Obituary - Athens Free Press, 31 October 1941 OLIVER CANTERBURY DIES AT SPRINGFIELD Oliver Perry Canterbury, 86, known and related to many Athens people, passed away Sunday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mabel Courtright, Springfield. He is survived by six children: two sons, Robert of Denver and Ray of Buffalo, Wyo.; and four daughters, Mrs. Pearl Shafer, Denver, Mrs. Ida Pearson, Mrs. Olive Oglesby, Buffalo, Wyo., and Mrs. Mable Courtright, with whom he made his home. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday from the late home, with the Rev. B. C. Stine officiating. Interment was made in Hall Cemetery, Athens.