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Edgar Milton Averill

8 May 1916 – 27 Dec 1977

Birth	8 May 1916
Death	27 Dec 1977
Cemetery	Fairview Cemetery Lincoln , Lancaster County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	The Seeker on 13 Sep 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21537717

Bio

Edgar was the 15th child, and father of 3: Eunice Genevieve Averill Brabec Helen DeLoris Broz Lewis Allen Averill Edgar was in the CCC and WPA, where he learned to be an expert dragline operator. He worked on the construction of the ammunition deport at Hastings, Nebraska, a bridge across the North Platte River between Scottsbluff and Gering and various other dam and bridge projects in Nebraska and Kansas. He was a WWII veteran, a member of American Legion posts at Edgar, Harvard and Denton. He went all over the state of Nebraska with a replica of the Liberty Bell in 1976. He ran unsuccessfully for Nebraska Commander in June 1977. In October 1977 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer that took his life. He really liked to go fishing, any river, reservoir, would do. He had 2 ex-wives, Helen, the mother of his 3 children, Lydia Fisher to whom he was married about 6 months, and he was lastly married to Fay Denham for 15 years. Contributed by R. Brabec (F.A.G Member #47408190)

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Family

Parents

• Lewis Simpson Averill 1868–1937 FaG
• Jane Matilda Gregg Averill 1873–1958 FaG

Spouse

• Helen Marguerite Allen Hestermann 1915–2002 FaG
• Fay Madeline Denham Averill 1915–1998 FaG
• Lydia Carol Fisher Rowlee 1917–1955

Siblings

• Virginia May Averill Jones 1893–1971 FaG
• Arnold Anthony Averill 1897–1976 FaG
• Ivan Averill 1901–1954 FaG
• Bert Henry Averill 1903–1969 FaG
• Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Averill Hughes 1905–1994 FaG
• Gladys Loretta Averill Brabec 1907–1993 FaG
• Opal Averill 1909–1918 FaG
• Orpha Mae "Jerry" Averill Curtis 1909–1999 FaG
• Genevieve A. Averill Glur 1910–1996 FaG

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