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Roy Laverne Pond

Birth	:	22 Jun 1904 Story County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	10 Dec 1930 Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.0215683, -93.4610672
Plot	:	Block 26, Row 13, Plot 2. Lot 125
Description	:	From Nevada Evening Journal October 21, 1930 Obituary of Roy Pond Roy La Verne Pond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Pond, was born July 27, 1904 at the parental home north of Nevada and died at the Iowa Sanitarium at 4:00 p. m., Friday, October 10, 1930. His death resulted from a tragic plane accident which occurred at 3:25 the same afternoon. In the accident Mr. Earl Gray of Fairmont, Minnesota, Roy's employer, who was piloting the plane was killed instantly. Roy attended high school at Roland and Milford Consolidated schools. He ws interested in radios and spent much... Read More	From Nevada Evening Journal October 21, 1930 Obituary of Roy Pond Roy La Verne Pond, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Pond, was born July 27, 1904 at the parental home north of Nevada and died at the Iowa Sanitarium at 4:00 p. m., Friday, October 10, 1930. His death resulted from a tragic plane accident which occurred at 3:25 the same afternoon. In the accident Mr. Earl Gray of Fairmont, Minnesota, Roy's employer, who was piloting the plane was killed instantly. Roy attended high school at Roland and Milford Consolidated schools. He ws interested in radios and spent much time in building and repairing them. At one time he was employed by the Apex Radio Company as a salesman. In the spring of 1928 he and friend, Marcellus King went to Chicago where Roy had a responsible position with the Stewart Warner Radio Corporation. The two young men were interested in aviation and purchased a Standard Biplane which had been built in the fall of 1927. Roy with a friend spent several months during the wummer of 1929 flying in Montana. In April of this year he was engaged by Mr. Gray of Fairmont, Minnesota to pilot his Monocoupe. He also piloted other planes. Roy leaves to mourn his death his father and mother, a sister Leota and a younger brother Howard, also other relatives and many friends. A Fairmont friend sends the following message: "During the short time that Roy Pond was in Fairmont, he had made a host of friends and they knew him to be a straight forward, clean and industrious young man."

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Roy Laverne Pond's memorial is located at: Nevada Municipal Cemetery, Nevada, Story County, USA.
When did Roy Laverne Pond death?
Roy Laverne Pond death on 10 Dec 1930 in Nevada, Story County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.0215683
Longitude: -93.4610672

Family Members:

Parent

Charles Willard Pond

(1873 - 1959)

Estella May Gross Pond

(1879 - 1966)

Siblings

Leota Grace Hewitt

(1906 - 2002)

Howard Charles Pond

(1911 - 1994)

Harold Gross Pond

(1914 - 1915)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Nevada Municipal Cemetery
Nevada, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0215683, -93.4610672

2. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0233803, -93.4629364

3. Evergreen Memory Gardens
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6. Mound Cemetery
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7. Murphy Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0569000, -93.3672028

8. Bloomington Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0466573, -93.5852182

9. Woodland Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.9324989, -93.4064026

10. Oak Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0891991, -93.3550034

11. Ames Municipal Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0301208, -93.6061249

12. Pleasant Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.1063740, -93.5614370

13. Saint James Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0088997, -93.3099976

14. Colo Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0181808, -93.3083420

15. Story Memorial Gardens
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9933014, -93.6112976

16. McMichael Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0852203, -93.5915833

17. Arrasmith Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.0855600, -93.5913900

18. First Christian Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0270500, -93.6174100

19. Walnut Grove Cemetery
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9468994, -93.5903015

20. Cambridge Cemetery
Cambridge, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.9067600, -93.5424400

21. Maxwell Cemetery
Maxwell, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 41.8950500, -93.3996900

22. Sheffield Cemetery
Howard Township, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.1369020, -93.5585790

23. Saint Thomas Aquinas Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0224370, -93.6450840

24. Saint Johns Episcopal Church Columbarium
Ames, Story County, USA
Coordinate: 42.0224100, -93.6481040