Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Balderson, Fred & George 1904
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BALDERSON, Fred & George 

Posted By: Pam Swiler 
Date: Saturday, 21 April 2001, at 11:35 a.m. 

Two in One Family Death Invaded Household of Fred Balderson He and His Young Son
Were Victims of Pneumonia. 

At the Knox farm, two miles south-west of the village two bodies were awaiting
burial last week and a sorrowing widow and four children were bravely trying to
hide their tears. Fred Balderson and his little five-year old son had fallen
victims to pneumonia. 

George, the little boy, had been sick several days with tonsilitis but Tuesday
his lungs became affected and he died that night. Arrangements had been made to
hold the funeral on Thursday afternoon, but Wednesday night the father died, and
funeral arrangements were quickly changed. Mr. Balderson was ill at the time his
son died but it was believed he would recover. Saturday morning both funerals
were held at the Baptist church, Rev. Millard officiating, and the bodies were
laid away side by side in Portland cemetery.

Fred Balderson was 45 years of age and a son of the late Wm. Balderson. He
carried insurance of $1,000in the Maccabees, running to his wife, who is left
with four children. 

(Source: Scrapbook copied by Elaine Garlock - no dates or source identified on
the article.) 

George died March 22, 1904 and Fred died March 23, 1904.


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