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John Wilson Beery

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John Wilson Beery

Birth
Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, USA
Death
26 Jul 1986 (aged 75)
Burial
Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Monday, 28 July 1986

John W. Berry (sic)

John W. "Woody" Beery, 75, 521 S. 13th St. , who retired from the Decatur General Electric Co. in 1971 after 41 years of service, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday in Lutheran Hospital , Fort Wayne .

He was a member of First United Methodist Church , Moose Lodge, and GE Quarter Century Club.

Born in Decatur on April 6, 1911, he was the son of Edwin and Leota Gilpin-Beery, and was married Oct. 17, 1936, to Pauline Marshall. Survivors include the wife; the mother, of Fort Wayne ; two children, Mrs. William F. (Bonnie) Schnepf, Jr., Decatur, and Mike Beery, Bloomfield , Ky. ; and three grandchildren. One sister and one brother are deceased.

Services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Winteregg-Linn & Haggard Funeral Home, Rev. Bill Moon officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery . Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday. Preferred memorials are to the First United Methodist Church .



Margie Roop Pearce

Louisiana


Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams Co, IN; Monday, 28 July 1986

John W. Berry (sic)

John W. "Woody" Beery, 75, 521 S. 13th St. , who retired from the Decatur General Electric Co. in 1971 after 41 years of service, died at 10:30 p.m. Saturday in Lutheran Hospital , Fort Wayne .

He was a member of First United Methodist Church , Moose Lodge, and GE Quarter Century Club.

Born in Decatur on April 6, 1911, he was the son of Edwin and Leota Gilpin-Beery, and was married Oct. 17, 1936, to Pauline Marshall. Survivors include the wife; the mother, of Fort Wayne ; two children, Mrs. William F. (Bonnie) Schnepf, Jr., Decatur, and Mike Beery, Bloomfield , Ky. ; and three grandchildren. One sister and one brother are deceased.

Services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Winteregg-Linn & Haggard Funeral Home, Rev. Bill Moon officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery . Friends may call at the funeral home from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday. Preferred memorials are to the First United Methodist Church .



Margie Roop Pearce

Louisiana



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  • Maintained by: Karin King
  • Originally Created by: JC
  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38885334/john_wilson-beery: accessed ), memorial page for John Wilson Beery (6 Apr 1911–26 Jul 1986), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38885334, citing Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Adams County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Karin King (contributor 47469179).