Obituary for Elmer Van Antwerp, Sunfield, Eaton County, Michigan

Copyright © 1999 by Jan Sedore. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.  

************************************************

Copyright.  All rights reserved.

http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm

http://usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm

************************************************


Newspaper unknown
Vermontville Scrapbook Vol. 4, Page 2
SUNFIELD LEADER TAKEN BY DEATH
   Sunfield--Funeral services for Elmer E. VAN ANTWERP, 52, former village
president and store operator here and in Lansing, were held at 2 Monday at
the Mapes funeral home. Burial was in Meadowbrook cemetery, Mulliken.
   Mr. VanAntwerp, a native of Ionia county, spent most of his boyhood in
the Sunfield vicinity and later moved to Lansing, where he operated a
grocery store and was president of the Lansing Grocers & Meat Dealers
association.
   After his return to Sunfield he operated a general store for many years
and served as village president.
   In recent years he operated a real estate business and while ill
conducted dealings from his bedside.
   He was a member of Lansing BPOE lodge No. 196, Sunfield F&AM No. 455,
the DeWitt Clinton consistory and the Methodist church.
   Surviving are his wife, Belle; two sons, Elmer E. of Lansing and Fred A.
of Sunfield; a sister Mrs Gertrude Pickens of Wyandotte, and four
grandchildren.




dz