Person:Katherine Avery (5)

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Katherine Buckner Avery
b.17 May 1896 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
d.6 Apr 1982 Avery Island, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Parents and Siblings
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m. 12 Jan 1893
  1. Sara Leeds Avery1893 - 1980
  2. Katherine Buckner Avery1896 - 1982
  3. Edith Buckner Avery1898 - 1990
  4. Dudley Avery1901 - 1949
  5. Louise Richardson Avery1904 - 1979
  6. Margaret Johnston Avery1907 - 1999
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Name[1] Katherine Buckner Avery
Gender Female
Birth[1] 17 May 1896 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Death[1] 6 Apr 1982 Avery Island, Iberia Parish, Louisiana(unmarried)
Burial[1] Avery Island Cemetery, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, Louisiana

New Orleans Item, 8 Aug 1912, p. 11

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.

    Katherine B. Avery

  2.   Brasseaux, Carl A.; James D. Wilson; Glenn R. (Glenn Russell) Conrad; and Center for Louisiana Studies. A Dictionary of Louisiana biography. (New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana Hist. Assn., c1988).

    Public health nurse, civic leader. Born, New Orleans, May 17, 1896; daughter of Daniel Dudley Avery and Katherine Buckner. Education: Touro Infirmary School of Nursing, graduated 1921. Joined Louisiana Public Health Service, 1927; aided refugees of 1927 flood; first appointed staff nurse, Iberia Parish. Retired to ancestral home on Avery Island, 1945. Founder: Iberia Parish Tuberculosis Association, 1929; Iberia Parish Crippled Children's Association. Recipient, New Iberia Chamber of Commerce award for outstanding civic service. Honoree, Distinguished Graduate, Touro Infirmary School of Nursing. Died, New Iberia, La., April 6, 1982; interred family cemetery, Avery Island. G.R.C.

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