Clare County MI Archives Obituaries.....Huntley, Orman March 13, 1960 ************************************************ 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: Janet Wilkinson Schwartz wilkinschw@aol.com May 10, 2013, 2:24 pm Clare Sentinel, March 24, 1960 Mourn Death Of Orman Huntley Orman Huntley, son of Amos and Anna Huntley, was born August 11, 1880 in Syracuse, New York and passed away Sunday morning, March 13 at the Gratiot Community Hospital in Alma, at the age of 79 years. When he was nine years of age, he with his family, came to Clare where he has since made his home. In 1905 he was united in marriage to Myra Orvis. To this union were born two children, Mrs. Mable Bagwell who preceded him in death and Orison Huntley. His early life was spent in the lumber woods and later he was engaged in working for the Ann Arbor railroad company until his retirement at the age of 67. October 16, 1918 he was united in marriage to Martha Crurmine [sic] and eight children were born to this union. One son Orman preceded him in death. He was a loving husband and father, always ready to help a friend and neighbor and held in high esteem by all who knew him. One sister and one brother preceded him in death. Left to mourn their loss are his wife, Martha, four daughters Doris Whitney of Oil City, Ruby Shaver of Holt, Leona Wing of Marion and Vivian Benchley of Clare. Four sons, Orison of Clare, Wesley of Marion, Lawrence of Farwell and Sgt. First Class Alfred Huntley of Augusta, Georgia, 27 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, one sister Mrs. Mabel Reger of Clare, other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, March 16 from the Thurston Funeral home with Rev. Charles Hull officiating and interment in Cherry Grove cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/clare/obits/h/huntley20020nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb