Daily Sentinel Tribune Text: Bowling Green, Ohio Text: 10 JUL 1926
Mrs. Ada Avery Sly Found Dead In Bed
Mrs. Ada Sly died last night at her home at 335 N. Grove street. Mrs. Sly, who had been bothered with heart trouble for two years, was found dead in bed this morning. Ada Avery was born June 4, 1860, near Bowling Green and was 66 years, one month and six days old. She had spent almost her entire life in or about Bowling Green. On January 25, 1880, she was married to William Sly, by which union there were born seven children, four of whom survive her. Mrs. Sly was a very kind-hearted woman, and always willing to sacrifice herself for others. She was a loving mother to her children and a true Christian woman. She was a member of the W.B.A. and the U.B. church. Mrs. Sly was very fond of children and for several years took care of six other children; Alice and Lawrence Swoyer, Newetto and Edward Redway and Bernard and Dorothy Delbert.
Survivng her are four children, Zardy and Sanford; Mrs. Fern Elder, Bloomdale, and Fay, at home; three brothers, John Avery, of Arkansas; Gilbert and James Avery, of Bowling Green; and three sisters, Mrs. Fanny Lowell, of Bowling Green; Mrs. Addie Porter, of Durand, Mich., and Mrs. Emma Glen, of Phoenix, Arizona. The funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:00. It is expected that Rev. R. A. Powell will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
Daily Sentinel Tribune Text: Bowling Green, Ohio Text: 10 JUL 1926
Mrs. Ada Avery Sly Found Dead In Bed
Mrs. Ada Sly died last night at her home at 335 N. Grove street. Mrs. Sly, who had been bothered with heart trouble for two years, was found dead in bed this morning. Ada Avery was born June 4, 1860, near Bowling Green and was 66 years, one month and six days old. She had spent almost her entire life in or about Bowling Green. On January 25, 1880, she was married to William Sly, by which union there were born seven children, four of whom survive her. Mrs. Sly was a very kind-hearted woman, and always willing to sacrifice herself for others. She was a loving mother to her children and a true Christian woman. She was a member of the W.B.A. and the U.B. church. Mrs. Sly was very fond of children and for several years took care of six other children; Alice and Lawrence Swoyer, Newetto and Edward Redway and Bernard and Dorothy Delbert.
Survivng her are four children, Zardy and Sanford; Mrs. Fern Elder, Bloomdale, and Fay, at home; three brothers, John Avery, of Arkansas; Gilbert and James Avery, of Bowling Green; and three sisters, Mrs. Fanny Lowell, of Bowling Green; Mrs. Addie Porter, of Durand, Mich., and Mrs. Emma Glen, of Phoenix, Arizona. The funeral services will be held at the home Monday afternoon at 2:00. It is expected that Rev. R. A. Powell will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery.
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