Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Galloup, Vern A. 1956
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 22 & 26 May 1956

Veteran of World War II Is Dead

Vern A. Galloup, 37, of 630 East Lincoln avenue, died Tuesday morning at St.
Mary’s hospital in Grand Rapids, where he had been a patient for one week.  He
was born in Greenville, July 4, 1918 and was the son of Jess and Martha (Cross)
Galloup.  He served 52 months in the service during World War II, was a member
of the Ionia Elks, the Ionia Hunting and Fishing club, Blackhawk Archery club
and was employed by the Ionia State Hospital, for the past seven years.

Surviving are his wife, Lois (Jane), one son, Cole, six years of age; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Galloup, one sister, Mrs. Ruth Rice, all of Ionia and
one brother, Claude of Sheridan.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon, May 25 at 2 o’clock at the Myers
funeral home.  Interment will be in Balcom cemetery.

He was serving with the U.S. Army during the actual attack on Pearl Harbor,
December 7, 1941 and returned to the United States before he was transferred to
Berlin where he was on the front lines, going through the battle of the bulge
and served there until he was discharged at the end of the war.  He was staff
sergeant in care of supplies.

Mr. Galloup owned his own business, the Ionia Metal Awning Company, where he
serviced from the basement of his home, in Lincoln avenue, this being his fourth
year.  He also served a short time with the Ionia city police force before his
employment at the Ionia State Hospital.

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Funeral services for Vern A. Galloup, 37, who died Tuesday morning at St. Mary’s
hospital in Grand Rapids, were held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Myers
funeral home.  Interment was in Balcom cemetery.  Mrs. Gene Clark and Mrs.
Franklin Hansbarger were in charge of flowers.  The Rev. Robert Watt of Lyons
and the Rev. Paul Knaak of Ionia officiated.

He was a World War II veteran, a member of the Ionia Elks, the Ionia Hunting and
Fishing club and the Blackhawk Archery club and was last employed by the Ionia
State Hospital.

Bearers were Wallace Starkweather, John Lowe, Donald Lance, George Robinson,
Chester Speice and William Baragray.  Employees of the state hospital were
honorary bearers.

Attending from out of town were business associates and their wives, state
hospital employees.  Relatives from out of town were Jack Currigan of Lansing,
Mrs. John Currigan of Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Clare Galloup and Claude Galloup of
Sheridan and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Parcher of Palo.


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