ADecember 03 1959
Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, Thursday, December 03, 1959
Avery Dies, Chess Editor Of Courant
George E. Avery, 78, of 36 Hillcrest Ave., Wethersfield, chess editor of The Courant for many years, died Wednesday afternoon at his home.
He was born in South Windsor, son of the late George Avery and Mary Beale Avery, and lived in Wethersfield for 33 years. He retired in 1950 from the Travelers Insurance Co. after 50 years in the accident department.
He was a member of the Travelers Men's Club and the Hartford Chess Club, and, for the past 10 years, did recreation work at the Hartford Rehabilitation Center and the Hartford Tuberculosis Society.
He leaves a son, Thomas H. Avery of Wethersfield; a brother, Westell R. Avery of San Gabriel, Calif.; and a sister, Miss Lilah M. Avery of Hartford.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home, 776 Farmington Ave., West Hartford. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hartford Heart Assn., 108 Gillett St.
