William G. “Bill” Avery Sr., 97, formerly of Burlington/Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at home Friday evening, Jan. 26, 2018. Bill made his home these last years with his daughter Alice and son-in-law Leon Mosher Sr. in the village of Stowell (Laceyville), Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Born Sept. 6, 1920, the seventh of eight children to William G. and Mary Dowd Avery of Wells Township, Bradford County, the family moved to Lockwood, New York, in 1924 where they farmed until the senior Avery’s untimely death at age 48.
Bill worked for many farmers as he grew to manhood, took any job available. When taking a job with his brother working a farm for a widow, Bill met and married Marian Alice Thorp of Daggett, Pennsylvania, in 1939. In the early 1940s another farm job brought Bill to West Burlington, where he worked and purchased his own farm, the pride of his lifetime. A member of the West Burlington CO-OP; Bill also served for 18 years as a school director for Troy Area Schools. In later years he served as a bus driver 15 for years for parochial schools in Elmira, New York, retiring at age 77.
Bill never met a stranger, and no job was too hard to take on.
Known for his honesty and strength of character, there was never lack of work. Bill loved his family, and was the favorite “Uncle Buster” to his special nieces Pauline, Gail, Virginia and Judy.
Don and Betty Wright and Merle and Doris Bacon brought weekly joy to Bill and Mary before health issues shut down the card parties. Card playing with family and friends brought much joy throughout his lifetime and especially these last years as his body would no longer tolerate his work ethic.
Surviving are his five children, William Avery Jr. and wife JoAnn of Gillett, Catherine Clark and husband Rodney of Hillsborough, New Jersey, Alice Mosher and husband Leon Sr. of Laceyville, Carol Jenkins of Columbia Cross Roads, Connie Avery of Troy; 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins; and Beverly Parmenter of Milan.
In addition to his parents, Bill was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Marian Thorp Avery; brothers, Lucien and Franklin Avery; sisters, Idelene Avery, Genevieve Bernhard, Geraldine Steffen, Pauline Sterling and Lodema Roy; son-in-law, Steve Jenkins, Laverne Parmenter; and very special companion of 18 years Mary Brehmer.
The funeral and committal service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, PA 18848, with Pastor Michael MacWhinnie, of the Moxie Community Church in Wyalusing, officiating.
The family will receive friends from noon to 2:00 p.m.Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at a later date in the Roseville Cemetery, Roseville, Pennsylvania.
Abiding with Bill’s request, contributions may be directed to the Roseville Cemetery Association, in care of Donna Baker, 104 Pumpkin Hill Road, Mansfield, PA 16933-9622, in his memory.
Memories and condolences may be expressed by visiting www.bowenfuneralhomes.com.
Published in the Daily Review January 28, 2018
Born Sept. 6, 1920, the seventh of eight children to William G. and Mary Dowd Avery of Wells Township, Bradford County, the family moved to Lockwood, New York, in 1924 where they farmed until the senior Avery’s untimely death at age 48.
Bill worked for many farmers as he grew to manhood, took any job available. When taking a job with his brother working a farm for a widow, Bill met and married Marian Alice Thorp of Daggett, Pennsylvania, in 1939. In the early 1940s another farm job brought Bill to West Burlington, where he worked and purchased his own farm, the pride of his lifetime. A member of the West Burlington CO-OP; Bill also served for 18 years as a school director for Troy Area Schools. In later years he served as a bus driver 15 for years for parochial schools in Elmira, New York, retiring at age 77.
Bill never met a stranger, and no job was too hard to take on.
Known for his honesty and strength of character, there was never lack of work. Bill loved his family, and was the favorite “Uncle Buster” to his special nieces Pauline, Gail, Virginia and Judy.
Don and Betty Wright and Merle and Doris Bacon brought weekly joy to Bill and Mary before health issues shut down the card parties. Card playing with family and friends brought much joy throughout his lifetime and especially these last years as his body would no longer tolerate his work ethic.
Surviving are his five children, William Avery Jr. and wife JoAnn of Gillett, Catherine Clark and husband Rodney of Hillsborough, New Jersey, Alice Mosher and husband Leon Sr. of Laceyville, Carol Jenkins of Columbia Cross Roads, Connie Avery of Troy; 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins; and Beverly Parmenter of Milan.
In addition to his parents, Bill was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Marian Thorp Avery; brothers, Lucien and Franklin Avery; sisters, Idelene Avery, Genevieve Bernhard, Geraldine Steffen, Pauline Sterling and Lodema Roy; son-in-law, Steve Jenkins, Laverne Parmenter; and very special companion of 18 years Mary Brehmer.
The funeral and committal service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, PA 18848, with Pastor Michael MacWhinnie, of the Moxie Community Church in Wyalusing, officiating.
The family will receive friends from noon to 2:00 p.m.Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at a later date in the Roseville Cemetery, Roseville, Pennsylvania.
Abiding with Bill’s request, contributions may be directed to the Roseville Cemetery Association, in care of Donna Baker, 104 Pumpkin Hill Road, Mansfield, PA 16933-9622, in his memory.
Memories and condolences may be expressed by visiting www.bowenfuneralhomes.com.
Published in the Daily Review January 28, 2018
William G. “Bill” Avery Sr., 97, formerly of Burlington/Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, passed away peacefully at home Friday evening, Jan. 26, 2018. Bill made his home these last years with his daughter Alice and son-in-law Leon Mosher Sr. in the village of Stowell (Laceyville), Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
Born Sept. 6, 1920, the seventh of eight children to William G. and Mary Dowd Avery of Wells Township, Bradford County, the family moved to Lockwood, New York, in 1924 where they farmed until the senior Avery’s untimely death at age 48.
Bill worked for many farmers as he grew to manhood, took any job available. When taking a job with his brother working a farm for a widow, Bill met and married Marian Alice Thorp of Daggett, Pennsylvania, in 1939. In the early 1940s another farm job brought Bill to West Burlington, where he worked and purchased his own farm, the pride of his lifetime. A member of the West Burlington CO-OP; Bill also served for 18 years as a school director for Troy Area Schools. In later years he served as a bus driver 15 for years for parochial schools in Elmira, New York, retiring at age 77.
Bill never met a stranger, and no job was too hard to take on.
Known for his honesty and strength of character, there was never lack of work. Bill loved his family, and was the favorite “Uncle Buster” to his special nieces Pauline, Gail, Virginia and Judy.
Don and Betty Wright and Merle and Doris Bacon brought weekly joy to Bill and Mary before health issues shut down the card parties. Card playing with family and friends brought much joy throughout his lifetime and especially these last years as his body would no longer tolerate his work ethic.
Surviving are his five children, William Avery Jr. and wife JoAnn of Gillett, Catherine Clark and husband Rodney of Hillsborough, New Jersey, Alice Mosher and husband Leon Sr. of Laceyville, Carol Jenkins of Columbia Cross Roads, Connie Avery of Troy; 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins; and Beverly Parmenter of Milan.
In addition to his parents, Bill was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Marian Thorp Avery; brothers, Lucien and Franklin Avery; sisters, Idelene Avery, Genevieve Bernhard, Geraldine Steffen, Pauline Sterling and Lodema Roy; son-in-law, Steve Jenkins, Laverne Parmenter; and very special companion of 18 years Mary Brehmer.
The funeral and committal service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, PA 18848, with Pastor Michael MacWhinnie, of the Moxie Community Church in Wyalusing, officiating.
The family will receive friends from noon to 2:00 p.m.Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at a later date in the Roseville Cemetery, Roseville, Pennsylvania.
Abiding with Bill’s request, contributions may be directed to the Roseville Cemetery Association, in care of Donna Baker, 104 Pumpkin Hill Road, Mansfield, PA 16933-9622, in his memory.
Memories and condolences may be expressed by visiting www.bowenfuneralhomes.com.
Published in the Daily Review January 28, 2018
Born Sept. 6, 1920, the seventh of eight children to William G. and Mary Dowd Avery of Wells Township, Bradford County, the family moved to Lockwood, New York, in 1924 where they farmed until the senior Avery’s untimely death at age 48.
Bill worked for many farmers as he grew to manhood, took any job available. When taking a job with his brother working a farm for a widow, Bill met and married Marian Alice Thorp of Daggett, Pennsylvania, in 1939. In the early 1940s another farm job brought Bill to West Burlington, where he worked and purchased his own farm, the pride of his lifetime. A member of the West Burlington CO-OP; Bill also served for 18 years as a school director for Troy Area Schools. In later years he served as a bus driver 15 for years for parochial schools in Elmira, New York, retiring at age 77.
Bill never met a stranger, and no job was too hard to take on.
Known for his honesty and strength of character, there was never lack of work. Bill loved his family, and was the favorite “Uncle Buster” to his special nieces Pauline, Gail, Virginia and Judy.
Don and Betty Wright and Merle and Doris Bacon brought weekly joy to Bill and Mary before health issues shut down the card parties. Card playing with family and friends brought much joy throughout his lifetime and especially these last years as his body would no longer tolerate his work ethic.
Surviving are his five children, William Avery Jr. and wife JoAnn of Gillett, Catherine Clark and husband Rodney of Hillsborough, New Jersey, Alice Mosher and husband Leon Sr. of Laceyville, Carol Jenkins of Columbia Cross Roads, Connie Avery of Troy; 18 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, cousins; and Beverly Parmenter of Milan.
In addition to his parents, Bill was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Marian Thorp Avery; brothers, Lucien and Franklin Avery; sisters, Idelene Avery, Genevieve Bernhard, Geraldine Steffen, Pauline Sterling and Lodema Roy; son-in-law, Steve Jenkins, Laverne Parmenter; and very special companion of 18 years Mary Brehmer.
The funeral and committal service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, PA 18848, with Pastor Michael MacWhinnie, of the Moxie Community Church in Wyalusing, officiating.
The family will receive friends from noon to 2:00 p.m.Saturday at the funeral home.
Burial will be at a later date in the Roseville Cemetery, Roseville, Pennsylvania.
Abiding with Bill’s request, contributions may be directed to the Roseville Cemetery Association, in care of Donna Baker, 104 Pumpkin Hill Road, Mansfield, PA 16933-9622, in his memory.
Memories and condolences may be expressed by visiting www.bowenfuneralhomes.com.
Published in the Daily Review January 28, 2018
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