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John Lewis Lafever

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John Lewis Lafever

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
6 Nov 1917 (aged 33)
Chico, Butte County, California, USA
Burial
Chico, Butte County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 18,I,S Lot 93 sp 1
Memorial ID
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Surname alternately spelled Lafever/LaFever/Lefever.

John Louie LeFever Residence Year: 1900-1914 Street address: Pam,ME Residence Place: Butte, California, USA Occupation: Bencher,P. Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968.

Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, November 7, 1917, pg 4 col 4: John L. LaFever Dies Suddenly. Acute dilation of the heart, caused by rheumatism, resulted in the sudden death early yesterday morning of John Lewis Lafever at his home, 619 Oak street.

Deceased was born January 8, 1884, in Indiana, and came to Chico seventeen years ago. For the last six years he had been employed as a truck driver by the Barham Dray Company.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Lefever; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Overdorf of Eureka, and two brothers, Fred Lafever of Trinity Center and Bert Lefever of Chico. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Bicknell & Moore chapel.

33-year-old John Lewis LeFever was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on November 8, 1917.
Surname alternately spelled Lafever/LaFever/Lefever.

John Louie LeFever Residence Year: 1900-1914 Street address: Pam,ME Residence Place: Butte, California, USA Occupation: Bencher,P. Source Citation: California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1900-1968.

Chico Record, Wednesday Morning, November 7, 1917, pg 4 col 4: John L. LaFever Dies Suddenly. Acute dilation of the heart, caused by rheumatism, resulted in the sudden death early yesterday morning of John Lewis Lafever at his home, 619 Oak street.

Deceased was born January 8, 1884, in Indiana, and came to Chico seventeen years ago. For the last six years he had been employed as a truck driver by the Barham Dray Company.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Lefever; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Overdorf of Eureka, and two brothers, Fred Lafever of Trinity Center and Bert Lefever of Chico. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon at the Bicknell & Moore chapel.

33-year-old John Lewis LeFever was interred, per the Chico Cemetery Association Records, in the plot noted, on November 8, 1917.

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  • Maintained by: Adriana
  • Originally Created by: J
  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61474893/john_lewis-lafever: accessed ), memorial page for John Lewis Lafever (8 Jan 1884–6 Nov 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61474893, citing Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte County, California, USA; Maintained by Adriana (contributor 47328225).