Burial Notes

Shoat Springs Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 2 April 1930 in Fonda, Cedar Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA. ³
  

1930 census — Franklin Street, Fonda, Cedar Township, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA

Name; Relation; Gender; Race; Age; Marital Status; Age at First Marriage; Birthplace; Father's Birthplace;
Mother's Birthplace; Occupation/Industry
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Brisbois John B       Head*      M   W   39          M   33   Iowa   France   France   Truck Driver/Gen'l Trucking
-------- Gladys       Wife       F   W   37          M   31   Iowa   Iowa     Iowa     None
-------- John R       Son        M   W    5          S        Iowa   Iowa     Iowa     None
-------- Francis E    Son        M   W    4 3/12     S        Iowa   Iowa     Iowa     None
-------- Caroline R   Daughter   F   W    2 5/12     S        Iowa   Iowa     Iowa     None
-------- Evelyn J     Daughter   F   W    1 5/12**   S        Iowa   Iowa     Iowa     None
   *Owns home, value $1500, owns a radio, does not live on a farm   **unclear; could be just 5/12 with the 1 crossed out
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Source Citation:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Fonda, Pocahontas, Iowa;
                  Roll: 673; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 3; Image: 23.0.

• He served in the military during World War II in the U.S. Army. ^{5 6}

• John served in the military on 9 January 1945 in Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA: Enlistment. ⁶

• His Social Security Number was 485-16-6057, issued before 1951 in Iowa, USA. ⁴

• Last Residence: 75462, Bef 22 May 2004, Paris, Lamar County, Texas, USA. ⁴

• He was buried at the Shoat Springs Cemetery in Hugo, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, USA on 25 May 2004. ⁵

• His obituary was published in an unknown newspaper about 28 May 2004 in Oklahoma, USA.
  
  John R. Brisbois
  
           Funeral services for John R. Brisbois of Hugo were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hugo. Interment was in Shoat Springs Cemetery.
           Mr. Brisbois died May 22, 2004, in Paris, Texas. He was 79.
           Mr. Brisbois was born November 9, 1924, in Fonda, Iowa, the son of John B. Brisbois and Gladys (Richmond) Brisbois and had lived most of his life in the Hugo area. He was a retired truck driver and a World War II Army veteran. He was of the Catholic faith; he was a member of the VFW, the DAV and the American Legion.
           Surviving relatives: His ex-wife, Mertie Brisbois; one son, ----- Brisbois of Idabel; two stepsons, ----- Earnest of Ft. Towson and ----- ----- Liles of Holly Creek; one daughter, ----- ----- of Paris, Texas; five step-daughters, ----- Powell of Ft. Towson, ----- Geatch of Ft. Towson, Jessie Johnson of Swink, ----- Greer of Hugo and ----- Liles of Ft. Towson; one sister, ----- ----- of Ft. Dodge, Iowa; numerous grandchildren.
           Services under the direction of Miller & Miller Funeral Home of Hugo.