Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Armour, Monroe "Roe" Freeman May 26, 1944
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   M. ARMOUR, ODESSA PIONEER, DIED FRI.
  Monroe ("Roe") Freeman Armour, 83 who came to Lake Odessa in 1887 as the village
was being platted and who conducted an inter-city dray service connection Ionia and 
Barry counties before the advent of railroads in the community, died at his home here early 
Friday following many years of failing health.
  He had been retired from the transfer business since 1925 and had been partially
paralyzed for 30 years.
  He came to Lake Odessa from Hope township in Barry county.  Born February 2, 1861,
in Erie, Pa., he came to Hope township with his parents when a child.   
  On January 25, 1880, he married Miss Alma I. Robinson of Hope township and they moved 
to Lake Odessa on October 25, 1887.
  Mr. armor established his draying and freight transfer business connecting Lake
Odessa with the little outlying hamlets and Saranac, Ionia and Hastings.  After the railroad 
was put through he localized his business in Lake Odessa, continuing until 1925 when ill 
health compelled his retirement.
  He had served the village as village marshall several different terms.
  In 1940 Mr. and Mrs. Armour celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with an
"open house" at their home here.
  Surviving besides the widow are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Norton in Grand Rapids,
and Mrs. Howard D. Poff in Lake Odessa; four sons, Barrett H. Boyd, and Ford D., all  of 
Lansing, and Fay in Lake Odessa; three brothers, Martin at Augusta, Robert in Battle Creek, 
and Hamilton at Delton:  12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held from the Wortley & Baine chapel Monday afternoon with
the Rev. Charles E. Thies, pastor at Central Methodist church, officiating, and the sons 
acting as pallbearers.  Interment was made in Lakeside cemetery.

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