Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Castle, Clifford 1952
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Oct 1952

Ionia civic and military posts were present Wednesday afternoon with the family 
of Cpl. Clifford Castle at the Grand Trunk railroad depot to receive the body 
of the young Ionian who was killed in Korea.

The body arrived on the 5:17 train and was taken to the Myers funeral home 
where funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock by the 
Rev. George Rentschler.  The funeral will be a full military ceremony with the 
Rex Leland post in charge of arrangements assisted by the Ionia VFW post.  
Frank Wirtz; long-time friend of the Castle family, will sound taps at the 
interment in Balcom cemetery.  Pallbearers for the funeral will include a 
veteran of the Korea war who has been discharged, Allen Wizorek.  Other 
pallbearers are to be Richard Anderson, Melvin Badder and Ronald Davis.  All 
were boyhood pals of the late Cpl. Castle.

Castle’s funeral is just four days prior to what would have been his 23rd 
birthday.  He was killed in Korea July 7 when the tank in which he was riding 
went out of control and rolled over on him after he had leaped from it.

Mayor Anthony Balice, who was at the station for the arrival of the body, has 
requested by proclamation that all flags be flown at half-mast until the time 
of the funeral.


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