Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....STERLING, ROY S. October 13, 1953
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Gladwin County Record dated 10-14/1953 Column - 8 Page - 1 
DITCH MACHINE TAKES LIFE OF ROY STERLING

SERVICES WILL BE HELD FRIDAY FOR WELL-KNOWN BILLINGS RESIDENT

   Roy S. Sterling, 60, of Billings township, was killed instantly on Tuesday, 
October 13, when he became entangled in the tile ditching machine which he and 
his son were operating on the Siepke farm, five miles east of Alma. Funeral 
services will be held on Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Sidney S. 
Rood, of the Houghton Lake Episcopal church. The Rev. Sidney S. Rood, of the 
Houghton Lake Episcopal church, will officiate and burial will be made in the 
Dale cemetery. Mr. Sterling may be seen at the Hall Funeral Home after 8 
o'clock this evening and will be taken to the home in Billings on Thursday 
afternoon.
   Mr. Sterling was born in Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, on October 13, 1893, 
and spent practically his life-time in Billings township. On December 25, 
1912, he married Miss Vella Euper in Beaverton.
   Surviving are his wife, Vella; one son, Richard, of Billings; two 
daughters, Mrs. Bernard Cerva and Mrs. Gordon Gingrich, both of Midland; his 
mother, Mrs. Anna Sterling, of Billings; three brothers, Percy and Kenneth, of 
Hope, and Homer of Davison; one sister, Mrs. Frank Broadworth, of Fairgrove; 
also nine grandchildren. His father and a sister preceded him in death. 
   Pallbearers will be Earl Colbeck, Harley Quillett, Shirley Brown, Claude 
Kent, Mike Kent and Frank White. 

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