Erwin Mitchell's obituary, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan

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Obituaries from the Clare County Cleaver.  October 21, 1999

Erwin A. Mitchell, age 72, of Farwell, passed away Thursday, October 14,
1999 in Lansing.  Erwin was born the son of Maurice and Dora L. (Zeis)
Mitchell on January 3, 1927 in Charlotte.  He married the former Jean
Fancon on January 4 1950 in Clare.  Erwin was a member of the I.O.O.F.
Lodge of Clare, a member of the American Legion and a Life Member of the
Farwell V.F.W. Post 3039.  Erwin served in the Army from 1946 to 1948
then joined the Marines in 1948 and served until his discharge in 1952.
He retired from Dow Chemical in Midland in 1983.
     Surviving Erwin is his wife Jean; a daughter, Kathy Bauer of Mt.
Pleasant; a sister June E. (Gordon) Foell of Clare; a aunt Helen Albin
of Charlotte; 2 nephews Gary and Larry Foell and a niece Linda Witbeck.
     Funeral services were held Monday, October 18, at 2:30 p.m. at the
Stephenson-Wyman Funeral Home with Pastor Jim Young officiating.  Burial
was in the Cherry Grove Cemetery.  Memorials may be made to the Odd
Fellows Building Fund.  Arrangements by the Stephenson-Wyman Funeral
Home, Inc.