Biographie Avery Ross-Bernard
Ross B. Avery 12 April 1888 – 4 June 1980 South Bend Tribune 5 June 1980 MISHAWAKA – Ross B. Avery,
92, long-time Mishawaka resident and former resident of Simonton Lake
in Elkhart County, died at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday in the Golden Age Manor
Nursing Home after a long illness. He retired from the Twin Branch plant
of Indiana and Michigan Electric Company in 1952, after working with
electronic for 41 years. In 1915 he was awarded a patent for a radio
receiver unit for wireless technology. He was born on April 12, 1888 in
Three Rivers, Mich. He married Ruth Hickey on June 16, 1915 in South Bend. She died on Dec. 30, 1966. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Marie DeJack of Mishawaka; Mrs. Jean Books
of White Pigeon, Mich. and Miss Arlene Avery of Fort Wayne; five sons,
Francis of Port Charlotte, Fla.; Richard and Wilfred of Mishawaka, John
of Osceola, and Joseph of Granger; 21 grandchildren; 18
great-grandchildren, and a brother, H. Leon Avery of Mishawaka. Friends
may call from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Hickey Funeral Home, where
services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Cedar Grove
Cemetery at the University of Notre Dame.
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