Hollon B. "Bob" Avery

GLASGOW – Hollon B. “Bob” Avery, 87, of Glasgow, died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.

He was born in Concord, N.H., a son of the late Hollon C. and Alta Tholander Avery.

Mr. Avery was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He graduated from Concord High in 1942 and joined the U.S. Navy. He served on the USS Perkins DD-377 which sank off the coast of New Guinea in 1943 and was Chief Radio Operator and plank owner on the USS DeHaven DD-727 which in July, 1945 performed a daring attack in Tokyo Bay and was present for the signing of the surrender in September. In 2008 he was honored to have his wartime experiences included in We Went to War, by Meg Heckman and Mike Pride published by the Concord Monitor.

After the war, he attended UNH and Wentworth Institute, Boston. Upon graduation he worked for General Electric and Raytheon as a dynamics engineer and later for AGC and Haemonetics Corporation and was the holder of a number of patents developed during those years.

In 1989 he retired to Glasgow, K.Y. and resumed his passion for antique autos. He was a master craftsman and received the Dearborn award for restoration of his 1932 Model B Ford. He also restored a 1914 Model T, a 1941 Lincoln Continental and a 1961 Sunbeam Harrington race car. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he was a former Sunday school teacher and Allen Lodge No. 24 in Glasgow where he was a Past District Deputy Grand Master.

He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Davidson Avery; a granddaughter, Jade Lin Avery, of Phoenix, Ariz; two brothers, Eugene Avery (Connie), of Edmonton, and Grant Avery (Diana), of Loudon, N.H.; two sisters Marilyn Foster, of Pembroke, N.H., and Carole Milliken, of Concord, N.H.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by two sons, Bruce R. and Curtis E. Avery, and a brother, Kenneth A. Avery.