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Obit needed for surname KIBBY died 1971 in Rio Vista

BarbaraODonahue — 2013-05-05 17:53:37Z

Looking for obit for Helen Anastasia Kibby nee Ryan who died 5 March 1971 in Rio Vista OR Yolo

Help appreciated

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16729682/person/420927397

Obit needed for PORTER died 1987 in Rio Vista

BarbaraODonahue — 2013-05-05 17:48:21Z

Looking for obit for Mary Agnes Porter nee Ryan who died 14 Sep 1967 in Rio Vista

and her husband William Porter who died 11 Feb 1972 also in Rio Vista

Help appreciated

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/16729682/person/420927395

Re: Harold W. WILSON obit needed. Died Vallejo 11/15/1936

Revae — 2013-04-19 00:22:41Z

Well, you are not giving me much to go on. Did your Harold ever live in Napa, CA? That is where mine lived. His father married a second time after Ethel Piner died in 1919. Her name was Olive/Olivia???. She was born ca 1888 CA. She probably had been married previously, but I have no information.

Revae

Re: Harold W. WILSON obit needed. Died Vallejo 11/15/1936

MrStrand — 2013-04-18 19:38:19Z

Hmm. While there are certainly similarities, I don't know if this is the same person. The child of Harold and Aimee is my father-in-law and he says that his father was adopted by the Wilson family. However he has no information about that part of his family.

Re: Harold W. WILSON obit needed. Died Vallejo 11/15/1936

Revae — 2013-04-18 19:34:48Z

My Harold Wilson was the son of Frank Marion Wilson and Ethel Piner. Harold's siblings were Marion, Juanita and Elizabeth Margaret.

My family line is Piner, thus my interest in Harold.

Revae

Re: Harold W. WILSON obit needed. Died Vallejo 11/15/1936

MrStrand — 2013-04-18 15:46:35Z

I have very little information, but we have a Harold Wilson married to Aimee Berg. One son - Daniel Harold Wilson, born two months after he died. How are you related?

Re: Harold W. WILSON obit needed. Died Vallejo 11/15/1936

Revae — 2013-04-18 15:07:07Z

I really do not know of what he died. One of the reasons that I am seeking information. If you think you can help me, I would be most appreciative. Thank you,
Revae

Re: Harold W. WILSON obit needed. Died Vallejo 11/15/1936

MrStrand — 2013-04-18 03:02:55Z

Is this a Harold Wilson that died in a boating accident? I may have information for you.

Steven Paul Adams

junamalkus — 2013-04-11 17:45:42Z

Died Nov 1975 El Dorado Ca. Previously married Mary E née Marley and Patricia Hawkins. Looking for any information on parents or siblings, maybe an obituary. Thank you, jmalkus

Marilyn Guiles, 1989

CadiListMom — 2013-04-08 00:53:43Z

CADI
GUILES MARILYN LEE dob 1933 01 04 mother TRIMBLE father BAKER FEMALE born CA county of death SOLANO dod 1989 06 18 ss# 552422181 age 56

Modesto Bee, 6/20/1989 page B2

Re: Obituary Look up on Meredeth Lucille Tomson

MCP68 — 2013-04-07 12:11:08Z

I found the obituary on line with Ancestry! Thanks for reading. If you have any connection to this line, I will share my information. Thank you.

Re: Need help to verify person

BoothTemple — 2013-04-04 16:07:06Z

Assuming Eleanor got married between the 1920 & 1930 census (she would have been about 18 in 1923), IF she got married in San Francisco, you could look at the San Francisco county records in FamilySearch:
https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%...

These are browsable, but not searchable. Look in the bride's index, which are broken up by year.

Since Gertrude is in the San Francisco city directories from 1927 on (she was in Vallejo before that), it's just a possibility that Eleanor married in San Francisco.

Re: Need help to verify person

avipe — 2013-04-04 03:08:54Z

Hi,

thank you so much! That helps verify that Ernest and Virginia didn't have any surviving children, and it also gave me her first name.

Thank you
Anna

Re: Need help to verify person

barbdale_1 — 2013-04-03 20:46:23Z

Obit for Ernest T. Okerlund's wife

SAN MATEO TIMES DECEMBER 10, 1946 PAGE 11

MRS. VIRGINIA OKEKLUND
Mrs. Virginia Okerlund, 40, of 1562
San Carlos ave., San Carlos, died last
night aiter a long illness. Mrs. Okerlund,
a native of Alameda, had resided
in San Carlos for the past six
years. Mrs, Okerlund was the wife of
Ernest T. Okerlund, San Carlos jeweler.
She is survived, in addition to
her husband, by her aunts and uncles,
Mrs. Louise and Ernest Armstrong,
of San Carlos; Charles and
Mrs. Edna Kuchel of San Mateo. and
was a sister of the late Jerry Dunn
of San Francisco. Funeral services
will be held Thursday mornlns at 11
o'clock from the Sneider and Sullivan
chapel. Inurnment will follow at
Woodlawn Memorial park.

Re: Need help to verify person

avipe — 2013-04-03 19:59:17Z

Hi,

thank you so much, both of you, for your help!

Unfortunately it looks like the line ends with Ernest L's both children. I now know that Ernest got married to a Dunn, and they had 1 child who did at 2 months old and I couldn't find any other children.
Eleanore, Ernest first child, just vanishes after 1910.

Anna

Re: Need help to verify person

barbdale_1 — 2013-03-29 02:24:38Z

1900 census, Duluth Minnesota
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M93R-BRL

1910 census, Solano California
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MVGY-69W

Marriage to Gertrude
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLCL-KXY

Here is the funeral home record for Eric E. Okerlund, who died in 1914, with obituary
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JNJ1-13V#

Okerlund, Eric E., April 14 beloved husband of Gertrude Okerlund, and father of Eleanore and Earnest Okerlund, aged 38 years and 8 months. Interment private, Presidio national cemetery, to-day (Thursday)

Note- familysearch is a free site. You have to register to view some images, such as this one, but it is free.

Re: Need help to verify person

BoothTemple — 2013-03-28 23:45:15Z

I think it could be the same man. Eric Emil Okerlund is listed in the California Voter Registration for 1907 in San Francisco.

Voter registration: http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=1249&ii...

There is an Eric Okerlund buried in San Francisco National Cemetery, DOD Apr 14, 2012, according to Find a Grave. No birthdate is listed. The Gertrude Okerlund that you posted the 1910 census for is widowed in the 1920 census, so that could be her husband Eric.

1920 census: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&...

Other references to Eric E. Okerlund (husband of Gertrude), it sounds like he was a Minnestoa veteran of the Spanish American War.

Chabot Terrace Public Housing Complex of Solano County

Barry_Ashby — 2013-03-28 22:35:54Z

Thank you for writing and for the transcription about Chabot Terrace’s designers. I'm sure Misters Wurster and Kump never planned on actually living in one of these “units.”

Yes, these houses were nothing more than single-family barracks strung together in ugly rows. They were not built on concrete slabs, so each had an enclosed basement of sorts. Families who stored stuff in these basements did so at the mercy of thieves. Three were caught under our house on Alaska Street on three separate occasions. The Chinese guy residing next door caught at least two more under his house. Even if nobody understood a word he said, that Chinaman knew how to give a proper tongue-lashing.

I’ve come to realize a lot of early information about Chabot Terrace must have been classified for war purposes. Back then, especially during the war, the press would have honored requests to withhold anything connected to Mare Island and its supporting infrastructure.

But Chabot Terrace survived long after the war where it quickly became a low-rent slum. I was born in 1944 and lived there a few years during the 1950’s. I didn’t shed one tear upon departing for the newly-built army base housing at The Persidio Army Base in San Francisco.

And I’m sure the citizens of Vallejo rejoiced when the Chabot Terrace demolish orders were finally acted upon.

Re: Addendum: Chabot Terrace Public Housing Complex of Solano County, built circa 1943

beanzel74 — 2013-03-28 04:38:53Z

You may have this already, but didn't see it in the thread. My dad lived in Chabot Terrace as a small boy and attended first grade at least. His dad was working at Mare Island during the war and I think the family was there ca 1944-46. I have a photo somewhere of him standing in front of the "house." And here is some info about the designers of the housing:

1942, East Bay, Chabot Terrace, Vallejo, Wurster and Bernardi

In the railroad-run decade of the 1870s, great things were forecast for Vallejo--principally that it would surpass Oakland--but this also was false prophecy. By 1880 the place had settled for 6,000 souls. It was this modest town that experienced the stunning World War II invasion of shipyard workers who were housed in every available place including virtual cities built overnight, like Chabot Terrace, Wurster and Bernardi, 1942, which provided 3,000 units of housing but no schools (Gebhard, Winter, and Sandweiss 1985: 243).

At Chabot Terrace, a few miles outside of Vallejo on the north, and Carquinez Heights, south of town, more than 5000 dwellings were erected practically overnight. Some of the Bay Area's most distinguished designers, including William W. Wurster and Ernest Kump, took part in these developments. Their design in hindsight seems almost a caricature of the barracks idea. Hundreds of little identical shelters, lined up mechanically, marched up hill and down dale, without schools, community facilities, without even sewers.

Taken individually, the barracks-like little houses looked right out of the artless Wurster tradition of residential design. They were soundly laid out internally. The triumph, though, in this Vallejo work was the extraordinary rationalization of the construction process itself. Two assembly lines, one based on wallboard technology, the other on plywood, were set up. In production terms, the result must have been among the first real successes in factory-built housing. Perhaps the most interesting incident in the Bay Area with respect to war housing construction appeared as an offshoot of the Vallejo projects and their concern with production processes. Wurster and his team convinced the federal authorities to release a small amount of material and money for experimental work. Largely under the guidance of Fred and Lois Langhorst, who were employed in Wurster's firm, twenty-five dwellings were designed and built as demonstrations of constructional alternatives to the standaridized factory-built barracks. At the time this experiment had no direct influence on the course of war housing. But these twenty-five units received more attention in the architectural press than all the other thousands of houses in Vallejo and the Bay Area (Woodbridge 1988: 238. From: http://www.verlang.com/sfbay0004ref_ww_06.html

Obituary Look up on Meredeth Lucille Tomson

MCP68 — 2013-03-28 01:47:03Z

Meredeth Lucille (Duckett) tomson died in Fairfield, Salano Co., Ca. 14 Nov 2004. she was born in Cleveland/Strongsville, Ohio 8 Sept 1907 and married arthur Tomson 1 Oct 1927. Can someone help?

St Catherine's Academy, Benicia

MMcDMue — 2013-03-23 01:40:40Z

My mother attended St Catherines in the early 1940s. I would like to know whether any school or chapel records exist anywhere. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Need help to verify person

avipe — 2013-03-03 21:07:20Z

Hi,

I would really appreciate help to verify if I've got the right person or not.

The person I look for has the following information:
Eric Emil Åkerlund (I think he may have used Okerlund in the US), b. 26 JUL 1875 in Västra Vingåker, Södermanlands län, Södermanland. Emigrated 8 OCT 1888 from Sweden.

I found this record and I am keen to know if it is the same man

1910 cencus
NAME: Eric Okerlund
SPOUSE: Gertude Okerlund
BIRTH: 1876 - Sweden
RESIDENCE: 1910 - city, Solano, California

If correct I would also appreciate any other information that there may be about the couple and if they had any children.

Anna

Re: MARY FRANCIS (KERBY) SEARS - DIXON, CA

jesse_kerby — 2013-03-01 17:00:45Z

hello my name is JESSE L. KERBY. I have been looking for relatives and came a pone this. i was borm in june of 84 and my fathers name was JOHN M. KERBY. he was born in fresno ca. his fathers name was stephen kerby and my grandmas name was betty kerby (newport..maiden name) he has been missing since 1988. i am trying to find other relitives so that way i can keep the last name going and maybe even find my father. well if you know of any thing or possibly some one in ur familel knows the names plz let me know
thank you for your time
JESSE KERBY

Re: Chabot Terrace Public Housing Complex of Solano County, built circa 1943

jdswoodshop — 2013-02-24 00:57:02Z

I was only five years old when we lived there. You are right, it was a mess. We left in 1953. I remember having the door open in the summer because it was do hot. People of other races would walk by our door and throw watermelons through the screen and they would splatter in our living-room. I remember some lady coming out and hitting me with a broom because I was playing on the sidewalk near her front door. That place was a nightmare. There were guns going off through the night, so we were not allowed outside after dark.

Re: Obituary lookup request for Polly Katherine Murray

cbarngraff — 2013-01-30 15:07:33Z

Thank You for the obituary, I have been trying to locate someone from this family for a long time, having her husbands name should help

Re: Obituary lookup request for Polly Katherine Murray

JWatson9552 — 2013-01-30 07:32:28Z

Following is a transcript of an obituary from the Vallejo Times-Herald, dated 18 Jan 1990:
"Polly Murray

NAPA -- Polly Katherine Mur-
ray, 83, died Monday in a Vallejo
convalescent hospital after a long
illness. She was born in Colorado
and received her early education
in Colorado and San Diego and
moved to American Canyon in
1967. She worked in Guam for 10
years at the 11th Naval District as
a telephone operator.

She was a member of the Alpha
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority; past
president of the Women's Club of
Guam and was active with the Red
Cross for many years.

She is survived by her husband,
Carl of American Canyon.

No services will be held and in-
urnment is private.

Napa Valley Memorial gardens
Mortuary made arrangements."

Obituary lookup request for Polly Katherine Murray

cbarngraff — 2013-01-26 14:59:18Z

Hello, I'm looking for the Newspaper Obituary for Polly Katherine Murray, Death 15 Jan 1990 in Vallejo, Solano, California. Thank You

Armigel P. Wade and Verna O. between about 1940-1946

jnrollberg_1 — 2013-01-19 04:03:33Z

It is believed that an Armigel Parsons ["Paul"] Wade [b. 1911, Florida] and a Verna O. _____ married in Solano County between 1941-1946. A.P. Wade was in the Navy there and is listed in 1940 census as single there.

We don't know Verna's last name, but would like to find out more about her even though the two divorced in Florida in 1947. Any help or direction would be much appreciated. We wanted to e-mail the archives there, but could not find an e-mail address. [The "automatic" e-mail address function didn't work for us.]

Thanks! Jeanne

Re: ~ The History Of Dixon and More ~

cathy_gyselbrecht — 2013-01-13 23:45:51Z

James Otis Johnson was my great grandfather. I have some info if you want to contact me

Cathy

Phone Book Look Up Needed: 1991 Cobb

hgosnell — 2013-01-07 23:12:09Z

Can anyone look up 555 Willow Dr., in Benicia, California?
Solano Co:
I need the name f the person listed there. Possiably COBB?

Thank you

Harold Gosnell

Re: Obit lookup for Susan Regina Neimoller Tanner

JWatson9552 — 2013-01-02 20:52:15Z

In this case, I got lucky. I first searched the Solano County phone book for the year that Susan Tanner passed away and found Carroll Tanner listed in Benicia. That led me to the conclusion that Susan Tanner may have been living in Benicia when she passed away. I just happen to have a book published by Ivolue Lantrip (who passed away in 2003) indexing the Passalacqua Funeral Home Records. I know that that is the only funeral home in Benicia. I searched that book and found the information I provided in my reply.

As far as funeral home records being a great source of information, it depends on the funeral home. Some funeral homes have gone out of business and their records may not be available or difficult to find. Some funeral homes that are still in business may not be genealogist-friendly. There is one funeral home in this area that will not give you any information unless "you have a court order." I have found other funeral homes to be quite helpful.

Re: Obituaries?

hahncraiga — 2012-12-29 14:34:48Z

Have received the transcription and I would like to thank you for being able to get it for me. Even with the differences you pointed out, the obituary is helpful to me. Thank you for everything you have done.

Re: Obituaries?

JWatson9552 — 2012-12-29 07:13:03Z

Following is a transcript of an obituary from the Vallejo Times-Herald, dated 24 Oct 1996:

"Bonnie Tiernan
(July 30, 1923 -- Oct. 22, 1996)

Bonnie Fawcett Sanders Tiernan, 74, died
Tuesday in a hospital in Vallejo following a
long illness.

Mrs. Tiernan was born in Minneapolis,
Minn., where she had resided for six years,
and then in Vallejo for 59
years. She was a self-em-
ployed music teacher for 20
years, retiring in 1983.

Her son, Dennis Faw-
cett, preceded her in death.

She is survived by her
son, William Fawcett of
Vallejo; her sister, Donna
Ford of Nevada; her
brother, Harold Hahn, of
Montana; a grandchild;
and a great-grandchild.

Graveside services will
be at noon on Friday in Sky-
view Memorial Lawn Cem-
etery, with Pastor Richard
Scudder of Bible Baptist Church of Vallejo
officiating.

Contributions may be made to the Friends
of Animals Solano County, P. O. Box 4081, Val-
lejo, 94590, or to the American Cancer Soc-
iety, Solano County Unit, 1726 Sonoma Blvd.,
Vallejo, 94590."

Note that her first name and date of death in the obituary do not agree with the California Death Index.

Re: Obituaries?

JWatson9552 — 2012-12-29 07:11:16Z

Re: Obituaries?

hahncraiga — 2012-12-22 03:51:41Z

Thank you for getting back with me on this matter. I do not know where exactly in Solano County this person died, but if I had to make a guess I would say she probably died in Vallejo as that is where she lived for most of her life. The person I am interested in is Bernice P. Tiernan (nee Hahn) and she died according to the California Death Index on October 21, 1996. If you can possibly find an obituary for her I would greatly appreciate it.

Craig A. Hahn

Re: Obituaries?

JWatson9552 — 2012-12-22 03:42:28Z

It depends on where in Solano County they lived and sometimes where they worked. If they lived in Vallejo or Benicia or worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, I may be able to find the obituary for you.
John Watson

Obituaries?

hahncraiga — 2012-12-22 02:18:02Z

Where in Solano County would be a great source for obtaining an obituary for people who died there? The person I am looking for died in the year 1996. Any and all help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Re: OLD FUNERAL HOME IN VALLEJO

Quarker1 — 2012-12-20 16:18:49Z

I sure will & you do the same..Merry XMAS FROM oKLA.!!

Re: OLD FUNERAL HOME IN VALLEJO

pderas1 — 2012-12-20 03:58:10Z

My great grandfather Edward Henry Packard was also cared for by McDonald mortuary chapel after his death on 16 Mar 1914. If records are found, please let me know.

Re: Obit lookup for Susan Regina Neimoller Tanner

joswearingen — 2012-12-15 11:47:25Z

Thank you so much. How do you access funeral home records? That sounds like a great source of information!

Re: Obit lookup for Susan Regina Neimoller Tanner

JWatson9552 — 2012-12-15 08:23:40Z

I found Carroll Tanner listed in the Benicia telephone books in 1976 through 1983 living at 300 East H Street. She was not listed before or after that. Susan Tanner was not listed in any of those telephone books.

The following information is extracted from the Passalacqua Funeral Home Records:

Susan R. Tanner, widow
born: 15 May 1889, NE
died: 7 Nov 1977, Benicia, CA
burial: Omaha, NE
residence: Benicia, CA
Catholic
father: Ignatiais Niemoller, born in Germany
mother: Susan Stone, birth place unknown

I was unable to find an obituary for Susan Tanner in either the Benicia or Vallejo newspapers.

Obit lookup for Susan Regina Neimoller Tanner

joswearingen — 2012-12-01 17:01:16Z

My great aunt Susan Regina Neimoller Tanner b. May 1891 in Nebraska, lived in Ontario Canada, but died in Solano County California 7 Nov 1977. Was probably living with her daughter, Carroll Susan Tanner ?. Could someone please help me find Susan R N Tanner's obit? I'm particularly interested in any grandchildren listed. Thanks!

Re: Willie Oce Coplen (Copeland)

tavon_carter — 2012-10-23 05:39:05Z

thats my grandpa

Re: look-up request for 1990 in Vacaville

kkmarynik — 2012-10-04 23:04:57Z

Thank you very much for checking on this. The CA Death Index has her death in Solano County, which is why I'm looking there for her obituary. Since she grew up in Placer County, maybe I'll check there next.
Thanks again...

Re: look-up request for 1990 in Vacaville

kevsigler — 2012-10-04 22:06:52Z

There is one paper in Vacaville. There was not an obituary for any Fanning in 1990. Sorry.

I was not able to find a grave site.

Solano County death database does not list this person as a death in the county. They do list a death for Bea Fanning in 1990. But, I could not find an obituary for her either.

first name: Daisy
middle name: Charlotte
last name: Fanning
name suffix:
birth date: 12 July 1894
social security number: 548-40-3663
place of issuance: California
last residence: Vacaville, Solano, California
zip last residence: 95687
death date: 4 March 1990
estimated age at death: 96

Re: Obituary Lookup please for Henry Watson "Joe Bill" FOREHAND

RBestrom7380 — 2012-09-09 18:33:17Z

Social Security Death Index:
Henry W. Forehand, born 4 June 1917, died 20 Jan 1999, "last residence:" Vacaville, Solano Co. CA.
--The "last residence" on the SSDI is NOT necessarily where a person actually lived or died. The Social Security Administration calls it simply the "home of record." It is not necessarily where any benefit was paid to the person, survivor, or the lumpsum death benefit (in 1999 it was paid to anyone paying burial expenses, family member, funeral home, city/county, attorney). It is sometimes the location where the notification of death was sent to the SSA, sometimes where the lump sum death benefit was sent.

Henry is buried in Contra Costa County:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fo...;

Nell Ray appears to be the daughter of Arthur J and Miranda, living in East Eldorado, Saline Co, IL in the 1930 Census; and in the 1940 Census.
--The CA Death Index:
Nell Bernice (Ray) Forehand died 19 June 1995 in Contra Costa County. She was born 29 June 1921 in Illinois.

The Contra Costa County Recorder
http://www.criis.com/contracosta.html
has a number of documents recorded in the names of Henry W and Nell B Forehand. One is an Affidavit/Declaration of Death filed on 2/17/1999. Also filed was a copy of a Trust documentation. These filings are usual after death to dispose of property or financial settlements. These documents would indicate if there were family members/heirs. In 1995, Henry revoked a trust and documented a deed (property).

I could not find a court case (Probate, etc) in Contra Costa County.

"IF" there were no children or family in the area, there might not have been an obituary for Henry. I'd suggest you search for Nell's obit, which Henry may have provided funds. I'd contact the cemetery to see if they have any information (Death certificate, obit, etc). If they can provide the name of the funeral home, contact them, they may have written the obit or have other records. They may not provide you with information, but I have seen persons providing a self addressed stamped envelope with a letter to forward to the family.

Re: Obituary Lookup please for Henry Watson "Joe Bill" FOREHAND

HEAVYWAIT29 — 2012-09-09 03:20:27Z

Thank you very much

Re: Obituary Lookup please for Henry Watson "Joe Bill" FOREHAND

judyartley53 — 2012-09-09 01:51:05Z

Hi,

IF you're still looking for this obituary, the Solano County Genealogical Society, rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cascgsi/ does this kind of research. Successful Searching!

look-up request for 1990 in Vacaville

kkmarynik — 2012-08-20 23:41:00Z

Can someone help me with the obituary on Daisy Charlotte Fanning of Vacaville, who passed away on March 4, 1990, please? Thank you for considering this request!

Re: Obit Lookup Catherine L Johnson

JWatson9552 — 2012-08-10 23:48:12Z

Following is a transcript of an obituary from the Vallejo Times-Herald, dated 11 Apr 2002:

"Catherine Johnson
Dec. 31, 1919 -- April 4, 2002

Catherine Louise Johnson, 82, died Thursday
at a local hospital after a long illness.

Born and raised in Pueblo, Colo., she moved
to Vallejo in 1941.

After attending Heald Business College in
Oakland, she worked in the supply department
for 32 years at Mare Island Naval Shipyard,
retiring in 1974.

She was a member of St. Basil's Cahtolic
Church.

Her husband Woodrow preceded her in death
Oct. 17, 1992.

Mrs. Johnson is survived by her sister,
Marguerite Bly of Sacramento, and her brother,
Michael (Alice) Delgado of Vallejo.

Private family services were held. Private
burial at St. Vincent's Cemetery."