Mary Geneva CHERRY^[1]

1899 - 1964  (65 years)

• Name	Mary Geneva CHERRY
  Nickname	Geneva
  Birth	Jan 1899	Churchland, Norfolk Co, VA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Oct 1964	Ridgefield, Fairfield Co, CT   [3, 4]
  	Geneva died at a Ridgefield, Connecticut hospital on 29 October 1964. She was 65 years old.
  funeral	1 Nov 1964	Portsmouth City, VA   [3]
  	Her funeral service was held at Snellings Funeral Home in Portsmouth, Virginia on 1 November 1964 at 3:30pm.
  Burial	1 Nov 1964	Chesapeak City, VA   [3]
  	Interment followed at Churchland Baptist Church Cemetery in Chesapeake, Virginia.
  Person ID	I64435	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Daniel Monroe CHERRY,   b. Aug 1857, Norfolk Co, VA d. Between May 1910 - Feb 1920 (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Ida Jennett MILLS,   b. c. 1861, New Kent Co, VA
  Marriage	17 Jun 1885	Norfolk Co, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Norfolk County, Virginia on 17 June 1885.
  Notes	The 1910 census notes that Ida had given birth to 8 children, of whom 6 were living on 5 May 1910.
  Family ID	F6607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Weston Lester KLISE,   b. 6 Mar 1897, Hinton, Summers Co, WV
  Marriage	4 Oct 1924	Portsmouth City, VA   [6]
  	The couple was married in Portsmouth, Virginia on 4 October 1924.
  Children	1. Weston L. KLISE   2. Jeannine KLISE
  Family ID	F7747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: June 1900, Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA Resided: May 1910, Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA Resided: February 1920, Western Branch, Norfolk County, VA Resided: April 1930, Portsmouth City, VA Resided: April 1940, Kinston, Lenoir County, NC

  
  

• Sources

  [S2653] 1900 US Census / Cherry, Daniel M. [S3760] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785 - 1940. FHL film 2048495: Portsmouth City, VA, ID 1924 p12 In421, Weston Lester Klise - Mary Geneva Cherry entry. [S2676] Geneva Cherry Klise obituary, The Daily Press, (Newport News, VA) 1 November 1964. [S3116] Connecticut Death Index, 1949 - 2001. Geneva D. Klise entry, file #19882. [S1346] Sharon Rea Gable & Truitt M. Bonney, abstractors, Gable & Bonney, Norfolk County Virginia Marriage Licenses 1850 - 1899, ((Suffolk, VA: privately published, 2007)). p. 32: Daniel Monroe Cherry - Ida Jennett Mills marriage (1885), file no. 3948. [S3760] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785 - 1940. FHL film 2048495: Portsmouth City, VA, ID 1924 p12 In421, Weston Lester Klise - Mary Geneva Cherry entry.