Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Smith, Otto ************************************************ 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: Marilyn King msmarly@yahoo.com May 31, 2016, 4:52 pm Cemetery: Brookside Cemetery Name: Otto Smith Date Of Photograph: May 29, 2012 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/charlevoix/photos/tombstones/brookside/smith187257gph.jpg Image file size: 101.2 Kb Otto (Farmer) Smith 1887 - 1951 Birth: Jun. 23, 1887, Galien, Berrien County, Michigan Death: Jul. 18, 1951, Charlevoix County, Michigan Rites Saturday For Otto Smith Funeral services for Otto Smith, 64, former groceryman were held at the See Funeral Home Saturday with the Rev. W. D. Wood officiating. Burial was in Brook-side cemetery. He died Wednesday at the Grandvue Hospital, East Jordan, after a long illness. Born at Galien June 23, 1887. he was married to the former Blanche Melhorn at Jackson Sept. 14, 1912. They lived in southern Michigan until coming to Charlevoix in 1919. They operated a neighborhood grocery store on south Bridge st. from 1922 until 1934. Later he was employed at the Packard plant in Detroit where he was injured in an industrial accident. He returned here to make his home after being retired. , He is survived by three children, Frank and Mrs. Bruce Donaldson of Charlevoix and Mrs. Harold Grattan of Pontiac; nine grandchildren; four brothers, Lester and Carl of Jackson, Earl of Detroit and Chester of Charlevoix; five sisters, Mrs. Shirley Peary, Mrs. Carl Holland and Mrs. Harrison Barnhart of Jackson, Mrs. Mable Mahoney of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mrs. Lewis Brant of Charlevoix. Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952 Name: Blanche Smith Marriage Date: 14 Sep 1912 Marriage Place: Jackson, Michigan Decree Date: 22 Apr 1946 Decree Place: Michigan, USA Spouse Name: Otto R Smith State File Number: 63 12208 Docket Number: D-16650 Divorce Status: Granted Michigan Death Certificates Name: Otto Richard Smith Event Type: Death Event Date: 18 Jul 1951 Event Place: South Arm, Charlevoix, Michigan Gender: Male Age: 64 Marital Status: Divorced Birth Date: 23 Jun 1887 Birthplace: Galien, Michigan Father's Name: Frank Smith Mother's Name: Mary Richards File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/charlevoix/photos/tombstones/brookside/smith187257gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb