Obit of Kouri, Addy S. - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gerald Hobson 19 Nov 2006 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Fairlawn Cemetery--OKC OK Surnames: Kouri, Solomon, Vandruff Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YaB.2ACI/1411 From The Oklahoman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Friday, August 6, 1965 Prayers of mercy for Addy S. Kouri, 89, a native of Lebanon who had assisted many of his native countrymen in coming to the United States, will be recited at 9 p.m. Friday in Smith & Kernke Funeral Home, with funeral services at 2 p.m. Saturday in St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Church and burial in Fairlawn Cemetery. He died Thursday at his home at 2847 NW 22. Kouri was born in Juyadeit, Merjayoun, Lebanon, and came to New York in 1895. In 1910, Kouri moved to Oklahoma. He formerly owned dry goods stores in New York City, Wewoka, Sulphur and Norman. He had been in the oil lease business for 35 years and moved to Oklahoma City from Bethany in 1935. He was a member of St. Elijah Church, and in 1962 he was honored by the church for his efforts in bringing Lebanese immigrants to this country. Survivors include his wife, Mary, and two sons, Sam and Sid, all of the home, and five daughters, Salwa, Dora and Freeda, all of the home; Mrs. Mike Solomon, Wichita, Kan., and Mrs. J. W. Vandruff, Anaheim, Calif. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html