Huron County MI Archives Obituaries.....Messing, Elmer Bernard December 11, 1977 ************************************************ 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: Norma Novick fox2157@aol.com November 17, 2021, 4:08 am Times Herald Port Huron Tuesday December 13, 1977. Elmer Bernard Messing August 21, 1906 - December 11, 1977 FORESTV1LLE - Elmer B. Messing, 71, died Sunday in Huron Memorial Hospital, Bad Axe, after a long Illness. He was born August 21, 1908, In Huron County, and was a lifelong area resident. He was a retired farmer and a member of Ruth Council 3823, Knights of Columbus. Mr. Messing married Alma Booms May 14, 1929, in Helena. He is survived by his wife; five brothers, Roman, Wilfred, Charles and Eugene Messing, all of Ruth, and Raymond Messing, Minden City; two sisters, Mrs. Bernadette Hessling, Harbor Beach, and Mrs. Agnes Hessling, Ruth; nine sons, Vincent, Gerald, Ernest and Howard, all of Minden City; Russell, Ruth; Leroy, Juneau, Alaska; Dennis, Deckerville; Patrick, Royal Oak, and James, Oak Harbor, Washington; seven daughters, Mrs. Rosemary Block, Gastonia, N.C.; Mrs. Beatrice Schultz, Lemoore, Calif.; Mrs. Rita Seidl, Glendale Heights, Ilinois.; Mrs. Diane Clink, Harbor Beach; Mrs. Evelyn Sass and Mrs. Bernadette Pickett, both of Port Huron, and Mrs. Viola Essenmacher, Washington, Michigan; 72 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday In St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, Ruth. The Rev. Francis Murray, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today and Wednesday. The Rev. Murray will officiate tonight, and the Ruth Knights of Columbus will officiate Wednesday. Both will be in the Bowen Funeral Home, Minden City. Visitation is at the funeral home. Published Times Herald Port Huron Tuesday December 13, 1977. Additional Comments: Note: Born to Bernard and Amelia (Stein) Messing File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/huron/obits/m/messing41198nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb