Death Takes J.R. Avery--Santa Fe Engineer; Dies While at Work in Guthrie.
John Raymond Avery, 1315 North B St., died Wednesday afternoon at approximately 5:45 p.m. on his Santa Fe engine at Guthrie, Okla. Arriving in the Guthrie yards, he laid his head on his arms on the window sill, apparently resting, while the train was waiting about 20 minutes and did not rouse.
Mr. Avery and his fireman, William Ziegler, with whom he had worked the last four years, left Arkansas City on a work train Monday at 10 a.m., and had been out for two days. He had complained that morning of feeling slightly nauseated.
Entering the employ of the Santa Fe at Guthrie, Sept. 17, 1910, he served first as a laborer. He changed to locomotive fireman at Guthrie Jan. 18, 1913, and was promoted to locomotive engineer Dec. 21. 1921, which position he has held since that time.
Mr. Avery was born Nov 8, 1888 at Andover, S. D., the son of John Wallace Avery and Lucy Etta Wheeler Avery. He was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Arrowood, Dec. 17; 1911,
at Guthrie.
Survivors include his wife of the home: two daughters, Alice Kathryn (Mrs. Wilbur Steffens), Bartlesville, Okla.; O'Dell, (Mrs. Ted W. Miller), Pueblo, Colorado; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Edwards, 512 W. Spruce Ave., and Mrs. Alice Ashby, Guthrie; and three brothers, Fred Avery and Irvin Avery, both of Oklahoma City, and Bert Avery, 321 N. Fifth St.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Services will be Saturday, 2:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. G. Christie Swain officiating. The Grant-Elder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
C.D. Grant and Wilbur Steffens went to Guthrie Thursday morning to return the body to Arkansas City. Place of burial is pending arrival of Mrs. Miller.
John Raymond Avery, 1315 North B St., died Wednesday afternoon at approximately 5:45 p.m. on his Santa Fe engine at Guthrie, Okla. Arriving in the Guthrie yards, he laid his head on his arms on the window sill, apparently resting, while the train was waiting about 20 minutes and did not rouse.
Mr. Avery and his fireman, William Ziegler, with whom he had worked the last four years, left Arkansas City on a work train Monday at 10 a.m., and had been out for two days. He had complained that morning of feeling slightly nauseated.
Entering the employ of the Santa Fe at Guthrie, Sept. 17, 1910, he served first as a laborer. He changed to locomotive fireman at Guthrie Jan. 18, 1913, and was promoted to locomotive engineer Dec. 21. 1921, which position he has held since that time.
Mr. Avery was born Nov 8, 1888 at Andover, S. D., the son of John Wallace Avery and Lucy Etta Wheeler Avery. He was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Arrowood, Dec. 17; 1911,
at Guthrie.
Survivors include his wife of the home: two daughters, Alice Kathryn (Mrs. Wilbur Steffens), Bartlesville, Okla.; O'Dell, (Mrs. Ted W. Miller), Pueblo, Colorado; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Edwards, 512 W. Spruce Ave., and Mrs. Alice Ashby, Guthrie; and three brothers, Fred Avery and Irvin Avery, both of Oklahoma City, and Bert Avery, 321 N. Fifth St.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Services will be Saturday, 2:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. G. Christie Swain officiating. The Grant-Elder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
C.D. Grant and Wilbur Steffens went to Guthrie Thursday morning to return the body to Arkansas City. Place of burial is pending arrival of Mrs. Miller.
Death Takes J.R. Avery--Santa Fe Engineer; Dies While at Work in Guthrie.
John Raymond Avery, 1315 North B St., died Wednesday afternoon at approximately 5:45 p.m. on his Santa Fe engine at Guthrie, Okla. Arriving in the Guthrie yards, he laid his head on his arms on the window sill, apparently resting, while the train was waiting about 20 minutes and did not rouse.
Mr. Avery and his fireman, William Ziegler, with whom he had worked the last four years, left Arkansas City on a work train Monday at 10 a.m., and had been out for two days. He had complained that morning of feeling slightly nauseated.
Entering the employ of the Santa Fe at Guthrie, Sept. 17, 1910, he served first as a laborer. He changed to locomotive fireman at Guthrie Jan. 18, 1913, and was promoted to locomotive engineer Dec. 21. 1921, which position he has held since that time.
Mr. Avery was born Nov 8, 1888 at Andover, S. D., the son of John Wallace Avery and Lucy Etta Wheeler Avery. He was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Arrowood, Dec. 17; 1911,
at Guthrie.
Survivors include his wife of the home: two daughters, Alice Kathryn (Mrs. Wilbur Steffens), Bartlesville, Okla.; O'Dell, (Mrs. Ted W. Miller), Pueblo, Colorado; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Edwards, 512 W. Spruce Ave., and Mrs. Alice Ashby, Guthrie; and three brothers, Fred Avery and Irvin Avery, both of Oklahoma City, and Bert Avery, 321 N. Fifth St.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Services will be Saturday, 2:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. G. Christie Swain officiating. The Grant-Elder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
C.D. Grant and Wilbur Steffens went to Guthrie Thursday morning to return the body to Arkansas City. Place of burial is pending arrival of Mrs. Miller.
John Raymond Avery, 1315 North B St., died Wednesday afternoon at approximately 5:45 p.m. on his Santa Fe engine at Guthrie, Okla. Arriving in the Guthrie yards, he laid his head on his arms on the window sill, apparently resting, while the train was waiting about 20 minutes and did not rouse.
Mr. Avery and his fireman, William Ziegler, with whom he had worked the last four years, left Arkansas City on a work train Monday at 10 a.m., and had been out for two days. He had complained that morning of feeling slightly nauseated.
Entering the employ of the Santa Fe at Guthrie, Sept. 17, 1910, he served first as a laborer. He changed to locomotive fireman at Guthrie Jan. 18, 1913, and was promoted to locomotive engineer Dec. 21. 1921, which position he has held since that time.
Mr. Avery was born Nov 8, 1888 at Andover, S. D., the son of John Wallace Avery and Lucy Etta Wheeler Avery. He was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Arrowood, Dec. 17; 1911,
at Guthrie.
Survivors include his wife of the home: two daughters, Alice Kathryn (Mrs. Wilbur Steffens), Bartlesville, Okla.; O'Dell, (Mrs. Ted W. Miller), Pueblo, Colorado; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. C. D. Edwards, 512 W. Spruce Ave., and Mrs. Alice Ashby, Guthrie; and three brothers, Fred Avery and Irvin Avery, both of Oklahoma City, and Bert Avery, 321 N. Fifth St.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Services will be Saturday, 2:30 p. m. at the First Presbyterian Church with Dr. G. Christie Swain officiating. The Grant-Elder Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
C.D. Grant and Wilbur Steffens went to Guthrie Thursday morning to return the body to Arkansas City. Place of burial is pending arrival of Mrs. Miller.
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