Frederick Perry DeCoursey was the son of Leslie Eugene DeCoursey and Mary Alma Mears. Frederick married Edna Mae Ferrel on June 21, 1921 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
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Fred P. DeCOURSEY graduated from East High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 17 Jun 1920. Following his graduation he took over management of his grandfather Mears' Cottage Grove Resort at Annandale, Minnesota. It was there that he met his bride, Edna Mae FERREL who was vacationing with her parents from Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY and Edna Mae FERREL, dau. of William Lawrence and Mabel (STORRS) FERREL, were married, 21 June 1921, in Des Moines, Iowa. They lived at Annandale, Minnesota until 1926 when Fred DeCOURSEY sold his interest in the Mears' Cottage Grove Resort in Annandale to his cousin, Mason MEARS. Fred moved his family to Minneapolis and went in to the advertising business with Fawcett publications. Billy FAWCETT was involved in several ventures including a publication called "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang", the Breezy Point Resorts, and Breezy Point Silver Foxes. Fred P. DeCOURSEY took a job as advertising editor of the magazine and put much of the money he made from the sale of Mears' Cottage Grove resort in to the Silver Fox venture. He lost most of this money in the stock market crash of 1929 when expensive fur coats went out of fashion.
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The Minneapolis City Directory for 1926 lists:
DeCOURSEY, Leslie E., asst foreman Soo Shops, h. 801 - 20th Ave.-N.E.
DeCOURSEY, Fred P., dist. supvr. Breezy Point Silver Foxes Inc. r. 3015 NE Garfield.
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When the Great Depression hit, Fred P. DeCOURSEY lost the new home he had built to foreclosure; and he moved his family to a rented home on a small piece of acreage in Fridley Twp., Anoka Co., MN. at 3725 NE Marshall St. The house was one of the buildings of the abandoned Swanson Tile Brick factory. Here he raised chickens and pigs and had a small garden to help the family survive during the hard times. They resided here until the fall of 1947.
In the 1930's, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked for the WPA in the Adult Education Dept. of the Minneapolis Public Schools teaching a course in advertising. He also worked as a Standard Oil gas-station attendant at the intersection of Cenrral Ave and East Hennepin, and sold shoes for J.C. Penney Co. on East Hennepin Av. and sold shoes at Nate's Economy Shoe Store on Central Avenue N.E., Minneapolis. During the summer months, he would open a produce stand and sold fireworks in the front yard of his home to bring in extra income. Some of the produce that he sold was grown on 6 acres of RR property in back of his home in Fridley and some was provided by David BIRD, a long time family friend and truck gardener in Richfield, Minnesota and his Son Bill's future father-in-law.
During World War II, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked as a machinist at the New Brighton ammunition plant and later at the Northern Pump Navy Ordinance plant in Fridley, MN. After the war he went to work as supervisor of parts inspection at U.S. Thermo Control (later THERMOKING, Inc).
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In the fall of 1947, Fred P. DeCOURSEY, his wife Edna Mae and son Bill, moved to 1010 - 26th av. N.E. above his parents home to help care for his ailing father, Leslie DeCOURSEY and invalid step-mother, Etta (HILL) DeCOURSEY
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY, widower, and Bernice (HALL) GRAY were married, 25 Sep 1954, at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY was a member of A.F.&A.M. (Masonic) Hennepin Lodge No. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1960's and until his death in 1978. He had transferred his membership there from the Arcana Lodge at Northeast Minneaapolis.
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Fred Perry DECOURSEY retired from Thermo-King Corporation (A division of Westinghouse) in 1966. Following his retirement from Thermo-King, he worked for about three years during the fall and winter months as a seasonal employee for National School Studios, Inc. See REFLECTIONS, THE LIFETOUCH FAMILY ALBUM (1986), p.69.
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Following the death of his 2nd wife, Bernice on 20 Jan 1970 Fred P. DeCOURSEY sold his home on Cedar Ave S. in Minneapolis, and moved to Mesa, Arizona. He was appointed recreation director at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park in Mesa.
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On 30 January 1973 Fred Perry DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona purchased a grave marker to be placed on the grave of his grandmother, America (SPILMAN) MEARS (1846-1935), wife of Frederick S. MEARS. She is buried at Lakewood Cemetery, East 1/2 of Lot #4, Sec.25.
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On 28 Dec 1978 Fred P. DeCoursey died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage while playing shuffleboard with his friends at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park, Mesa, AZ.
OBITUARY: Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY died, 28 Dec 1978, at Mesa, Arizona. He was survived by two sons, Fred F. DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona, William L. DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, MN; one daughter Mrs Arsa (Judith Ann) WEIMAN of Constableville, NY; one half-brother Rev. Donald L. DeCOURSEY of Sun City, Arizona; eight grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were at the Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, Mesa, Arizona. He is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery. - THE TRIBUNE, Mesa, Arizona (Dec 30, 1978), p.B-4, (Dec 31, 1978), p.D-5; MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE, (Dec. 31, 1978), p.5B.
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Fred P. DeCOURSEY graduated from East High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 17 Jun 1920. Following his graduation he took over management of his grandfather Mears' Cottage Grove Resort at Annandale, Minnesota. It was there that he met his bride, Edna Mae FERREL who was vacationing with her parents from Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY and Edna Mae FERREL, dau. of William Lawrence and Mabel (STORRS) FERREL, were married, 21 June 1921, in Des Moines, Iowa. They lived at Annandale, Minnesota until 1926 when Fred DeCOURSEY sold his interest in the Mears' Cottage Grove Resort in Annandale to his cousin, Mason MEARS. Fred moved his family to Minneapolis and went in to the advertising business with Fawcett publications. Billy FAWCETT was involved in several ventures including a publication called "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang", the Breezy Point Resorts, and Breezy Point Silver Foxes. Fred P. DeCOURSEY took a job as advertising editor of the magazine and put much of the money he made from the sale of Mears' Cottage Grove resort in to the Silver Fox venture. He lost most of this money in the stock market crash of 1929 when expensive fur coats went out of fashion.
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The Minneapolis City Directory for 1926 lists:
DeCOURSEY, Leslie E., asst foreman Soo Shops, h. 801 - 20th Ave.-N.E.
DeCOURSEY, Fred P., dist. supvr. Breezy Point Silver Foxes Inc. r. 3015 NE Garfield.
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When the Great Depression hit, Fred P. DeCOURSEY lost the new home he had built to foreclosure; and he moved his family to a rented home on a small piece of acreage in Fridley Twp., Anoka Co., MN. at 3725 NE Marshall St. The house was one of the buildings of the abandoned Swanson Tile Brick factory. Here he raised chickens and pigs and had a small garden to help the family survive during the hard times. They resided here until the fall of 1947.
In the 1930's, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked for the WPA in the Adult Education Dept. of the Minneapolis Public Schools teaching a course in advertising. He also worked as a Standard Oil gas-station attendant at the intersection of Cenrral Ave and East Hennepin, and sold shoes for J.C. Penney Co. on East Hennepin Av. and sold shoes at Nate's Economy Shoe Store on Central Avenue N.E., Minneapolis. During the summer months, he would open a produce stand and sold fireworks in the front yard of his home to bring in extra income. Some of the produce that he sold was grown on 6 acres of RR property in back of his home in Fridley and some was provided by David BIRD, a long time family friend and truck gardener in Richfield, Minnesota and his Son Bill's future father-in-law.
During World War II, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked as a machinist at the New Brighton ammunition plant and later at the Northern Pump Navy Ordinance plant in Fridley, MN. After the war he went to work as supervisor of parts inspection at U.S. Thermo Control (later THERMOKING, Inc).
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In the fall of 1947, Fred P. DeCOURSEY, his wife Edna Mae and son Bill, moved to 1010 - 26th av. N.E. above his parents home to help care for his ailing father, Leslie DeCOURSEY and invalid step-mother, Etta (HILL) DeCOURSEY
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY, widower, and Bernice (HALL) GRAY were married, 25 Sep 1954, at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY was a member of A.F.&A.M. (Masonic) Hennepin Lodge No. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1960's and until his death in 1978. He had transferred his membership there from the Arcana Lodge at Northeast Minneaapolis.
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Fred Perry DECOURSEY retired from Thermo-King Corporation (A division of Westinghouse) in 1966. Following his retirement from Thermo-King, he worked for about three years during the fall and winter months as a seasonal employee for National School Studios, Inc. See REFLECTIONS, THE LIFETOUCH FAMILY ALBUM (1986), p.69.
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Following the death of his 2nd wife, Bernice on 20 Jan 1970 Fred P. DeCOURSEY sold his home on Cedar Ave S. in Minneapolis, and moved to Mesa, Arizona. He was appointed recreation director at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park in Mesa.
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On 30 January 1973 Fred Perry DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona purchased a grave marker to be placed on the grave of his grandmother, America (SPILMAN) MEARS (1846-1935), wife of Frederick S. MEARS. She is buried at Lakewood Cemetery, East 1/2 of Lot #4, Sec.25.
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On 28 Dec 1978 Fred P. DeCoursey died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage while playing shuffleboard with his friends at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park, Mesa, AZ.
OBITUARY: Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY died, 28 Dec 1978, at Mesa, Arizona. He was survived by two sons, Fred F. DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona, William L. DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, MN; one daughter Mrs Arsa (Judith Ann) WEIMAN of Constableville, NY; one half-brother Rev. Donald L. DeCOURSEY of Sun City, Arizona; eight grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were at the Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, Mesa, Arizona. He is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery. - THE TRIBUNE, Mesa, Arizona (Dec 30, 1978), p.B-4, (Dec 31, 1978), p.D-5; MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE, (Dec. 31, 1978), p.5B.
Frederick Perry DeCoursey was the son of Leslie Eugene DeCoursey and Mary Alma Mears. Frederick married Edna Mae Ferrel on June 21, 1921 at Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa.
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Fred P. DeCOURSEY graduated from East High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 17 Jun 1920. Following his graduation he took over management of his grandfather Mears' Cottage Grove Resort at Annandale, Minnesota. It was there that he met his bride, Edna Mae FERREL who was vacationing with her parents from Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY and Edna Mae FERREL, dau. of William Lawrence and Mabel (STORRS) FERREL, were married, 21 June 1921, in Des Moines, Iowa. They lived at Annandale, Minnesota until 1926 when Fred DeCOURSEY sold his interest in the Mears' Cottage Grove Resort in Annandale to his cousin, Mason MEARS. Fred moved his family to Minneapolis and went in to the advertising business with Fawcett publications. Billy FAWCETT was involved in several ventures including a publication called "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang", the Breezy Point Resorts, and Breezy Point Silver Foxes. Fred P. DeCOURSEY took a job as advertising editor of the magazine and put much of the money he made from the sale of Mears' Cottage Grove resort in to the Silver Fox venture. He lost most of this money in the stock market crash of 1929 when expensive fur coats went out of fashion.
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The Minneapolis City Directory for 1926 lists:
DeCOURSEY, Leslie E., asst foreman Soo Shops, h. 801 - 20th Ave.-N.E.
DeCOURSEY, Fred P., dist. supvr. Breezy Point Silver Foxes Inc. r. 3015 NE Garfield.
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When the Great Depression hit, Fred P. DeCOURSEY lost the new home he had built to foreclosure; and he moved his family to a rented home on a small piece of acreage in Fridley Twp., Anoka Co., MN. at 3725 NE Marshall St. The house was one of the buildings of the abandoned Swanson Tile Brick factory. Here he raised chickens and pigs and had a small garden to help the family survive during the hard times. They resided here until the fall of 1947.
In the 1930's, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked for the WPA in the Adult Education Dept. of the Minneapolis Public Schools teaching a course in advertising. He also worked as a Standard Oil gas-station attendant at the intersection of Cenrral Ave and East Hennepin, and sold shoes for J.C. Penney Co. on East Hennepin Av. and sold shoes at Nate's Economy Shoe Store on Central Avenue N.E., Minneapolis. During the summer months, he would open a produce stand and sold fireworks in the front yard of his home to bring in extra income. Some of the produce that he sold was grown on 6 acres of RR property in back of his home in Fridley and some was provided by David BIRD, a long time family friend and truck gardener in Richfield, Minnesota and his Son Bill's future father-in-law.
During World War II, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked as a machinist at the New Brighton ammunition plant and later at the Northern Pump Navy Ordinance plant in Fridley, MN. After the war he went to work as supervisor of parts inspection at U.S. Thermo Control (later THERMOKING, Inc).
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In the fall of 1947, Fred P. DeCOURSEY, his wife Edna Mae and son Bill, moved to 1010 - 26th av. N.E. above his parents home to help care for his ailing father, Leslie DeCOURSEY and invalid step-mother, Etta (HILL) DeCOURSEY
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY, widower, and Bernice (HALL) GRAY were married, 25 Sep 1954, at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY was a member of A.F.&A.M. (Masonic) Hennepin Lodge No. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1960's and until his death in 1978. He had transferred his membership there from the Arcana Lodge at Northeast Minneaapolis.
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Fred Perry DECOURSEY retired from Thermo-King Corporation (A division of Westinghouse) in 1966. Following his retirement from Thermo-King, he worked for about three years during the fall and winter months as a seasonal employee for National School Studios, Inc. See REFLECTIONS, THE LIFETOUCH FAMILY ALBUM (1986), p.69.
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Following the death of his 2nd wife, Bernice on 20 Jan 1970 Fred P. DeCOURSEY sold his home on Cedar Ave S. in Minneapolis, and moved to Mesa, Arizona. He was appointed recreation director at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park in Mesa.
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On 30 January 1973 Fred Perry DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona purchased a grave marker to be placed on the grave of his grandmother, America (SPILMAN) MEARS (1846-1935), wife of Frederick S. MEARS. She is buried at Lakewood Cemetery, East 1/2 of Lot #4, Sec.25.
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On 28 Dec 1978 Fred P. DeCoursey died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage while playing shuffleboard with his friends at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park, Mesa, AZ.
OBITUARY: Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY died, 28 Dec 1978, at Mesa, Arizona. He was survived by two sons, Fred F. DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona, William L. DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, MN; one daughter Mrs Arsa (Judith Ann) WEIMAN of Constableville, NY; one half-brother Rev. Donald L. DeCOURSEY of Sun City, Arizona; eight grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were at the Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, Mesa, Arizona. He is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery. - THE TRIBUNE, Mesa, Arizona (Dec 30, 1978), p.B-4, (Dec 31, 1978), p.D-5; MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE, (Dec. 31, 1978), p.5B.
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Fred P. DeCOURSEY graduated from East High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 17 Jun 1920. Following his graduation he took over management of his grandfather Mears' Cottage Grove Resort at Annandale, Minnesota. It was there that he met his bride, Edna Mae FERREL who was vacationing with her parents from Des Moines, Iowa.
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Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY and Edna Mae FERREL, dau. of William Lawrence and Mabel (STORRS) FERREL, were married, 21 June 1921, in Des Moines, Iowa. They lived at Annandale, Minnesota until 1926 when Fred DeCOURSEY sold his interest in the Mears' Cottage Grove Resort in Annandale to his cousin, Mason MEARS. Fred moved his family to Minneapolis and went in to the advertising business with Fawcett publications. Billy FAWCETT was involved in several ventures including a publication called "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang", the Breezy Point Resorts, and Breezy Point Silver Foxes. Fred P. DeCOURSEY took a job as advertising editor of the magazine and put much of the money he made from the sale of Mears' Cottage Grove resort in to the Silver Fox venture. He lost most of this money in the stock market crash of 1929 when expensive fur coats went out of fashion.
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The Minneapolis City Directory for 1926 lists:
DeCOURSEY, Leslie E., asst foreman Soo Shops, h. 801 - 20th Ave.-N.E.
DeCOURSEY, Fred P., dist. supvr. Breezy Point Silver Foxes Inc. r. 3015 NE Garfield.
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When the Great Depression hit, Fred P. DeCOURSEY lost the new home he had built to foreclosure; and he moved his family to a rented home on a small piece of acreage in Fridley Twp., Anoka Co., MN. at 3725 NE Marshall St. The house was one of the buildings of the abandoned Swanson Tile Brick factory. Here he raised chickens and pigs and had a small garden to help the family survive during the hard times. They resided here until the fall of 1947.
In the 1930's, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked for the WPA in the Adult Education Dept. of the Minneapolis Public Schools teaching a course in advertising. He also worked as a Standard Oil gas-station attendant at the intersection of Cenrral Ave and East Hennepin, and sold shoes for J.C. Penney Co. on East Hennepin Av. and sold shoes at Nate's Economy Shoe Store on Central Avenue N.E., Minneapolis. During the summer months, he would open a produce stand and sold fireworks in the front yard of his home to bring in extra income. Some of the produce that he sold was grown on 6 acres of RR property in back of his home in Fridley and some was provided by David BIRD, a long time family friend and truck gardener in Richfield, Minnesota and his Son Bill's future father-in-law.
During World War II, Fred P. DeCOURSEY worked as a machinist at the New Brighton ammunition plant and later at the Northern Pump Navy Ordinance plant in Fridley, MN. After the war he went to work as supervisor of parts inspection at U.S. Thermo Control (later THERMOKING, Inc).
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In the fall of 1947, Fred P. DeCOURSEY, his wife Edna Mae and son Bill, moved to 1010 - 26th av. N.E. above his parents home to help care for his ailing father, Leslie DeCOURSEY and invalid step-mother, Etta (HILL) DeCOURSEY
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY, widower, and Bernice (HALL) GRAY were married, 25 Sep 1954, at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN.
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Fred Perry DeCOURSEY was a member of A.F.&A.M. (Masonic) Hennepin Lodge No. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the 1960's and until his death in 1978. He had transferred his membership there from the Arcana Lodge at Northeast Minneaapolis.
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Fred Perry DECOURSEY retired from Thermo-King Corporation (A division of Westinghouse) in 1966. Following his retirement from Thermo-King, he worked for about three years during the fall and winter months as a seasonal employee for National School Studios, Inc. See REFLECTIONS, THE LIFETOUCH FAMILY ALBUM (1986), p.69.
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Following the death of his 2nd wife, Bernice on 20 Jan 1970 Fred P. DeCOURSEY sold his home on Cedar Ave S. in Minneapolis, and moved to Mesa, Arizona. He was appointed recreation director at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park in Mesa.
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On 30 January 1973 Fred Perry DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona purchased a grave marker to be placed on the grave of his grandmother, America (SPILMAN) MEARS (1846-1935), wife of Frederick S. MEARS. She is buried at Lakewood Cemetery, East 1/2 of Lot #4, Sec.25.
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On 28 Dec 1978 Fred P. DeCoursey died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage while playing shuffleboard with his friends at the Ambassador Downs Retirement Park, Mesa, AZ.
OBITUARY: Frederick Perry DeCOURSEY died, 28 Dec 1978, at Mesa, Arizona. He was survived by two sons, Fred F. DeCOURSEY of Mesa, Arizona, William L. DeCOURSEY of Minneapolis, MN; one daughter Mrs Arsa (Judith Ann) WEIMAN of Constableville, NY; one half-brother Rev. Donald L. DeCOURSEY of Sun City, Arizona; eight grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were at the Larry J. Melcher Mortuary, Mesa, Arizona. He is buried in the Mesa City Cemetery. - THE TRIBUNE, Mesa, Arizona (Dec 30, 1978), p.B-4, (Dec 31, 1978), p.D-5; MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE, (Dec. 31, 1978), p.5B.
