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Personal data Herbert Vernon Ferree 


Household of Herbert Vernon Ferree

He is married to (Not public).

They got married on March 5, 1953 at Byrdstown, Pickett, Tennessee, USA, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Sherri Lin Ferree  1958-1959
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Notes about Herbert Vernon Ferree

Herbert Vern Ferree, age 83, of Aurora, CO, passed away Wednesday, February 20 2013 at the Colorado State and Veteran's Nursing Home. He was born four miles south and two miles east of Matheson, CO on March 4 1929 to Vern and Pauline (Smith) Ferree on the Ferree Family Homestead. Herb was the oldest of six siblings. He attended rural Elbert County Schools. At the age of 8, Herbert was sent to the Odd Fellows Home in Canon City, CO due to the death of his mother, July 5 1937. He was able to return to the Ferree Homestead after his father remarried, June 4 1939. His father died, May 29 1941 and at age 12, he was left to the care of his step-mother. Herb set out, at age 18, to conquer life on his own with the clothes on his back and just a few dollars in his pocket. He walked into a general store in Brighton, CO where he met an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene. This gentleman took Herb under his wing, leading him to faith in the church. Herb entered the US Army on March 1 1951 in Denver, CO where he served his country in the Korean Conflict receiving the United Nations Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal with a Bronze Star. He was honorably discharged on February 24 1953. Herb married Miss Margaret Lucille Abbott on March 5 1953 in Byrdstown, TN. To this union there were eight pregnancies, three ended in miscarriages. Herb lived in Greeley, CO after his marriage. He moved to California and then, back to Colorado. His marriage ended in 1962 and Herb moved back to California where he worked as an Electronics Technician. He later moved back to Colorado. Herbert was a member of the Nazarene Faith as well as the VFW. Herb was preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter, Sherri Lin Ferree; one brother, Phillip Benjamin Ferree; an infant grandson, Ross Wayne Ferree; and two sisters, Beulah Fern (Ferree Noy) Nicholas and Gladys Norma (Pearson, Bridges, Vernon) Page. He was survived by four children; Herbert (Pamm) Ferree Jr, Michael (Rosa) Ferree, Marsha (Robert) Rains, and Benjamin Ferree; six grandchildren; five great grandchildren; one brother, Paul (Virginia) Pearson; one sister, Dolores (Wilgus) Street; several nephews and nieces; several cousins; extended family and church friends. Viewing was at 1:30 to 2:30pm on Friday, March 1 2013 at Love Funeral Home in Limon, CO and graveside services with Military Honors were held at 3pm at Pleasant Plains Cemetery, in Elbert County, CO. Herbert was laid to rest next to his mother, per his request..

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Birthday March 4, 1929

  • The temperature on March 4, 1929 was between -3.3 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1929: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
    • February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
    • May 1 » The 7.2 Mw  Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
    • May 16 » In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
    • June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
    • November 18 » Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
    • December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

Day of marriage March 5, 1953

  • The temperature on March 5, 1953 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
    • March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
    • March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
    • July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
    • July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
    • November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
    • November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

Day of death February 20, 2013

  • The temperature on February 20, 2013 was between -2.4 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
  • In the year 2013: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
    • June 7 » A bus catches fire in the Chinese city of Xiamen, killing at least 47 people and injuring more than 34 others.
    • June 26 » The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
    • September 6 » It was announced that Leeuwarden would become cultural capital of Europe of 2018 together with Valletta.
    • October 15 » The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 die.
    • December 14 » A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.
    • December 15 » The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.


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