Eva M. (ADCOCK) PEREGO

Waverly Journal, Friday, 2 April 1982, page 11 column 5.

Mrs. Eva Mae (Adcock) Perego died March 24, at St. John's Hospital North in Springfield after a long illness.

Eva Mae Adcock was born in 1907 at Waverly, the only child of James Leonard and Kathryn (Richardson) Adcock.

She attended the Waverly schools and was an excellent violinist. On August 15, 1924, she married Theodore R. Harris. He was killed in action near Algiers, June 22, 1943. She married Colonel Fordyce L. Perego and they resided in New Orleans, La., until his death in 1981.

Graveside services were held March 26 at Waverly East Cemetery.