John Forrest Ashburn BIRTH 21 Jul 1908 Decatur County, Iowa, USA DEATH 4 Feb 1979 (aged 70) Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA BURIAL Fairlawn Burial Park Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA MEMORIAL ID 105891129 · View Source
Census records for 1910 & 1920 census show he grew up in Bloomington, Decatur county, Iowa. The 1930 census shows he was an inmate at Walnut, Polk county, Iowa.
He married Wyona Winifred McDowell on Apr. 28, 1927. They had one daughter, Roberta Jean. Winifred died 1939 as a result of burns she received from a oil burning stove. Wyona's family didn't like Forest and when she was buried the family refused to place her married name on her headstone.
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