Calhoun-Saint Joseph County MI Archives Obituaries.....Conine, George December 17, 1973 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robin Ellis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006135 August 16, 2008, 2:08 pm Battle Creek Enquirer Dec. 18, 1973 Athens - George L. Conine, 84, died Monday in Community Hospital in Battle Creek after a six month illness. Conine was born Leonidas and died one day after his 84th birthday. He lived in Athens for 39 years. He retired in 1954 from Union Pump Co. In Battle Creek he was a carpenter for 28 Years, he was also a farmer. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War 1. He married to the former Melissa McNees in 1914, she died in 1969. After his retirement, he dug a private trout lake and built dune buggies and traveled to many dune buggie events. He is survived by 4 daughters, 6 sons, 26 grandchildren, six great grand children, 1 sister and 1 brother. Services will be held at 1:30 pm Thursday at Spencer Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/calhoun/obits/c/conine74nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb