A graveside service for Emma Jane Avery, 76, Custer City resident was held Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in the Custer City Masonic Cemetery in Custer City, officiated by Rev. Debra Campbell. Servoces were under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home in Custer City, OK.
Emma Jane Avery was born April 26, 1935 to Henry G. and Elizabeth (Wohl) Wolf in Stafford, OK and passed away early Saturday, September 24, 2011 Methodist Health Care Center in Clinton, OK.
She was raised in the Parkersburg area southwest of Clinton and graduated from Stafford Schools in 1955.
On November 23, 1955, she married Mr. Earl Douglas Avery in Clinton, OK. They made their home in Clinton for a short time and soon moved to Custer City where they farmed for many years.
She was a member of the Custer City Methodist Church.
Preceding her in death were her parents, three brothers, Robert, Ed and Henry, Jr. and two sisters, Margie and Elizabeth.
Survivors include her sons: Douglas Avery and wife Sherry, Custer City and Dennis Avery and wife Stacy of Kansas, OK; a sister, Rose Duff, Clinton, OK and a brother Gilbert Wolf, Liberal, KS. ; four grandchildren, Kaci, Jordan, Wyatt and Blakely Avery.
