Emery, Jack A. 1916-2004

EMERY, REICHEL-VAUGHN, CORBETT, KONO, PARCHER

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 5/16/2005 at 14:44:56

Jack A. Emery

Newton (IA) Daily News, Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Jack Avery Emery, 87, formerly of Newton, died Monday, March 8, at Baxter Health Care in Baxter.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton with the Rev. David Rex of Metz Church in rural Newton officiating. Burial will be at Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call from 12 p.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Memorials will be accepted in his name.

The son of John and Ostie Emery, he was born May 18, 1916, in Jasper County. He attended rural schools.

On Dec. 15, 1957, he married Wilma M. Reichel-Vaughn. He was a self-employed interior and exterior painter and also worked for Newton schools. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Mr. Emery attended the Church of God in Newton. He enjoyed gardening, flowers and also enjoyed working with wood. He was a lifelong resident of Jasper County.

Survivors include three sons, George A. Emery of Newton, Billey "Winifield" Vaughn of Mansfield, Mo., and Gerald Boyd Vaughn of Overton, Mo.; two daughters, Lillian K. Corbett of Newton and Rhonda S. Emery of Des Moines; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Francis Kono of Newton and Beth Parcher of Nora Springs.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a brother, Lawrence Emery; and a sister, Ellen Emery