Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gooby, Mathew February 23, 1924 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Suanne Tasker stasker@cmsinter.net April 24, 2014, 5:49 pm Ionia Sentinel, Mon. Feb. 24, 1924 MATHEW GOOBY, 93 YEARS OF AGE, IS DEAD Death Occured in Florida and Body will be Brought Home for Burial Mathew Gooby, died in Florida Saturday after a few days illness. Mr. Gooby was born in England 90 years ago. When about 26 years of age he came to this country with his family. Three of their children are buried in England. When he had been here about one year he enlisted and was a member of the One Hundred and Third Ohio Regiment. Mrs. Gooby died about 40 years ago. Five children survive him, John Gooby of North Plains, M. Gooby, at Ionia, Mrs. Rebekah Graham, Mrs. Kaziah Mulls, Mrs. Hattie Commins, all of Ionia, and Mrs. Emma Bogart, who was with him in Florida at the time of his death. The body will be brought to Michigan in the spring for burial. Additional Comments: Burial in Palo cemetery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/gooby24550nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb