Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....HUNTER, JOSEPH L. November 12, 1979
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Gladwin County Record dated 11-14/1979 Column - 3 Page - 2
Joseph L. Hunter, 83, well-known Beaverton resident and retired rural carrier, 
died Monday, Nov. 12, in Gratiot Community Hospital, Alma, following a long 
illness. Born in Chesaning on January 21, 1896, he came to Gladwin County in 
1922 from Coleman. A veteran of World War I, he was wounded during the battle 
of Juvigny Plateau and after recovering from his injuries was discharged in 
1919. He attended business school under the Veteran's Rehabilitation Act and 
was sent to Coleman for pratical training in railroad station accounting. Mr. 
Hunter then came to Beaverton as a station agent operator for the Pere 
Marquette Railway where he remained for eight years.
   He became a rural mail carrier at Beaverton in 1938 and retired September 
30, 1957. Mr. Hunter joined the Masonic Order in 1922 and served the Beaverton 
Lodge No. 453 as Worshipful Master in 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935 and 1978. He was 
named Grand Master of Michigan in 1958, 59. Following his term as Grand 
Master, he became the Grand Lecturer for the state organization. In 1961, Mr. 
Hunter was invited to become a 33rd degree Mason in the Supreme Council of the 
Scottish Rite.
   He became a member of the old county Board of Supervisors in 1964 and 
served as chairman pro tem in 1965. He was named chairman of the board in 
1966, Mr. Hunter retired from the board in 1967. He served on the board of 
directors of the Masonic Home in Alma for many years and was a member of the 
Beaverton Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hunter served the City of Beaverton as an 
alderman, city treasurer and finally as mayor. He was also a past commander of 
the American Legion Post. He and the former Sylvia Bates were married July 2, 
1938, in Saginaw.
   Besides his wife, he is survived by one sister, Effa J. Hunter of 
Beaverton. Services were held today, Wednesday, at 2 p.m. from the Hall 
Funeral Home, Beaverton Chapel. Harold Prong officiated and burial was in the 
Beaverton Cemetery. A Masonic Memorial Service was held Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. 

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