Willet Edwin Tennery
1895 - 1973 (78 years)-
Name Willet Edwin Tennery Birth 9 Oct 1895 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 21 Oct 1973 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma [1] Burial Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma [1] Person ID I4387 Gritton Last Modified 30 Mar 2023
Father Frank Cyrus Tennery, b. 1867, Paris, Edgar County, Illinois d. 30 Jan 1953, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 86 years) Mother Laura McMillin, b. 1868, Illinois d. 25 Nov1904 Marriage 14 Dec 1890 Vermilion County, Illinois [3] Family ID F1882 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mabel Kesler, b. 1898, Illinois d. 14 Jan 1976, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years) Children 1. Willet Edwin Tennery, Jr., b. 30 Jun 1918, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma d. 13 Sep 2009 (Age 91 years)Family ID F1887 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Feb 2023
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Birth - 9 Oct 1895 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Death - 21 Oct 1973 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma 
Burial - - Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - The Oklahoman, Oct 22, 1973:
Edwin Tennery Sr, 78, of 2624 NW 15 died Sunday at Deaconess Hospital. Services will be at 10 am Tuesday at Guardian Westside Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
A native of Danville, IL, Tennery moved to Oklahoma City in 1916. He was retired from Armour & Co after 40 years and had been a casualty claim adjuster for Trinity Claim Service Co.
Tennery received a law degree from Oklahoma City University in 1943. He was a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and Epworth Methodist Church. He was a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Mabel; a son, W. E. "Ed" Jr, 2120 Fremont Drive; a brother, Harmon, OKC; and a sister, Mrs. May Snyder, OKC./.
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- The Oklahoman, Oct 22, 1973:
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