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Birth:          26 Apr 1913 Benton Twp., Lake Co., Ill.
Death:          11 Sep 2011 Rogers, Ark.

Notes
rootsweb
1920 in Benton, Lake Co., Ill.
1930 in Waukegan, Lake Co., Ill. with grandmother Agnes
ssn no num issued in Mich before 1961, last resid Princeton NJ
pub rec on ancestry RR4 POB 124 Gravette, Ark.

BELLA VISTA - William B. Ferry, 98, formerly of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., Suttons 
Bay, Mich., and Bella Vista, Ark., died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, at New Hope Health 
and Rehabilitation Center, Rogers. He was born April 26, 1913, in Benton Township, 
Ill., the son of Charles Dexter Ferry and Katherine White Forman. 

 A graduate of Northern Illinois University with an MA from Northwestern University, he 
taught music in the Grosse Pointe Public School System, retiring in 1975. When he 
and his wife, Helen, moved to Gravette, Ark., they were active in the square-dance 
and round-dance community. He was member of the Bella Vista Recorder Consort and 
he volunteered as stage manager of the Northwest Arkansas Symphony. An avid and 
talented carpenter, he built fine furniture as well as the family cabin on Lee Point 
Road, Suttons Bay, Mich., where the family summered. 

 He was preceded in death by his parents; five siblings; and his son, Wm. Brian Ferry. 

 Survivors are his wife, Helen Louise (Bauman); two daughters, Dawneane K. Munn of 
Lincoln, Neb., and Deborah Robbins of Princeton, N.J.; grandsons, Andrew Suddith 
and Matthew Robbins; and one great-grandson, Kelvin Suddith. 

 Memorial services at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Presbyterian Church of Bella 
Vista. 

 Arrangements are by the Bella Vista Funeral Home and Crematory. 

 The family requests, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the choir of the 
Presbyterian Church of Bella Vista, 1880 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista, AR 72715.- 
Paid 
Benton County Daily Record (AR) — Tuesday, September 20, 2011 

Parents
FERRY Charles Dexter (9 Sep 1873 - 10 Sep 1863)
FORMAN Katherine Amanda (9 Jul 1878 - 18 Jan 1918)

Siblings
FERRY Leland Dexter (24 Dec 1896 - 9 Feb 1952)
FERRY Paul Forman (19 Nov 1898 - Mar 1978)
FERRY Charles Kingsley (1904 - )
FERRY Miriam Evelyn (17 Oct 1908 - 25 Jan 1966)
FERRY Jannette Philena (11 Jan 1909 - 16 Dec 1998)
FERRY William Bruce (26 Apr 1913 - 11 Sep 2011)

Marriage To BAUMAN Helen Louise (23 Sep 1918 - 29 Aug 2012)
    m.  

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Children by BAUMAN Helen Louise 23 Sep 1918 - 29 Aug 2012
FERRY Dawneane Kathryn ()
FERRY Deborah Anne ()
FERRY William Brian ()

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