PUFFER, Walter Lester^[1]

1894 - 1925  (31 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Walter Lester
  Birth	7 May 1894	Centralia, IL   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 73442269
  Residence	1900	Rome, IL
  Residence	1910	Centralia, IL
  Residence	1918	Marion County, IL   [1]
  Residence	1920	Centralia, IL
  _COLOR	11
  Death	7 Sep 1925	Centralia, IL   [3, 4]
  Burial	10 Sep 1925	Centralia, IL   [2]
  	Address: Hillcrest Memorial Park
  Person ID	I21169	Puffers
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, John F.,   b. 5 Jun 1854, Dix, IL d. 11 Feb 1939, Centralia, IL (Age 84 years)
  Mother	FOUTS, Mary Rose,   b. 12 Mar 1860, Walnut Hill, IL d. 13 Oct 1913, Centralia, IL (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1880	Marion County, IL   [5]
  Family ID	F10933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GREEN, Charlotte Chloe,   b. 9 Jul 1899, Fairfield, IL d. 20 Dec 1923, Wayne County, IL (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1920
  Children	1. PUFFER, Walter Lester Jr.,   b. 23 Jul 1921, Centralia, IL d. 10 Dec 1979, Lexington, KY (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F10930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  WWI Veteran, Pvt, Co B, 303rd Ammunition Train. A grocery salesman for the Goodale-Puffer grocery company of Centralia, IL. According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a traveling salesman for Kohl & Meyer Co., Centralia, IL He shot himself, accidentally, while loading his revolver. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ A grocery salesman for the Goodale-Puffer grocery company of Centralia, IL. According to his 1918 WWI Draft Registration Card he was a traveling salesman for Kohl & Meyer Co., Centralia, IL He shot himself, accidentally, while loading his revolver.

  
  

• Sources

  [S423] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Marion County, Illinois; Roll: ; Draft Board: . Birth date: 7 May 1894 Birth place: Illinois,United States of America Residence date: Residence place: Marion, Illinois http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ww1draft&h=23378569&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S345] Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947. [S548] Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950. [S740] _Newspaper Announcement, Herald and Review, Decatur, IL, 8 Sep 1925, page 4. [S478] Illinois State Archives.