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Obituary for HAURY


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday August 29, 2006

Frederick Wilhelm Haury Jr., 83, passed away August 25, 2006 after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Helena, AR to Frederick Wilhelm Haury, Sr. and Mary Ellen Kinney Haury on April 24, 1923. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Mary Ellen Haury Hutchison of Indiana and Magdalena Haury Carl of Missouri; a brother, Waldron Haury of California. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn McGarity Haury of Conway, AR ; two sisters, Anna Christine Haury Bell of Albuquerque, NM and Teresa Louise Haury Caple of North Little Rock, AR; and many nieces and nephews. He was a World War II veteran with the 20th Army Air Force, 444 Bomber Group, 678 Bomb Squadron in the South Pacific; he retired from the FAA as a supervisor in Electronics and Engineering. He was a genealogist, and author of the following books, "ABC's of Round Dancing", "Thomas David Descendants", "F.W. Haury Family Tales", "Jakob Haury Descendants", and "Frederick Wilhelm Haury, Jr., Autobiography". Funeral Services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at Boyd Funeral Home Chapel in Lonoke. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery at North Little Rock. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to Village Park Hospice, 1622 Scott Street, Conway, AR 72032.