Warren County NJ Archives Obituaries.....John Calvin WILLIVER, 1951 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Stewart J.A.Woolever Jr Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ********************************************************* JOHN CALVIN WILLIVER: JOHN CALVIN WILLEVER, 86 YEAR OLD DEAN OF THE TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY, WHO RETIRED IN 1943 AS FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, DIED YESTERDAY (JUNE 24 1951) AFTER A WEEK'S ILLNESS AT HIS HOME AT KARRVILLE, NJ. RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE GREAT FIGURES IN THE HISTORY OF THE TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY, MR. WILLEVER NUMBERED AMONG HIS EARLY ASSOCIATES THE PIONEERS WHO BUILT AND OPERATED MANY OF THE NATION'S FIRST TELEGRAPH LINES. HE SERVED WESTERN UNION FOR 63 YEARS, LONGER THAN ANY OTHER EXECUTIVE IN WESTERN UNION'S 100-YEAR HISTORY. THE NAME OF J.C. WILLEVER APPEARED ON MORE THAN SIX BILLION YELLOW TELEGRAPH BLANKS BETWEEN 1916 AND 1943. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, MR. WILLEVER CONTINUED FOR TWO YEARS AS A DIRECTOR OF WESTERN UNION, AND WAS A DIRECTOR OF TWO SUBSIDIARIES, THE AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND TELE-REGISTER CORPORATION, WHEN HE DIED. HE ATTENDED A BOARD MEETING OF THE AMERICA DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY TWO WEEKS AGO. MANY PEOPLE IN THE TELEGRAPH INDUSTRY AND FRIENDS WILL VIEW THE REMAINS MONDAY AND TUESDAY EVENINGS AT KNAPP'S FUNERAL HOME, 132 SOUTH HARRISON AVENUE, EAST ORANGE, AND ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE SAME PLACE AT 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY. INTERMENT WILL BE IN ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL CHURCH CEMETERY, MAIN STREET, MILBURN AT 9:30 A.M. THURSDAY. MR. WILLEVERE'S PREEMINENCE IN THE COMMUNICATION FIELD RESULTED FROM HIS ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY'S AFFAIRS THROUGHOUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF HIS SERVICE. HIS CAPACITY FOR WORK AND HIS PRODIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE SMALLEST DETAILS OF COMPANY OPERATIONS WERE LEGENDARY IN THE INDUSTRY. http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/o/o/Stewart-J-Woolever-jr/