Edson Lester Etherton

Portrait of Edson Lester Etherton

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Born: Sunday, August 21, 1921 in Le Roy, McLean County, Illinois

Died: Thursday, September 4, 2008 in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois

Buried: Drummer Township Cemetery, Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois

Lived: 87 years 14 days

yDNA: R-FT442596 (inferred)


Parents

Father:  Homer David Etherton An indication that a portrait of this person is available (1881/IL - 1966/IL)

Mother:  Lillian Allene Dooley An indication that a portrait of this person is available (1890/IL - 1978/IL)


Siblings

Brother:   George Carroll Etherton+ ♂An indication that this person has military service (1914/IL - 1999/IL)

Brother:   Glenn Harmon Etherton+ ♂ (1916/IL - 1996/IL)

Sister:   Doris Allene Etherton Keenan Richolt+ ♀ (1918/IL - 1988/WA)

Brother:   Delmar Homer Etherton+ ♂An indication that this person has military service (1919 - 1987)

Sister:   Lillian Lucille Etherton Burkey+ ♀ (1920 - )


Spouses

Name:   Janet Halverson (1919 - )

  Date: 1945

Name:   Jeanne E. Plumbe (1927/IL - 1980/IL)

  Date: 10/19/1953 (age: 32 years 1 month 28 days)

  Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Name:   Ruth Helen Vernon (1930 - )

  Date: 03/07/1981 (age: 59 years 6 months 14 days)


Children

Son: -unpublished-

Daughter:   Denise C. Etherton ♀ (1951/IL - 2004/IL)

Daughter: -unpublished-

Son: -unpublished-


History/Life Events

  Education: University of Illinois Chicago.

  Service: Naval Air Corps flight surgeon.

  Occupation: Doctor.


Sources/Contributors

  A Genealogical History of 3 Pioneer Families of Jackson County, Illinois

  Sherry Kyle

  Edson L. Etherton Obituary

  Philip Etherton

  Find-A-Grave Website


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This page was created on January 9, 1997, last updated on July 10, 2012, and viewed on November 6, 2026.

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