Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....KENT, CLAUD F. November 24, 1983 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Thomas Ladner tomdladner@yahoo.com May 17, 2008, 8:13 am Gladwin County Record dated 11-30/1983 Column - 4 Page - 2 Claud F. Kent, 85, of 4753 Martin Rd., Billings Township, died Thursday, Nov. 24, in the Midland Hospital Center following a long illness. Born in Billings Township on Dec. 21, 1897, he had spent his lifetime here. He was an auton mechanic for Colbeck Chevrolet in Beaverton for 38 years until retiring in 1963. He was a member of the Beaverton F.& A.M. Lodge 453 and the Billings Missionary Church. He was associated with his father in the operation of a store on Kent Rd. until it closed in 1929. Mr. Kent was a member of the Billings School District No. 1 board of education for 36 years and the Beaverton board of education for 8 years. He also served as Billings Township clerk for over 20 years. Mr. Kent was married to the former Iva Barden on Dec. 23, 1917, in Marshall. Besides his wife, he is survived by 2 daughtes, Mrs. William (Claudene) Kinnaird of Northville and Mrs. Pearson (Barbara) Wade of Boise, Idaho; one brother, Millard of Beaverton; 2 sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Miller of Moran and Mrs. Nina Erskine of Hemlock; and 5 grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Lorraine Mukensnable, preceded him in death in March 1983. Services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Hall Funeral Home, Beaverton Chapel. The Rev. Dana Lane officiated and burial was in the Billings Township Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/gladwin/obits/k/kent4805gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb