Yarwood Matravers
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Couillardville
c: 1962
Oconto Falls-Yarwood Matravers,
92, Oconto Falls, died Friday morning in the Oconto Hospital. Born January
27, 1870, in Couillardville, he married the former Lillian Temple in June
1895 in Oconto Falls, and farmed for many years. In 1912, he took up residence
in Oconto Falls where he was fieldsman for the Falls Canning Factory, and
also served as supervisor of the First Ward of Oconto Falls. His wife died
in 1936.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs. Charles (Margaret) Angus, Oconto Falls; two sons, Leroy, LaGrange,
Ill.; Elwin, Oconto Falls; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Friends may call at John Crooks
Funeral Home, Oconto, From Sunday morning until 9:30 am Monday, then at
the Methodist Church, Oconto Falls, where funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. With the Rev. Cecil Dawson officiating. Burial will be in the
Volk Cemetery, Oconto Falls.
Note: Died June 8, 1962.
Actual name Hugh Yarwood Matravers, son of John and Mathilda Clark Matravers.
Known as Yarwood and named after Rev. Hugh Yarwood a Methodist Minister
who immigrated from England, according to the obit of Basil Yarwood.
His wife died 02/28/1936 she
was the daughter of George W. and Maria Volk Temple.
The dates of death are
from Oconto Vital Records. Gloria
A. Olson
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