William Riley URY

1883 - 1942  (59 years)

• Name	William Riley URY
  Born	16 Mar 1883	Carbus Co., North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D37AA8053561244EA7A59DDB5F0E4C2BAAAD
  Died	22 Mar 1942	New York
  Buried	Birchlawn Burial Park, Pearisburg, Giles Co., Virginia
  Person ID	I45829	Branch 019 John Miles Stafford 1782 VA
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ellen STAFFORD,   b. 30 Aug 1881,   d. 6 Mar 1970  (Age 88 years)
  Children	1. Ozone URY   2. Dennis URY
  Last Modified	30 May 2023
  Family ID	F16849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Riley Ury, former superintendent of the New River Ordnance plant during construction by Mason and Hanger, and outstanding tunnel engineer, died yesterday at his home in New York city after a brief illness. Mr. Ury, 58, worked for the company 38 years and rose from a labor without much schooling to construction engineer for important projects for national defense. He left Dublin September 16, last year after spending seven months completing the job here. At one time, he had 7200 men under his supervision, and was one of the most popular officials at the plant. At the time of his death, he was superintendent of Mason and Hanger's tunnel project at Lackawack, supplying New York City with water. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Ozone, who worked as concrete foreman here, and Dennis, and two daughters, Mrs. Howard Bush and Mrs. Walton Walker, all of New York city. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 12:30 pm with burial in Birchlawn cemetery, Pearisburg, Va, near relatives. Mr. Ury was a native of Carbus County, N.C.