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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Floyd And Mary V. Black

Date Of Photograph: July 9, 2009
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Black
Floyd 1899-1968 
Mary 1897-1996









OBITUARY
Floyd Black

Services for Floyd Black, 69, who died Thursday, August 8, at Little Traverse
Hospital where he had been a patient since July 27, were held at the Winchester
Funeral Home Saturday. Rev. Albert F. Mansen will officiate and burial will be
in Brookside Cemetery.
Mr. Black, a retired rural mail carrier, has been in failing health for more
than a year.
He was born in Charlevoix May 19, 1899. He married the former Mary Gates in
October, 1923 at Kalkaska and they always resided in Marion township.
Mr. Black retired as a rural mail carrier after 37 years and was a member of the
rural letter carrier’s association.
He operated a farm in Marion township and was well known throughout Michigan for
fine horses which he raised and entered in horse pulling contests held
throughout the state.He was a member of the Community Reform Church and a World
War I cavalry veteran.
Besides his wife, he is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Jean) Drenth
and Mrs. Robert (Maxine) Drenth, both of Ellsworth, Mrs. Edward (Shirley)
Wilbur, of Kalamazoo and Mrs. Richard (Mary Lou) Johnson, of Elmhurst, Ill.; 16
grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Felix and Mrs. John Johnson, both of
Charlevoix.
The family requests that anyone wishing to honor the memory of Mr. Black may
contribute to the Cancer Society in his name.

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OBITUARY
Mary V. Black
Mary Viola Black. 98, of Charlevoix, died Jan. 16, 1996. at Charlevoix Area
Hospital.
Her funeral was Friday. Jan 19, at the Winchester Funeral Home in Charlevoix.
The Rev. Bruce E. Hamilton of the Community Church of God and pastor William
Lyons of the Ellsworth Wesleyan Church officiated. Burial will take place in
Brookside Cemetery, Charlevoix.
Mrs. Black was born Dec. 23, 1897, in Alba, the daughter of Burt and Eldora
(Tupper) Gates. She was raised in the Gaylord/Alba area, then moved to
Charlevoix where she worked at the Chicago Club.
On Oct. 6. 1923, she married Floyd Black in Kalkaska. He preceded her in death
on Aug. 8, 1968.
Mrs. Black attended the Community Church of God in Charlevoix, and in later
years the Ellsworth Wesleyan Church.
She was a member of the Marion Center Grange, and had taught sewing and 4-H.
Mrs. Black enjoyed gardening, quilting, cooking, and especially her children and
grandchildren.
Survivors include three daughters. Jean Drenth of Ellsworth. Mary Lou Johnson
and her husband, Richard, of Elmhurst. III., and Shirley Ann Wilbur and her
husband. Ed. of Kalamazoo; 14 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and one
sister. Gladys Garshow, of LaPorte, Ind. Mrs. Black was preceded in death by a
daughter and son-in-law, Maxine and Bob Drenth; and by two grandsons, Eddie
Wilbur and Jeff Drenth.
The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Ellsworth Wesleyan
Church or to the Community Church of God in Charlevoix.

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