Sixteenth Generation

8336. Aura May Chatfield was born on 30 August 1923 in Williams, Colusa Co., California, USA. She died on 23 August 2014 at the age of 90 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California, USA. She was buried in Oakmont Memorial Park, Lafayette, Contra Costa Co., California, USA. Aura appeared in the census 1930/1940 in Williams, Colusa Co., California, USA. 4th of 5 children of CLARK SAMUEL CHATFIELD, JR. & MADGE ROSA

Occupation: Teacher, lecturer, pipe organist, Grand Jury member
Avocation: Writer
Note: Honored in Who's Who

Married: Jun 9, 1945, FREDERICK RANDOLPH "F.R." EDWARDS, Berkeley, Alameda Co., California

One child [Actually three but two died young]
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"The last of her generation in this line, is on her way to Arcturus catching the tailwind of the 6.1 Northern California earthquake on Aug 24, just seven days shy of her 91st birthday."
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Obituary
Aura Chatfield Edwards
August 30, 1923 ~ August 23, 2014
Resident of Lafayette, CA
Aura passed away peacefully in Walnut Creek on August 23 just seven days shy of her 91st birthday. She was born August 30, 1923 in Williams, California to Clark and Madge Chatfield. She is survived by her son Tom Edwards (Libby) of Lafayette, grandson Fred Edwards (Ashley) of Honolulu, HI, granddaughter Lissa Edwards of Aspen, CO, great-granddaughter Reagan of Honolulu, HI, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and many close personal riends.
Aura grew up in Williams and attended UC Berkeley where she met her husband Fred. They were married in 1945 and were married until Fred passed away in 2003. Aura and her family moved from Kensington to Lafayette in 1955. As a Lafayette resident Aura became involved with various community service activities including Vice Chairman of Lafayette's 49 member Blue Ribbon Citizen's Committee, Vice Chair of Lafayette's BART District Study Committee, President, Stanley Junior High School Parents' Club, and President, Acalanes High School American Field Service Club.
Aura was also active in Republican politics at the local and state level where she was President of the California Federation of Republican Women North and Women's Vice Chairman for the North of the Republican State Central Committee. Aura also served on the Contra Costa County Grand Jury. As a result of her time on the Grand Jury, Aura also served as President of the Juvenal Hall Auxiliary.
Aura was one of the few female professional theatre pipe organists in the USA and worked for 11 years at the Bella Roma Pizza Parlors in Concord and Martinez. Over the years she entertained hundreds of local school children and various organizations at her home in Lafayette where she and Fred had installed a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ which was originally created for the Loews theatre in Memphis, Tennessee.
To say Aura marched to a different drummer would be a significant understatement. Her oversized round colored glasses as well as her many unique interests clearly put Aura in a different league. In 1967 she began a long self study process in metaphysics and became a member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment, where the was asked to speak on dreams. This resulted in a fascination of dreams and dream analysis resulting in her writing a book on how to interpret and analyze dreams. She spoke frequently to many organizations on dreams.
She also was interested in and lectured on reincarnation, UFO's, Karma, and many other subjects covered in parapsychology and metaphysics. Aura was truly a unique individual.
During her life she constantly played bridge and was a member of multiple bridge groups.
Throughout her most unusual life she made many friends, helped whenever she recognized a need, and will be sorely missed by her family and friends. She was preceded by her husband Fred, a son John, daughter Kathy, four sisters and one brother.
It was Aura's wish not to have a funeral. Her ashes will be interred next to her husband's in the Edwards Family plot at Oakmont Cemetery in Pleasant Hill.
Her usual response to people whom she helped and who asked what they could do for her was "Do some kindness anonymously for someone whom you believe has hurt you in the past or has caused you the most grief. That would be a wonderful gift for everyone concerned."
Contra Costa Times - Contra Costa Times - 29 Aug 2014
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USA Public Records
Name: Aura C Edwards
Residence Date: 02 Feb 1991-10 Jan 2009
Residence Place: Lafayette, California
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1923
Phone Number: (415) 254-1895
Phone Number Recorded Date: 10 Jan 2009
Address: 6 Cricket Hill Rd., Lafayette, California 94549
Address Date: 02 Feb 1991-10 Jan 2009
2nd Address: One Calvin, Orinda, California 94563
2nd Address Date: 01 Apr 1982
Possible Relatives: Edwards Frederick Edwards, Elizabeth Smyth Edwards, F R Edwards, Family Trust Edwards, Frederick R Edwards, Frederick T Edwards, Lissa Edwards, Thomas Clark Edwards
Record Number: 218901088
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Aura May CHATFIELD and Catherine Frances CLEMENS are 2nd cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Levi Tomlinson CHATFIELD and Lovina MASTICK.

Aura May Chatfield and Frederick Randolph "Pop" Edwards were married on 9 June 1945 in Berkeley, Alameda Co., California, USA. Frederick Randolph "Pop" Edwards, son of Thomas Burroughs Edwards and Lilian Olive Leather, was born on 9 July 1920 in Oakland, Alameda Co., California, USA. He died Pneumonia on 21 October 2003 at the age of 83 in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa Co., California, USA. He was buried in Oakmont Memorial Park, Lafayette, Contra Costa Co., California, USA. USA Social Security Death Index
Given Name: Frederick
Middle Name: R
Surname: Edwards
Birth Date: 9 July 1920
Social Security Number: 571-09-1790
State: California
Last Place of Residence: Contra Costa, California
Previous Residence Postal Code: 94549
Event Date: 21 October 2003
Age: 83
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BillionGraves Index
Name: Frederick Randolph Edwards
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Lafayette, Contra Costa, California
Cemetery: Oakmont Memorial Park
Birth Date: 09 Jul 1920
Death Date: 21 Oct 2003
Affiliate Image Identifier: 3654026
Latitude: 37.9480590820312
Longitude: -122.101387023926
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Find A Grave Memorial# 39627024
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Military Service: WWII U.S. Navy, Lt. Commander, Naval Reserve
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Occupation: Security specialist/Mosler Safe

Aura May Chatfield and Frederick Randolph "Pop" Edwards had the following children: