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Rufus Guy Gentry

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Rufus Guy Gentry

Birth
Woodbury, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
Death
25 Nov 1998 (aged 92)
Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Jewett, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Married to Pearl Gentry Feb 20 1929
Children were: Joe, Lavona, Helen and Elane
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Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 26 Nov 1998, Thu. Page 6
"RUFUS GENTRY - TOLEDO

Rufus Gentry, 92, of Toledo died at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 25, 1998) at Cumberland Nursing Center, Greenup.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Bishop Funeral Home in Greenup, with the Rev. Jack Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Jewett Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours before the service at the funeral home.

He was born Oct. 3, 1906, in Woodbury, the son of Hiram Newton Gentry and Barbara Etta Claybaugh. He married Marie Yaw in 1929; she died in 1986.

Survivors include one son, Joe Gentry of Toledo; three daughters, Helen Olmstead and Lavona Stewart both of Toledo and Elaine Carlen of Greenup; 16 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Mr. Gentry was also preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters."
Married to Pearl Gentry Feb 20 1929
Children were: Joe, Lavona, Helen and Elane
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Journal Gazette (Mattoon, Illinois) 26 Nov 1998, Thu. Page 6
"RUFUS GENTRY - TOLEDO

Rufus Gentry, 92, of Toledo died at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 25, 1998) at Cumberland Nursing Center, Greenup.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Bishop Funeral Home in Greenup, with the Rev. Jack Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Jewett Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours before the service at the funeral home.

He was born Oct. 3, 1906, in Woodbury, the son of Hiram Newton Gentry and Barbara Etta Claybaugh. He married Marie Yaw in 1929; she died in 1986.

Survivors include one son, Joe Gentry of Toledo; three daughters, Helen Olmstead and Lavona Stewart both of Toledo and Elaine Carlen of Greenup; 16 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Mr. Gentry was also preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters."


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  • Originally Created by: LSB
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15468833/rufus_guy-gentry: accessed ), memorial page for Rufus Guy Gentry (3 Oct 1906–25 Nov 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15468833, citing Jewett Cemetery, Jewett, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Jaded_K (contributor 47890009).