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Audrey Owen Umbanhowar

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Audrey Owen Umbanhowar Veteran

Birth
South Homer Township, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Jun 1956 (aged 62)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Homer, Champaign County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0373444, Longitude: -87.9499694
Plot
Block 11, Lot 20, Space 6
Memorial ID
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Services Held For Aud Umbanhowar
The Homer Enterprise
Friday, June 8, 1956, page 1
Audrey Owen Umbanhowar, 62, a lifelong resident of the Homer vicinity, died at 2 a.m. Sunday, June 3rd, in the Veterans' Administration Research Hospital in Chicago where he was taken on May 30th. He had been a patient for several weeks in the Veterans' Hospital, Danville, prior to being taken to Chicago.
The body was brought to the Jeanes' Funeral Home, Homer, where funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Wm. J. Edmunds. Burial was made in the GAR Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Homer American Legion Post, of which he was a member and a past commander.
Mr. Umbanhowar was born Feb. 19, 1894 near Homer on the Umbanhowar farm, to James Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth Hall Umbanhowar. He attended No. 10 district school and then was engaged in farming. He was also employed by an oil company as a truck salesman.
Mr. Umbanhowar entered service in World War I in 1917, and received his discharge in 1919 after serving with Battery F, 10th Field Artillery. He later served in the army of Occupation in Germany for a year.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Umbanhowar, one brother, Charles of Indianapolis, and one sister, Mrs. Ray Tate, Homer. His father and one brother preceded him in death.
(Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)
Services Held For Aud Umbanhowar
The Homer Enterprise
Friday, June 8, 1956, page 1
Audrey Owen Umbanhowar, 62, a lifelong resident of the Homer vicinity, died at 2 a.m. Sunday, June 3rd, in the Veterans' Administration Research Hospital in Chicago where he was taken on May 30th. He had been a patient for several weeks in the Veterans' Hospital, Danville, prior to being taken to Chicago.
The body was brought to the Jeanes' Funeral Home, Homer, where funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. Wm. J. Edmunds. Burial was made in the GAR Cemetery with military rites conducted by the Homer American Legion Post, of which he was a member and a past commander.
Mr. Umbanhowar was born Feb. 19, 1894 near Homer on the Umbanhowar farm, to James Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth Hall Umbanhowar. He attended No. 10 district school and then was engaged in farming. He was also employed by an oil company as a truck salesman.
Mr. Umbanhowar entered service in World War I in 1917, and received his discharge in 1919 after serving with Battery F, 10th Field Artillery. He later served in the army of Occupation in Germany for a year.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Umbanhowar, one brother, Charles of Indianapolis, and one sister, Mrs. Ray Tate, Homer. His father and one brother preceded him in death.
(Transcribed by the Homer Historical Society)


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