Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Breckon, U. Russell 1983 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com January 28, 2013, 4:08 pm Ionia Sentinel – 5 December 1983 U. Russell Breckon, 94, of Ionia died early Saturday morning in Ionia County Memorial Hospital. He was born July 11, 1889, in Ionia, the son of Robert and Lovina Gable Breckon. He attended schools in Ionia and also Ferris State College. He was employed as a clerk in the freight office of Grand Trunk Railroad for 44 years before his retirement. He was married in Ionia to the former Kathryn Stobridge on October 11, 1922, and they had observed their 61st anniversary in October. He was a life member of lodge No. 36, F. & A. M., of Ionia; Royal Arch Masons, Chapter 14; and Ionia Commandery, No. 11. He was also a member of Ferris State College’s Golden Eagle Club. Surviving are his wife; one son, Russell, of Saranac; three granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 pm from the Leddick Funeral home, the Rev. john Sorensen of Ionia First united Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/breckon19621nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb