Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beard, Elwood S. May 4, 1957 ************************************************ 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: Patricia Currigan currigan1932@concast.net January 13, 2024, 5:04 pm Unknown Publication - Tuesday May 7, 1957 Excerpts from Obituary ELWOOD S. BEARD Died Saturday May 4, 1957-age 66 at Grand Rapids Hospital. Pvt.119 Machine Gun Bn WW I. Service held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Phelps Funeral Chapel. Rev. Heath T.Goodwin, Pastor of First Methodist Church officiated. Interment was in McBride Cemetery. Bearers were Clarence Misner, John Bippley, Harry Carroll, Tim Sullivan, Emmett Getts and Jesse Wilson. Those attending from out of town were Mr.and Mrs. Barney Szumal, David & Tom of Mt.Clemens, Mrs and Mrs.Guy Messacar, Mrs.Nell Thomas & Mrs.Helen Poindexter of Lansing; Mr and Mrs.Blaine Beard of Cannon Falls,Minn., Mrs.Jane McFeaters of Pittsburgh,PA., Mr and Mrs.Elwood Griffith, Alyce and John of Kalamazoo. Mr and Mrs. Grant Beard of Detroit,Mr.& Mrs, Jack Hyland of Muskegon,Mr.& Mrs.Barney Retell of Fair Haven,Mrs. Bessie Neitzel & Lewis Neitzel of Greenville,Mr. & Mrs.Fred Buholtz of Stanton, Mrs.Carolyn Raymond of McBride, Arley Crawford & Mr and Mrs.Otto Crawford of Lakeview;Mrs.Esther Zimmer of Muir, Mrs.Maude Murphy and Helen Hopkins of Lyons; Earl Imoff of Owosso,Mrs Theo Hansen,Peter Peterson & Frank Drews of Sidney and John Schafer of Hubbardston. Additional Comments: McBride Cem., Montcalm Co.MI World War I Vet. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/beard46890nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb