Stephen Raymond HAVIER

1897 - 1992  (94 years)

• Name	Stephen Raymond HAVIER
  Birth	30 Sep 1897	Jackson County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1992-MN-013388
  Occupation	Machinist for tool maker, Salesman for machine supply
  Social Security Number	473-07-4156 issued in MN before 1951
  Death	6 May 1992	St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
  Burial	11 May 1992	Hillside Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Funeral at Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Paul. Personal reflections by Laura Roberto and Dan Reiland.
  Notes	In the 1910 census, he was living at home with his parents and siblings on the Havir farm in Hunter Twp, Jackson County, Minnesota. Shown as age 16 in that census which was an error. His birthday is shown as September, 1897 in the 1900 census. Registered for the WWI draft on September 12, 1918, in Minneapolis at Folwell Hall at the University of Minnesota. He registered as Steve Raymond Haveir of 407 Ontario Street, Minneapolis. He was employed as a machinist at Parton Bloomstrom, 311 6th Ave S., Minneapolis. His nearest relative was Andrew Haveir of the Ontario Street address. He was of medium height and build with brown eyes and dark hair. Living with May and May’s brother and mother in Minneapolis at the time of the 1920 census. Both Steve’s parents born in France. In the 1930 census, however, both of Steve’s parents were shown as born in Czechoslovakia. In the 1922 Minneapolis city directory, he is a foreman for Harris Machinery Co. He lives at 411 Ontario. In the 1924 city directory, he’s still a foreman at Harris Machinery Co. but now lives at 2820 41st Avenue S. In the 1928 Minneapolis directory, he is a mechanic for Harris Machinery Co. He lives at 2920 39th Avenue S. The Havier family lived at 2820 39th Ave. S. at the time of the 1930 census. Steve owned the house, worth $5000. Steve and Mayme had moved into that house in 1924. In the 1934 directory, he is a salesman for Northern Machine and Supply Co. he lives at 2920 39th Avenue S. In the 1938 directory and the 1939 directory, he is still a salesman for Northern Machinery and Supply Co. He and Mae live at 3401 45th Avenue S. In the 1940 census, Stephen R., May, and Arleen lived at 3401 45th Avenue S. This was not the house they lived in five years earlier. Steve was a salesman for a machinery firm. Both he and May had an eighth-grade education. Steve’s family apparently lived in the area of 3rd and 4th and Ontario. Steve, and later with Mayme (and even John one year) lived at 411 Ontario until he and Mayme moved to 2820 41st Avenue. Steve was a machinist with Harris Machine Co. in 1921 and in 1922 became a foreman. By the 1949, and probably for the rest of their lives, Steve and Mayme lived at 310 South Mississippi River Boulevard in St. Paul. An article in the Star on April 28, 1949, describes workmen finding arrowheads on the Haviers’ property. An obit in the Minneapolis newspaper read as follows: Stephen Havier, 94, former owner of St. Paul machine tool firm Stephen R. Havier, 94, former owner of Sales Service Machine Tool Co. in St. Paul, who designed punch-press and power hacksaw machines, died Thursday at Langton Lake Place, a nursing home in Roseville. He was a member of the board of directors of Marquette Bank from its inception in 1957 until 1976. Havier, of Roseville and formerly of St. Paul, grew up on a farm near Jackson, Minnesota. He left home at 12 or 13, and moved in with an uncle in Chicago while he attended trade school, said his grandson, Len Reiland, of St. Louis Park. “He wasn’t interested in staying on a farm,” he said. “He wanted to learn manufacturing and get into that line of work.” He founded Sales Service Machine Tool Co. in 1936. Previously he had been sales manager of Northern Machinery and Harris Machinery in Minneapolis. His business supplied the machine tools and equipment to many large corporations, including Honeywell, Graco, and Tennant, his grandson said. He designed a punch press called the Havir Pressrite. He also designed a steel-cutting hacksaw called the Keller power hacksaw. He served on the Marquette Bank board for 19 years, his grandson said. Havier turned the machine-tool company over to other family members in about 1980. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren at his home on Lake Mille Lacs and hunting ducks and pheasants. He is survived by his wife, May; a brother, Henry Havir, of Minneapolis; a sister, Susan Quinn, of Minneapolis; five grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Pilgrim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1935 St. Clair Ave., St. Paul. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Listoe-Wold-Bradshaw Funeral Home, 678 South Snelling Avenue, St. Paul. Memorials to the church are suggested. Pallbearers: Dan Reiland, Chris Reiland, Len Reiland, Jr., Scott Reiland, George Booth, Jr., Karen Booth, Stephen Booth, Samantha Booth, Marjorie Williams, Laura Roberto, Bradley Spooner, Shannon Spooner, Summer Spooner.
  Person ID	I35	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Andro (Andrew) HAVIR,   b. 20 Aug 1854, Czechoslovakia d. 26 Mar 1937, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Anna (Annie) MATASOVSKY,   b. Jul 1866, Hungary/Slovakia d. 4 Dec 1948, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1883
  Family ID	F850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	May (Mayme) ERICKSON,   b. 27 Sep 1900, St. Francis, Anoka County, Minnesota d. 13 Mar 1995, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	11 Nov 1919	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	As Steve R Havier and Mayme Erickson
  Children	1. Marjorie Mayme HAVIER,   b. 15 Jul 1920, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 7 Aug 1978, Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi (Age 58 years)   2. Arlene Eleanor HAVIER,   b. 17 Apr 1924, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 17 Apr 1977, Volusia County, Florida (Age 53 years)
  Photos		Havier family, 1931 We know from the date stamped on the back of this print that it was processed by Brown Photo of Minneapolis on August 5, 1931. This picture was probably taken by Bess of her sister and her family on a Sunday outing. Steve would be 33, Mayme 30, Marge 10, and Arlene 7.
  		Steve and Mayme Havier, February, 1955 Taken in Pompano Beach, Florida. Steve was 57 and Mayme was 54.
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2010

  
  

• Photos		Bill Erickson, Steve Havier, and friend Bill is in the front. That appears to be Steve Havier on the left in the back (over Bill's right shoulder). The original is a post card, no studio shown. Cora wrote on the back, "friend Bill E. friend."
  		Steve Havier