FORMER BLAIRITE DIES IN CALIF.

John Nelson McEvers passed away of heart trouble July 31 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 60 years. He had lived in Blair and vicinity for a number of years, going to California a year or so ago. He leaves to mourn him three sisters and four brothers, Mrs. Louisa Emory and D. E. McEvers of Los Angeles; F. L. McEvers, Burley, Idaho; C. R. McEvers, Oakley, Idaho; Mrs. D. S. Condit, Mrs. D. A. Phillips and J. A. McEvers of Independence, Mo.

He was laid to rest in the Inglewood cemetery, Inglewood, California.

Note: No Find a Grave record was located but his father's Find a Grave # is 9341747 and his mother's is 117238704.

Name: John Mcevers
Event Type: Death

Event Date: 31 Jul 1942 Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth Date: 01 Jan 1882
Birthplace: Iowa
Father's Name: Mcevers
Mother's Name: Collins

Citing this Record
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP6Z-GWN : 26 November 2014), Collins in entry for John Mcevers, 31 Jul 1942; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

Name: John Nelson McEvers
Event Type: Draft Registration
Event Date: 1917-1918
Event Place: Thurston County, Valley County, Washington County, Nebraska, United States
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1881
Birthplace: United States
Citizenship Place: United States
Affiliate Publication Number: M1509
Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System
Citing this Record
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch
(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J2-LRL : 24 August 2019), John Nelson McEvers, 1917-1918.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~