Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Canfield, Joseph Henry May 20, 1955
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Sentinel-Std. - Tuesday, May 24, 1955

Joseph H. Canfield, 60, long time Tucson, Arizona resident and homesteader, 
died May 20 at his home in the Tucson mountains after a long illness.

He was born in Ionia and attended school here. He also attended the 
University of Pittsburgh. In World War I he served overseas with the 32nd 
Red Arrow division and on the Mexican border in 1916. He graduated from 
Ionia high school with the class of 1916.

Mr. Canfield was one of the first residents of the Tucson Mountain area and 
began homesteading in 1928, three years after his arrival there. He was 
active in the affairs of the Tucson Mountain Association and was 
instrumental in establishing the Arizona-Sonora Desert museum. He was a 
member of the Tucson Mountains Park committee and was honored by being named 
an honorary pioneer of the association.

A member of the Baptist church, he was also a member of the Veterans of 
Foreign Wars, a past commander of the Disabled American Veterans and the 
American Legion.

He is survived by his wife Rachel; three sons, Joseph, Richard and Robert, 
all of Tucson; three sisters, Susan and Antoinette of Tucson and Mrs. J.W. 
Hacker of Pittsburgh, Ps. 

Additional Comments:
Age: 60
burial: South Lawn Memorial cemetery
WWI 32nd Red Arrow div.


b. 29 April 1895

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