John Jacobs's obituary Clare, Clare County, Michigan

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DEATH OF JOHN JACOBS
John JACOBS died Sunday morning about 1:30 o'clock, after a brief illness of
pneumonia lasting only about ten days.  Mr.
Jacobs at the time of his death, was 43 yrs., 9 mos., and 25 days old, and
had been in the employ of the Ann Arbor Railroad
Company for 15 years.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at high noon at the Methodist Church
with the Rev. James B. PINCKARD officiating,
after which the remains were taken to Clare for burial and laid besides his
late wife in Cherry Grove Cemetery.
He was a member of the I.O.O.F. and also the Masonic order, the latter
having charge of the funeral.  His loss is mourned by
two children, Mrs. F. K. WARNER and John JACOBS of this city; also three
sisters, Mrs. Charles OLDS, Mrs. B. ROGER
of Lapeer, and Mrs. Edwin CARPENTER of Clare, and two brothers, Thomas and
Richard of Hesion, Washington, who were
unable to be present at the funeral.  Other relatives who attended were Mrs.
Henry HORNING of Clare and Mrs. T. E.
McGREGOR of Wise. 


* The above obituaries came from my grandmothers old scrapbook.  She passed
away in 1952, and the book was recently given to me by my aunt