Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Diamon, Gideon Henry (Sr.) January 28, 1956
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County News - Thursday, Fab. 2, 1956

Gideon H. Diamon, Sr., 69, died  at eight o'clock Saturday evening, January 28, 
in Veterans Facility, Grand Rapids. He had been ill for the past two years and 
a patient at the hospital for two weeks. He was agent and telegraph operator 
for the Grand Trunk Railroad in Saranac, for forty-five years, until his 
retirement seven years ago.

Mr. Diamon was a veteran of World War 1, a member of Boston Lodge No. 146 F. 
and A.M., of which he was past master and life member; of the Hooker Chapter in 
Lowell, a member of Knights Templar No. 11, the American Legion and past 
commander, and member of the Disabled Veterans. He also belonged to the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars which he helped organize in Saranac. 

Surviving are his wife, Rachel; three sons, Clare of Kalamazoo, Jack of Grand 
Rapids and Gideon H. Jr., of Vicksburg; two daughters, Mrs. Constance Schneider 
of Reed City and Miss Virginia Diamon of Grand Rapids and Saranac, and ten 
grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon at Morris Funeral Home in 
Saranac, with the Rev. Glenn McCarty and Mrs. Vena Evans of the Free Methodist 
Church, officiating.

Additional Comments:
WW1, Pvt. Co L, Engineer
Funeral: Tuesday, 21 January 1956
Saranac cemetery #401

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