Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, William A. 1968 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net May 9, 2014, 5:18 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 12 Apr 1968 William A. Brown, 84, of 74 Center, Saranac, died Thursday evening at an Ionia rest home. Born January 11, 1884, in Ontario, Canada, he moved to Cass City as a small boy. He was married to a Elida McGillis of Cadillac and moved to Grand Rapids where he lived 25 years. He operated a gas, oil and coal business and ran the first drive-in gas station in the Wyoming area. In 1939 he moved to Saranac where he operated the W.A. Brown general store, selling the business in 1953 at which time he retired. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and Wyoming Park EUB church. Surviving are his wife Elida K.; one daughter, Mrs. Herbert Beyer of Wyoming; two grandchildren. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 pm at Morris Roetman funeral home with Rev. Eldon Cummings officiating. Interment will be in Saranac cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brown24763nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb