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Vernon Robertson

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Vernon Robertson

Birth
Brown County, Indiana, USA
Death
12 Sep 1999 (aged 77)
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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VERNON ROBERTSON WAS BORN PERRY VERNON ROBERTSON IN BROWN COUNTY, INDIANA TO JASON ROBERTSON (PERRY, WILLIAM, JAMES ROBERTSON) AND MYRTLE BELLE WAGGONER ROBERTSON.

HE DROPPED THE NAME OF PERRY AND ENTERED THE MILITARY AS VERNON ROBERTSON.

HE DIED OF COLON CANCER IN VETERANS HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KY.

HE LIVED IN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA WITH HIS WIFE GRACE CLARK ROBERTSON WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF RUPERT CLARK AND RUTH MACKWAY. THEY WERE MARRIED NOVEMBER 13, 1946.

VERNON SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORP DURING WWII FROM JULY 22, 1940 TO OCTOBER 16, 1945. HE WAS SWORN INTO MILITRY SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. HIS TOUR OF DUTY WAS DONE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN AS A MASTER SARGEANT. HIS HOME OF RESIDENCE WAS HANOVER, JEFFERSON COUNTY, INDIANA WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER GILBERT R. ROBERTSON.

VERNON WAS A DEVOTED JEHOVAH WITNESS. HE LOVED HUNTING AND WHILE IN THE WOODS LOVED COLLECTING GINSING ROOT.

HE WAS A BOOKBINDER BY TRADE AND ONCE WHEN I TOOK AN OLD FAMILY BIBLE TO BE REPAIRED. A BOOKBINDER TOLD ME THAT VERNON WAS THE BEST HE EVER SEEN AT HIS TRADE.

VERNON AND HIS WIFE BOTH DIED FROM COLON CANCER. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER SELENA JOYCE ROBERTSON WHO MARRIED A DAN HARPER. SELENA WAS BORN OCTOBER 6, 1948 AND DIED FEBRUARY 24, 2003. ALL 3 WERE CREMATED AND ASHES SCATTERED POSSIBLY IN INDIANA.
VERNON ROBERTSON WAS BORN PERRY VERNON ROBERTSON IN BROWN COUNTY, INDIANA TO JASON ROBERTSON (PERRY, WILLIAM, JAMES ROBERTSON) AND MYRTLE BELLE WAGGONER ROBERTSON.

HE DROPPED THE NAME OF PERRY AND ENTERED THE MILITARY AS VERNON ROBERTSON.

HE DIED OF COLON CANCER IN VETERANS HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KY.

HE LIVED IN CLARK COUNTY INDIANA WITH HIS WIFE GRACE CLARK ROBERTSON WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF RUPERT CLARK AND RUTH MACKWAY. THEY WERE MARRIED NOVEMBER 13, 1946.

VERNON SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORP DURING WWII FROM JULY 22, 1940 TO OCTOBER 16, 1945. HE WAS SWORN INTO MILITRY SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA. HIS TOUR OF DUTY WAS DONE IN OKINAWA, JAPAN AS A MASTER SARGEANT. HIS HOME OF RESIDENCE WAS HANOVER, JEFFERSON COUNTY, INDIANA WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER GILBERT R. ROBERTSON.

VERNON WAS A DEVOTED JEHOVAH WITNESS. HE LOVED HUNTING AND WHILE IN THE WOODS LOVED COLLECTING GINSING ROOT.

HE WAS A BOOKBINDER BY TRADE AND ONCE WHEN I TOOK AN OLD FAMILY BIBLE TO BE REPAIRED. A BOOKBINDER TOLD ME THAT VERNON WAS THE BEST HE EVER SEEN AT HIS TRADE.

VERNON AND HIS WIFE BOTH DIED FROM COLON CANCER. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER SELENA JOYCE ROBERTSON WHO MARRIED A DAN HARPER. SELENA WAS BORN OCTOBER 6, 1948 AND DIED FEBRUARY 24, 2003. ALL 3 WERE CREMATED AND ASHES SCATTERED POSSIBLY IN INDIANA.


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