His death certificate states he died of liver cancer, but he actually had esophageal cancer. To establish his initial appointment with an oncologist, liver cancer was the suspected cause, though later shown to be untrue.
• Texas birth index 1903-1997 at Ancestry.com for Joe Bert Deforest on 11 Jan 1949 in Harris County, Texas • Idaho death certificate, state file #2016-03649 • Family bible in the posession of Patricia Gannon in Sandpoint, Idaho
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