Joseph Booms Jr's obituary, Sand Beach Township, Huron County, Michigan

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Joseph Booms Jr.
Huron Road Commissioner and Former Supervisor Dies
Joseph Booms Jr., former Huron county supervisor and a member of the 
Huron county Road Commission board, died unexpectedly Sat night at 
his farm home in Sand Beach twp.  He was stricken while in the barn 
on his farm with his children. He was 55 years old. Booms served as 
supervisor 15 years of San Beach twp where he lived all his life. He 
resigned his post Feb 1, 1954 so that he could be a candidate for the 
Huron County Road Commission. He was elected by his fellow supervisors 
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Elmer Witherspoon, Port Hope 
in Jan. He held the post of chairman of the parks division of the 
commission. Born Oct 5, 1899 in Sand Beach twp he married Dorothy Schultz 
in 1926. He is survived by his widow, 6 daughters, Sister Bernetta I.H.M., 
Fenton; Mrs Ray Suida, Harbor Beach; Mrs Edward Elandt, Verona and Misses 
Stella Margaret and Audrey Booms, who live with their parents; a son, John 
Booms, also at home; 2 grandchildren; his mother, Mrs Matilda Booms, 
Clarence and Allen A Booms, both of Harbor Beach; and 6 sisters, Mrs Elmer 
Ramage, Palms, Mrs Cyril Essenmacher, Sandusky, Miss Frances Booms and Mrs. 
John Schultz, both of Harbor Beach and Mrs Stewart Kramer and Mrs Terbrack, 
both of Ruth. Funeral services will be held at 0 a.m. Tues at Our Lady of 
Lake Huron Cath ch. Burial will be in Rock Falls Cemetery.


Huron Tribune
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