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John Henry Avery

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John Henry Avery

Birth
Dallas City, Hancock County, Illinois, USA
Death
27 Jul 1971 (aged 73)
Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Kirkwood, Warren County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.8765865, Longitude: -90.7600391
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Son of Joseph and Cynthia Waterman Avery - Husband of Merle Wolford Avery

The Burlington Hawkeye, Wednesday, July 28, 1971, page 19

John Avery

KIRKWOOD, Ill. - John Avery, 73, Kirkwood, died Tuesday, July 27, in Monmouth hospital.

He was born May 8, 1898 in Dallas City, Ill., the son of Joseph and Cynthia Waterman Avery. He married Merle Wolford on July 21, 1922, in Burlington.

Surviving: the wife, seven sons, Walter, Smithshire, Ill., Wilbut, Jesse, and Gary, Kirkwood, Ill., Rex, Sandwich, Ill., Tom, Little York, Ill., and Gerald, Burlington; three daughters, Mrs. Betty McMeen, Galesburg, Ill; Mrs. Margie Cameron, Oquawka, Ill., and Mrs. Dorothy Lipes, Kirkwood, Ill; 26 grandchildren; two great-granchildren; four brothers, Chet, Stronghurst, Ill., Ernest, Bellflower, Calif., Everett, Peoria, Ill., Cleo, Santa Ann, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Ruby McPherron, Bedford, Iowa.

Funeral: Friday, 2:30 p.m. Corman Funeral Memorial home, Roseville, Ill.; Center Grove cemetery in Kirkwood, Ill.
Son of Joseph and Cynthia Waterman Avery - Husband of Merle Wolford Avery

The Burlington Hawkeye, Wednesday, July 28, 1971, page 19

John Avery

KIRKWOOD, Ill. - John Avery, 73, Kirkwood, died Tuesday, July 27, in Monmouth hospital.

He was born May 8, 1898 in Dallas City, Ill., the son of Joseph and Cynthia Waterman Avery. He married Merle Wolford on July 21, 1922, in Burlington.

Surviving: the wife, seven sons, Walter, Smithshire, Ill., Wilbut, Jesse, and Gary, Kirkwood, Ill., Rex, Sandwich, Ill., Tom, Little York, Ill., and Gerald, Burlington; three daughters, Mrs. Betty McMeen, Galesburg, Ill; Mrs. Margie Cameron, Oquawka, Ill., and Mrs. Dorothy Lipes, Kirkwood, Ill; 26 grandchildren; two great-granchildren; four brothers, Chet, Stronghurst, Ill., Ernest, Bellflower, Calif., Everett, Peoria, Ill., Cleo, Santa Ann, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Ruby McPherron, Bedford, Iowa.

Funeral: Friday, 2:30 p.m. Corman Funeral Memorial home, Roseville, Ill.; Center Grove cemetery in Kirkwood, Ill.


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