| Life fact | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eugene Paul Sakers |
| Born | February 13, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland |
| Parents | William Edward Sakers and Catharine Sakers |
| Spouse | Marcia Whipple |
| Primary residence | Winchester, Virginia |
| Principal roles | Chamber of Commerce executive and commercial pilot |
| Military service | United States Coast Guard, 1942-1945 |
| Religious affiliation | Episcopal Church |
Genealogy of Eugene Paul Sakers
This genealogical account was constructed from the family information contained in the biography below. No relationships or life facts have been added from outside sources.
Eugene Paul Sakers was born February 13, 1922, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a son of William Edward Sakers and Catharine Sakers. His father, a building and painting contractor, died in 1945. The biography supplies no earlier ancestry for either parent.
On June 25, 1949, at Canton, Pennsylvania, Eugene Sakers married Marcia Whipple. She was a daughter of Ivan and Myra Whipple. Eugene and Marcia Sakers resided at 12 North Cameron Street in Winchester. The account does not mention any children.
Family outline
- Eugene Paul Sakers
- Father: William Edward Sakers
- Mother: Catharine Sakers
- Wife: Marcia Whipple
- Father: Ivan Whipple
- Mother: Myra Whipple
Source
This biography appeared in History of the Shenandoah Valley: Family and Personal Records, Volume III (Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1952), pages 18-19.
Verbatim biography
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EUGENE PAUL SAKERS—As executive secretary of its Chamber of Commerce, the city of Winchester has chosen a young man of proven abilities and progressive views, Eugene Paul Sakers. He has had varied experience in the aircraft field and in sales promotion, and served his country in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
Born February 13, 1922, Mr. Sakers is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a son of William Edward and Catharine Sakers. His father, who was engaged in the building and painting contracting field in Baltimore, died in 1945. Eugene Paul Sakers received his education in his native city. Graduating from high school in Baltimore in 1938, he took night courses at the Maryland Institute of Art for one year. After completion of his World War II service with the Coast Guard, he continued his education, attending the Congressional School of Aeronautics in Washington, D. C.
Before that time, however, Mr. Sakers had gained considerable experience in the business world. His first connection was with the American Radiator and Sanitary Corporation in Baltimore, in 1939. Remaining in the same city, he was thereafter connected with the Glenn Martin Aircraft Company. He next went with the General Electric Company, in a sales promotion capacity.
In September, 1942, Mr. Sakers entered the United States Coast Guard. He trained at Curtis Bay, Baltimore; was later stationed at Ocean City, also in Maryland, on coast patrol; and was thereafter in Coast Guard-Naval Intelligence in Baltimore. He had been enlisted in the Coast Guard for nearly three years at the time of his honorable discharge in July, 1945.
During the remainder of that year and the early part of the next, Mr. Sakers studied at the Congressional School of Aeronautics in Washington, D. C. At the completion of his course, he was given the opportunity to remain with the school as flight instructor, which he did until January, 1948. He holds a commercial pilot’s license.
From January until June, 1948, Mr. Sakers was engaged in the electric appliances sales field in the Winchester area. Here he formed invaluable business connections and gave evidence of the abilities which led to the position which he now holds—that of executive secretary of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Sakers is a Democrat in his political affiliation. He is a member of the United States Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, the Junior Chamber of Commerce of his own community, the Lions Club, and the post of the American Legion. He is a member of the Episcopal Church.
At Canton, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1949, Eugene Paul Sakers married Marcia Whipple of that city, daughter of Ivan and Myra Whipple. Mr. and Mrs. Sakers reside at 12 North Cameron Street in Winchester; and his office address is that of the Chamber of Commerce.