Later Years and Death
In his later years, he suffered from chronic pulmonary emphysemia, chronic bronchitis, and valvular heart disease. He lived for a time with the family of his daughter, Mrs. Richard Lambert. He died of bronchial pneumonia on Jan. 25, 1967 at Dani's Nursing Home in Santa Barbara, California. He was buried in Cypress Lawn cemetery in San Francisco in the Varney family plot
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