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1918 Joseph Lester Asbury Jr.


Born: May  20, 1918 Probably at Spokane, Spokane County, WA

Died: Mar. 24, 2005 at Honolulu, Hawaii, aged 86 years.


Buried: Punch Bowl military cemetery, Honolulu, Hawaii.

His father was Joseph Lester Asbury.

His mother was Vervian Ona Waite.  


His nickname was "Pal" and that is what nearly everyone called him.
He was also called "Lester" but was not known as Joe or Joseph, in so
far as can be determined.

He graduated from Richfield, Utah High School in 1936.

Pal was married Mar. 16, 1942 to 1920 Barbara Ellen Patton, and they
stayed married for 60 years until she died in 2002 at Honolulu, Hawaii.  
The photo at right was taken in 1986. Barbara was born Aug. 29, 1920 
and died Feb. 28, 2002.  She was raised in an orphanage.

Here is some information about Pal's military career
as told by his fellow Air Force officer, J. K. Woodyard.

Here is more information about Pal and his long-time best friend,
Mel Schulstad, in this memoir.

Here is an informal family obituary written by
Pal's half-brother, 1924 William Fitts Asbury.

There is more information about Pal in Bill's autobiography