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Headline Monett Man Dies of Heart Attack
Text George Fly, 48 years old, Monett business man died of a heart attack about five o'clock Saturday afternoon.

Mr. Fly, until about three months ago had been a salesman for the Junge Baking Company. He had been a salesman for the Joplin Concern for twenty-six years and was well acquainted with all the owners of grocery stores, cafes and confectioneries all over this part of the state.

He had recently retired as a salesman and purchased a shoe store in Monett. Saturday afternoon he left his wife in the store and went to his home to change the oil in his automobile. After he left the store, his son, Dick, who is a salesman for the Junge Baking Company came to the shoe store and after his mother had told him that his father had gone home, he went to find him.

He found his father beneath his car, where he had started to drain the oil from the machine, but he was dead. He summoned a physician and a neighbor and Mr. Fly was carried into the house. The physician said Mr. Fly had been dead about thirty minutes and attributed his death to a heart attack.

Mr. Fly was born in Purdy, May 5, 1903, the son of the late John H. and Mrs. Minnie (Moore) Fly, who resides in Monett. He was married to Miss Ruth Mahony of Monett in 1923.

In addition to his wife, son and mother, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Cleo Blankenship of Springfield, a brother, Jack Fly of Monett; and three sisters, Mrs. Ed Lane of Monett, Mrs. Jewel Young of Bell Calif., and Mrs. Maude Wagoner of Kansas City, Mo.

Funeral services were held at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the First Christian Church in Monett, of which he was a member with Rev. Chester Werbin assisted by Rev. J. J. Stidman of Fulton, Mo., officiating. Burial was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Monett.
Newspaper or Funeral Home Wheaton Journal
Date Thursday, Jan 10, 1952
Death Cert Link Death Certificate
Resource Newspaper
Submitted by Donna Cooper