Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Getz, Floyd H. 1905
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Lake Odessa Wave, 31 Mar 1905

Death’s Increasing Roll.

Floyd Getz, son of Adam Getz, now of Brinton, bur formerly a farmer of this 
vicinity, died at the U.B.A. hospital at Grand Rapids on Sunday noon, after a 
very brief illness in that institution.  He was taken there on the fourteenth 
day of March to be operated on for appendicitis, as he was taken sick with this 
disease the latter part of February at Cascade, and was there quite ill for a 
couple of weeks.  He got up from this illness however, and visited here and at 
various places among relatives for several days, before concluding to go to 
Grand Rapids and undergo the operation that the doctors told him would be 
necessary to insure his health or his life for any great length of time.  He 
rallied from the operation which took place on the 16th day of this month, and 
seemed to be getting along nicely, until a hemorrhage of the bowels took place 
later and his death soon occurred afterwards.  The remains were brought to this 
village on Tuesday noon, and were at once taken to the Odd Fellow lodge rooms, 
where they were watched over by his brother Odd Fellows until on Wednesday 
forenoon, when the funeral was held in the Odd Fellow hall and his remains then 
interred in Lakeside cemetery.  Rev. Skentelbury preaching the funeral sermon.

Floyd Getz was born in Berlin township, May 22, 1876.  Much of his life has 
been spent in the vicinity of this village, and consequently had a large circle 
of friends here.  For the past year or more he has been working for the 
Citizens Telephone Company in the construction gang.  He was first taken sick 
with appendicitis at Ionia last spring, from which he soon recovered.

Those present at the funeral from away were Adam Getz and son, Will, of 
Brinton, Arthur Getz, of Grand Ledge; Mrs. Will Post of Clarksville, and Mr. 
and Mrs. E. B. Geary, of Grand Rapids.  The Odd Fellows turned out in a large 
body to pay their last respects to the memory of a brother.


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