Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Belcher, Oliver B. 1960
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 24 Oct 1960

Oliver B. Belcher, 82, a retired government employee and native of Ionia county,
died Sunday at 11:15 a.m. at his home at 950 Den Hertog SW, Grand Rapids, after
a long illness.  He was born October 1, 1878 in a log cabin two miles from
Portland, the son of Alonzo and Alinda LaMore Belcher, and moved to Sherman with
his parents in 1883.  He completed his schooling in Sherman and in 1900 moved to
Chicago, Ill.

He was employed by the United States treasury department 10 years in the Chicago
sub-district and 25 years as deputy collector of customs.  He was in charge of
the customs office during the World Fair in Chicago in 1933.  He was a 50-year
life member of Lakeview Masonic lodge in Chicago, and was a partner of his
brother, Charles, in a department store in Woodstock, Ill, 40 years.  

His parents were residents of Lake Odessa a number of years.  His father died at
Lake Odessa in 1940 at the age of 94 ½ and his mother died in 1929.

Mr. Belcher is survived by a brother, William of Woodstock, Ill., and several
nieces and nephews.

Service will be held at the Pickens funeral chapel Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. under
the auspices of Lake Odessa Masonic lodge 395.  The Rev. F.J. Fitch will
officiate and burial will be at Lakeside cemetery.


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