother and eleven grandchildren. Also mentions he died in Palm Beach, Florida. The date and place of death I have no problems changing really, but it makes me wonder about his date of birth and his wife. Was he married twice? I didn't just want to take mention of Edna out if that was a different person or, if same person, how to explain the difference. Just some thoughts. Thank you. --
JoannaSerah (
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20:04, 7 January 2013 (UTC)reply
Let me try to understand the questions and answer them. The book by Curcio I do not have in front of me and gave back to the library to send back on I.L.L. I remember it (off the top of my head) as saying his wife's name being Edna. The 1930 and 1940 U.S. census says his wife's name is Edna. The Social Security Death Index says: "Born 9 Feb 1886" and "died Jul 1969". Using these numbers he would have been 83 when he died. The 1940 U.S. Census shows he has 2 daughters. Does that answer all your questions?--
Doug Coldwell (
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00:16, 8 January 2013 (UTC)reply
Fairly well. I will go ahead and put the death date and place in per the obit, but will leave the wife's name as Edna for now. Edith could just be a nickname or middle name for Edna or just a mistake in the obit, possibly. Thank you. --
JoannaSerah (
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00:27, 8 January 2013 (UTC)reply
"Skelton was born on February 9, 1886. He went by the nickname "Skelt.". " too short, jarring prose, needs to flow better. And did he go by the nickname immediately?? And one too many periods there.
"CEO" don't use abbreviations without explanation. And I would use "chief executive officer" when you introduce Chrysler rather than when you refer to him in later in the article.
"Survivors at the time of his death were his wife Edith," and the rest of the planet who were alive. Perhaps "He was survived by" as we normally say in these
Hi Doug, good to see how tidy your research station is, nothing like mine, but thankfully a lot of what I need is online these days! Happy with the article so I'm passing to GA. Don't relax though, I'll be taking another tranche of GANs in due course and I predict at least one will be yours... Cheers, keep up the good work.
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20:32, 14 March 2021 (UTC)reply