Michael Facchinello

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Denver Public Library, Denver Obituary Project, 1990–1994 death index (Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post)

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The source

Citation ID
cite:dpl-denver-obituary-index-1990-1994
Evidence tier
2 · official transcript
Proves?
Yes, for what it states directly
Record type
other
Repository
Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy
Public URL
https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/DPL_1990_1994_Death_Index_0_0.pdf
Accessed
2026-10-08
Access
public source
Claims citing it
3

Excerpt

Fleenor, Paul T. | 17 Dec 1990 | 128 | RMN

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3 claims this source proves or supports
ClaimPersonStatesStatusTierReview
claim:paul-fleenor:name:1Paul T. FleenorPaul T. Fleenorsupported1 · original recordaccepted
claim:paul-fleenor:living-status:1Paul T. Fleenordeceasedsupported2 · official transcriptaccepted
claim:paul-fleenor:death:1Paul T. Fleenordeath · December 12, 1990supported2 · official transcriptaccepted

What it does not prove

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Open questions touching these claims

  • When and where did Paul T. Fleenor and Emily Symons marry, and are 1 Jan 1913 and 17 Sep 1915 their record birth dates? The marriage is bounded only by Patricia's birth at Evanston in February 1933, so it was before 1933; the 1950 census schedule gives Paul's birth state as Iowa and Emily's as Illinois, and Paul's death in 1990 is now corroborated by two tier-2 sources. Both exact days still come from Find a Grave metadata only, and a 1 January birth is a common index placeholder.

    Status
    open
    Next action
    FamilySearch "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810–1940" (post-1877 registers name the parties' parents) for FLEENOR–SYMONS, Cook County, 1930–1933, then the Cook County Clerk genealogy index as the paid fallback, then Iowa county marriages if Cook County is empty. Cook County birth certificates for Emily (1915), Patricia (1933) and Joan (1934), each of which names the parents and Paul's birthplace. Emily's 1975 Denver death certificate, and the Littleton Independent of July 1975 — the Denver Public Library's 1975–1979 obituary index has no Fleenor entry. For Paul, the Rocky Mountain News item of 17 December 1990 and his Colorado death certificate (question:paul-fleenor:parentage). Promote the marriage claim and the exact birth and death days only from those records; nothing opened names Paul's parents.
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    Related claims

    • claim:paul-fleenor:spouse-of:1 — Paul T. Fleenor: spouse-of Emily Symons Fleenor confirmed
    • claim:paul-fleenor:birth:1 — Paul T. Fleenor: birth · 1913 · Iowa supported
    • claim:paul-fleenor:death:1 — Paul T. Fleenor: death · December 12, 1990 supported
    • claim:emily-symons-fleenor:birth:1 — Emily Symons Fleenor: birth · September 17, 1915 · Illinois supported
    • claim:emily-symons-fleenor:death:1 — Emily Symons Fleenor: death · July 17, 1975 supported
    • claim:emily-symons-fleenor:burial:1 — Emily Symons Fleenor: burial · after July 17, 1975 · Littleton, Colorado supported

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Evidence tier and review status

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Citing claims by tier, status and review state
Claim tierStatusReviewClaims
1 · original recordsupportedaccepted1
2 · official transcriptsupportedaccepted2

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