Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ball, Sidney John 1944
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Ionia County News, 26 Oct 1944

Private First Class Sidney John Ball, 19, was killed in action with the army in 
Germany on Sept. 29.  The parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Ball, of Danby township, 
had been so notified by war department telegram Friday, October 20.  The news 
came as confirmation of their worst fears.  They had heard nothing from him 
since Aug. 17 when they received their last letter.

Pfc. Ball, previously employed at a Grand Ledge factory and at Ypsilanti-Reed 
factory, Ionia, entered the army in March, 1943.  He was transferred overseas 
to England in October, 1943, and had remained there until this July when his 
unit was dispatched to France.  His maternal grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Blackman, 
and several relatives reside in Epsom, in Surrey, 14 miles from London, 
England, but he was unable to visit them before being shipped out for action.

He was born in Detroit, October 13, 1924, and had lived in Danby since he was 
seven.  He attended Halliday school and Portland high school.

Surviving are his parents and one brother, Harold, at home, and his aunt and 
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Roseveare, Sebewa township.

[Transcriber’s Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he is 
buried in Danby Cemetery.]


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