Oneida Dispatch 
March 29, 1968 
 
 Alverton S. (Bert) Adle, 94, of 313 N. Main st., died early 
this morning at the Gerrit-Smith Infirmary, Eaton, where he 
had been a patient for one day. 
 Born in Peterboro, on Dec. 21, 1873, he was the son of Henry 
and Olive Guy Adle. A lifelong resident of Madison County, 
he was a blacksmith by profession. His wife, the former 
Grace Butler, died in 1921. Mr. Adle was of the Methodist 
Faith. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Gladys Zabele and 
Mrs. Ruth Shelley, both of Oneida, Mrs. Mabel Milgate of 
Sherrill and Mrs. Connie (sic - Carrie) Harp of Eaton; 
12 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren. 
 
 [Note: Grace Butler died in 1937; 1921 is when she and  
  Alverton were divorced.]