THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: Arthur Clare "Art" Cheney
           Born: 14 OCT 1907 in Coalinga, Fresno County, California
        Married:
           Died: 18 SEP 1971 in Coalinga, Fresno Co, California
         Buried: 21 SEP 1971 in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Coalinga, California
         Father: Jonathan Guy Cheney
         Mother: Annie Monica Elliott
        Spouses: 
     Occupation: Owner of Cheney Bros
      Education: 1924 Graduated from Coalinga High School
      Residence: 1928 Ventura, California
           Wife: Rose Hartman
           Born: 09 MAY 1914 in Illinois (1)
           Died: 23 MAY 1990 in Fresno, Fresno County, California (2)
         Buried: 25 MAY 1990 in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Coalinga, Fresno County, California (3)
         Father: Gottlieb Hartman
         Mother: Katherine Yada
        Spouses: 
 Cause of Death: Lung Cancer

Additional Information

Arthur Clare "Art" Cheney:

Notes:
Art attended the University of California at Berkeley.

Art was the first licensed aircraft mechanic in the United States. During World War II, Art worked on military planes for Lockheed Aircraft in Los Angeles, California. Betty Cheney Polson remembers spending her weekends at Art's apartment while attending USC.

After the War, Art returned to Coalinga to help his father with Cheney Bros. He took over Cheney Bros on the death of his father. Art ran Cheney Bros for 26 years.

Art met Rose at his favorite breakfast diner where Rose was waitressing. They lived together for awhile in the guest house on the Cheney property. Annie finally put her foot down, and told Art to either marry Rose or break up. They married.

Rose Hartman:

Notes:
Rose grew up in Fresno. She was of Russian-German descendant, and spoke German.

Rose was a fabulous cook. She will always be remembered for her German chocolate potato cake.

Footnotes

  1. California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research Vital Statistics Section, RootsWeb.com (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi), Cheney, Rose H.
  2. Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Apr 15, 1997, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.42677.72.
  3. Certificate of Death (State of California - Department of Public Health).
    County of Fresno: Hartman, Rose.

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