Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Coykendall, Earl F. 1903
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The Lake Odessa Times, Wednesday, December 30, 1903

Earl F. Coykendall, the other victim from this place, lay unidentified for 
many hours at Spring’s morgue, Grand Rapids, but his name and address were 
finally made out on a blood stained letter that had been found in his 
clothing.  It is said that he and Wm. Smith of Saranac occupied the same seat, 
and it is probable that he was the one pinned in the wreckage with Smith when 
the letter was released, as mentioned in Sunday’s Free Press.  Coykendall was 
dead when found, his head having been crushed in, and Smith died from his 
injuries.  Frank Coykendall and Mrs. E. F. Coykendall were notified of the 
death of their brother and husband and made immediate arrangements to care for 
the body.

Mr. Coykendall was formerly a resident of Saranac, but he and his brother Guy 
came here early in the year and purchased a meat market, which they continued 
to run up to a week or so ago when they sold out.  He was just returning to 
Lake Odessa after an absence of a week or more when his dire fate overtook 
him.  He was born in Lenawee county 31 years ago and was an energetic and able 
business man.  He leaves a wife and child, a mother and two brothers.  His 
remains were taken to Middleville, the home of his parents, for burial.

The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community, including the Times is with the 
bereaved of both families.



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