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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Raymond Dale Avery
Raymond Dale
Avery
September 29, 1917 – April 26, 2006
Raymond Dale Avery's Obituary
MONTOUR-Raymond Dale Avery, age 88, died on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, in Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center due to a short illness. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 1:00 PM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Jerry Avise-Rouse officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Montour. Visitation will be held Friday, April 28, 2006 from 4-8 PM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home. The family will be present from 6-8 PM.
Raymond Dale Avery was born on September 29, 1917, in Tama, Iowa, the only child of Louis R.and Lila Fowler Avery.
He attended school in Marshalltown, Iowa Falls, Belle Plaine and Montour, graduating in 1935 from Montour High School. It was there that he met his future wife, Ruth Buchanan, whom he married on December 20, 1941 in Lancaster, Missouri.
Music was always a big part of Dale's life. He played the trombone in the Montour High School band and later formed his own band, Avery's Bohemians. They played for concerts and dances in the area as well as on KFJB radio. He played trombone in the Army band and after the war led the community band in Montour for band concerts on Saturday nights.
Dale served as Staff Sergeant in the United States Army from March 1941 until January 1946 during WWII.
After the war, Dale and Ruth returned to Montour and went into business with his parents in Avery's Grocery Store. He added a locker plant to the store and processed meat for many years. He sold the business in 1965 and went to work for Swift & Co. in Marshalltown, retiring in 1980.
He was active in the American Legion, always taking part in the firing squad at the Montour cemetery on Memorial Day and receiving fifty-year membership recognition. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge from the 1950's until the 1970's.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Ruth on September 13, 1988.
Survivors include one daughter, Lynne Dolash of Laurel; two grandsons, Zak (Renee) Dolash of Eldora and Jake Dolash of Cedar Falls; and one great-grandson, Dante Dolash.
A memorial fund has been established.
Raymond Dale Avery was born on September 29, 1917, in Tama, Iowa, the only child of Louis R.and Lila Fowler Avery.
He attended school in Marshalltown, Iowa Falls, Belle Plaine and Montour, graduating in 1935 from Montour High School. It was there that he met his future wife, Ruth Buchanan, whom he married on December 20, 1941 in Lancaster, Missouri.
Music was always a big part of Dale's life. He played the trombone in the Montour High School band and later formed his own band, Avery's Bohemians. They played for concerts and dances in the area as well as on KFJB radio. He played trombone in the Army band and after the war led the community band in Montour for band concerts on Saturday nights.
Dale served as Staff Sergeant in the United States Army from March 1941 until January 1946 during WWII.
After the war, Dale and Ruth returned to Montour and went into business with his parents in Avery's Grocery Store. He added a locker plant to the store and processed meat for many years. He sold the business in 1965 and went to work for Swift & Co. in Marshalltown, retiring in 1980.
He was active in the American Legion, always taking part in the firing squad at the Montour cemetery on Memorial Day and receiving fifty-year membership recognition. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge from the 1950's until the 1970's.
Raymond was preceded in death by his parents; and his wife, Ruth on September 13, 1988.
Survivors include one daughter, Lynne Dolash of Laurel; two grandsons, Zak (Renee) Dolash of Eldora and Jake Dolash of Cedar Falls; and one great-grandson, Dante Dolash.
A memorial fund has been established.
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