Carl Raymond Makeever

1897 - 1985  (87 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Carl Raymond Makeever
  Born	26 May 1897	Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Library book: Descendants of Benjamin Rice	339
  Died	Jan 1985	Will County, Illinois
  Buried	Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States
  		Carl and Alma (nee Lemme) Makeever Headstone Carl and Alma (nee Lemme) Makeever Headstone
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. Merle Eugene Makeever,   b. 12 Mar 1899, Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois ,   d. 16 May 1977, Newark, New Castle, Delaware
  2. Harry Donald Makeever,   b. 10 Oct 1900, Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois ,   d. 17 Feb 1994, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico
  3. Howard Benton Makeever,   b. 12 Jul 1904, Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois ,   d. 23 Feb 1997, Largo, Pinellas, Florida
  Person ID	I31472	Nagel
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Harlo Benton Makeever,   b. 20 Feb 1875, Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois ,   d. 15 Jan 1948  (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Elizabeth Glass,   b. 20 Oct 1879, Birchtown, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 9 Mar 1965, Joliet, Will\Kendall, Illinois  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	12 Mar 1896	Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois
  		Harlo Makeever and Margaret Glass Golden Anniversary The Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa) 21 Mar 1946, Thursday, Page 11
  Family ID	F10078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alma Lemme,   b. 25 Dec 1898,   d. Jan 1994, Will County, Illinois  (Age 95 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1920	Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa
  		Carl and Alma (Lemme) Makeever Marriage Carl and Alma (Lemme) Makeever Marriage, Record Number 22661
  		Carl Makeever and Alma Lemme Marriage Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa), 24 Oct 1920, Sunday, Page 6
  Children	1. Margery Louise Makeever,   b. 11 Jan 1922, Davenport, Scott, Iowa ,   d. 26 Nov 2018, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota  (Age 96 years) + 2. Raymond Benton Makeever, Sr,   b. 14 Sep 1923, Davenport, Scott, Iowa ,   d. 29 Oct 2015, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois  (Age 92 years)   3. Robert Wayne Makeever,   b. 2 Nov 1926, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois ,   d. 23 May 2009, Joliet, Will\Kendall, Illinois  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2018
  Family ID	F10717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 May 1897 - Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois Married - 20 Oct 1920 - Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa Died - Jan 1985 - Will County, Illinois Buried - - Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Carl Raymond Makeever Basketball Captain-Elect Carl Makeever - 1916 Carl was a member of the Davenport High School class of 1916. In 1915, Davenport failed to land the state championship title, but nevertheless had a great team, losing only four games all year. Several men went out with injuries and there was a little bickering within the team. This, coupled with injuries just before the tournaments, held back the locals considerably, and kept them from putting their best foot foremost. In 1916, Captain Makeever would have three veterans besides himself to form a nucleus for another great team. The Davenport High "Bulletin" in 1915 was likely the first printing of "basketball" as one word, rather than as two separate, or the hyphenated version. Makeever also played on the football team.
  		Carl Makeever Class Of 1916 Carl Makeever - Davenport High School Class of 1916 Carl R. “Mac” Makeever was born in Marsailles, Illinois. He was a star football and basketball player at Davenport High, winning all-state honors in football his senior year while also serving as captain of the basketball team. He went on to attend Coe College where he won ten letters in three sports (football, basketball and baseball). He was inducted into the Coe College Hall-of-Fame in 1977. Makeever was so good in baseball at Coe College that his coach claimed him the best infielder he had ever had. During World War I, on the 4th of July, 1918, Makeever was selected to play for Dan O'Leary's All-Stars in a benefit game for the Red Cross. O'Leary was joined by former professional Three-Eye League stars, Fred Marks, Billy Neal, Peter Lister, Johnny Wanner, Steve Bewer and George Hughes. They faced the Tenth Infantry team, whose pitcher, Noel, was a former Brooklyn National leaguer. Makeever became director of physical education at the local Y.M.C.A. and in 1923 was elected secretary of the state association of Iowa State Physical Directors of the Y. That job was the first step in building a career in Y.M.C.A. work that spanned 44 years. He later became physical director of the Y.M.C.A. in Freeport and Joliet, Illinois. In Joliet he rounded out his work with 23 years directing the men's general program and membership activities. For 44 years Carl Makeever taught, coached, organized and conducted Y.M.C.A. programs in sports ranging from swimming to baseball to golf. It would be impossible to guess how many men and women came under his influence. Whatever the number, he left them all with an outstanding example of sports skill, good sportsmanship, and love of competition. Carl and three brothers all graduated from Coe College and all four lettermen. His brother, Merle "Midge" Makeever, was also inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Carl R Makeever Leaves For Fort Sheridan The Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa), 18 Jul 1918, Thu, Page 5
  		Tri City Champions 1915 - 1916 Davenport High's basket ball team of 1916 copped the Tri-City title. In those days, the word basketball was usually written as two words. The team was coached by “Newt” J. Bornholdt, and managed by V. V. Allen. The “Wearers of the D” included Ernest “Ernie” “Abe” Abramson (Class of January ’17), Henry H. (Harold) “Benny” Bendixen (’17), Richard M. “Dick” Fort (’17), Walter Kelly, Lawrence Cecil “Pooch” “Brewery Face” King (’16), Harry Kipp, Carl R. “Mac” Makeever (’16, Team Captain), Merle “Midge” Makeever (‘19) and Otto H. “Birdie” “Otts” Vogel (’17, Team Captain-Elect). Some of the basketball "Wearers of the D” earned their letters in a previous season, and may in fact not have played on the team this year at all. The "scrubs" included Lynn C. Fulrath (’17), Leon C. Guldner (’17), Wilbur “Bill” Huss and Linden “Lin” F. Krasuski (’18). Dick Fort was one of the stars of the team, but even though he was only a junior, he had used up the allotted four years of high school eligibility for basket ball, so he would not compete on the team the following year at all. Fort was one of Davenport's greatest athletes, especially in football. Before finishing high school, he was recruited to play fullback for the Davenport Athletic Club, professional football team, in their initial season of 1916 and again in 1917 and 1919. The games were played at the old Three-I park in West Davenport. He also played for the Rock island Independents in 1916, as players often switched teams back and forth, even in the same season, whenever a better deal came along. His greatest thrill was playing with the D.A.C. in 1916 and defeating the Evanston Northends by the score of 3-0 when he sent a 43-yard drop kick from a tough angle spinning through the uprights. Fort was still playing football in 1925 with the Muscatine Independents. Dick also put in a year of school at Dubuque University in 1918. Several of the players likely left school before graduating including Walter Kelly, Harry Kipp and Wilbur Huss. Kipp may not have played much or at all in 1915-1916 due to "bad arches." Leon Guldner may have quit mid-season. However, the most famous of all these players was Otto H. Vogel. After high school he went to college at the University of Illinois. The big fellow won five “I’s” at the Urbana institution, and carried off the conference medal for all-around proficiency in athletics and scholarship in his senior year. He played tackle on the Illinois football team of 1920, but kept off the gridiron after that on account of his brilliant work on the basketball floor and baseball diamond. He played guard on the Illinois cage teams of 1921, 1922, and 1923, and center field and first base on the Illini varsity baseball team for the same three years, along with being a wonder at pounding the ball all over the lot. Doubles, triples and home runs were almost as easy as bunts for him, and he held the highest batting average of any college baseball player in his final year! After college he joined the Chicago Cubs for two years where he played 111 games as outfielder and occasionally third baseman, and finished his big league career by pounding a homer over the walls of the Giant stronghold. He was then hired by the University of Iowa in the fall of 1924. In the 1926 “Hawkeye” annual, a full page is devoted to their newly hired baseball coach. He would coach baseball for thirty-five years at Iowa finishing with a Co-Big Ten title in 1942 and a 15-2-1 record. He is considered one of the great all-around athletes to ever play at the University of Illinois. When times were tough at Iowa (1932-1933) and staff was cut, Coach Vogel helped by serving as line coach for the football team.
  		Carl Makeever WW I Draft Card Carl Makeever WW I Draft Card
  		Newlyweds Are Here - Carl Raymond Makeever and Alma Lemme The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois)27 Oct 1920, WedPage 8

  
  

  1940 Census

  1940 Makeever 1940 US Census, Will, Illinois, enumeration district 99-79, Family Number 225, Makeever.