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1894 Vervian Ona Waite

Born: June 28, 1894

Died: Feb.  7, 1920 at Spokane, Spokane County, WA

Buried: Oakwood Hill Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA

Inscription: Wife of Joseph L. Asbury

Her father was ____________________.

Her mother was ____________________.

She was married to 1887 Joseph Lester Asbury,
date and place unknown.  They had these children together:

  1918 Joseph Lester "Pal" Asbury  (1918 - 2005)

  1920 Vernon Asbury               (1920 - 1921)



Vervian died in 1920, shortly after giving birth to her younger 
son Vernon, as a result of the 1918 worldwide influenza epidemic.  
Shortly after that, in 1921, baby Vernon died also of the same cause.

Following is an account of her death in the newspaper from
Sullivan County, Indiana:

Sullivan Daily Times, February 9, 1920
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MRS. LESTER ASBURY DEAD AT SPOKANE

LIVED ONLY TWELVE HOURS AFTER HUSBAND RETURNED FROM FATHER'S FUNERAL

Mrs.  W.L. Ford, Sullivan R.R.A., has received a message informing 
her of the death at Spokane, Wash., of Mrs. Asbury, wife of Mrs. 
Ford's brother, Lester Asbury.  She died of pneumonia Friday night.

Mrs. Asbury died twelve hours after her husband arrived home after 
accompanying the body of his father, Col. A.P. Asbury, to Farmersburg 
for burial.  Col. Asbury died recently while visiting his daughter at 
Eagle, Idaho.  The funeral of Col. Asbury was held at Farmersburg last 
Monday.

When Mr. Asbury left his home in Spokane to accompany his father's 
body to Farmersburg his wife was in good health.  She contracted 
pneumonia while Mr. Asbury still was in Sullivan county and 
she died twelve hours after he arrived home.  Besides her husband she 
leaves two children one a baby only a few days old.  She also is 
survived by a mother, brother and two sisters.  The burial will be at 
Spokane.

On account of the great distance, Mr. Asbury advised the members of 
his family in this county not to attend the funeral.