Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....HESLOP, JAMES L. October 27, 1957
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Gladwin County Record dated 10-30/1957 Column - 1 Page - 1
ILLNESS FATAL TO POSTMASTER JAMES HESLOP

Postmaster James L. Heslop, 49, died Sunday morning following an illness of 
several weeks. Funeral services are being held today (Wednesday) at 2:30 p.m. 
at the Hall Funeral Home. The Rev. Everett Love, of the Gladwin Methodist 
Church, will officiate and burial will be in the Beaverton cemetery. Mr. 
Heslop was born in Edenville April 3, 1908. With his parents, he moved to 
Beaverton, where his father, Dr. J. C. Heslop, practiced medicine. A graduate 
of the Beaverton high school, he came to Gladwin 28 years ago and was employed 
as a movie projectionist.
   He was appointed acting postmaster, April 1, 1934 by President Roosevelt 
and received his permanent appointment the following year. He has served in 
the position continuously since. Mr. Heslop was well-known throughout the 
county because of his active participation in the fight against polio and 
served for many years as county chairman of the National Foundation for 
Infantile Paralysis, a post he still held at the time of his death.
   He was married July 9, 1951 to the former Leoma Ward in Spartonburg, S.C. 
Surviving are his wife; two sons, James L. Heslop Jr., of Houston, Tex., and 
Patrick, of Gladwin; three daughters, Mary Lee of Houston, Linda and Pamela, 
at home; two brothers, William of Gladwin, and Bruce of Baltimore, Md.; and 
two sisters, Mrs. K. H. McCullough, of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Mrs. Iva 
Sanborn, of Beaverton. 

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