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Query developed the recipe in his kitchen, initially selling his marshmallow fluff door-to-door. With the advent of World War I there were serious shortages of sugar, one of the basic ingredients in his recipe. When mixed with peanut butter, it is the primary ingredient in a sandwich known as a Fluffernutter.
He was a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts, where he lived on 79 Ossipee Road.
Joseph Archibald Query died in Boston in March, 1964, aged 90. (Massachusetts Death Record).