Ionia-Kent-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gould, Franklin J. November 21, 1952
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Saturday, November 22, 1952
Headline:  Oldest Man in County Dead at 100

Within just eight days of being 101 years of age, Franklin J. Gould, 100, of 
Orleans, died Friday after more than two years of illness.

He was believed to have been the oldest man in Ionia County.  A resident of 
Orleans for the past 45 years, Gould had been a farmer all his life.  He had 
been confined to his bed for the past two years.

Before coming to Ionia county 45 years ago Mr. Gould had lived in Montcalm and 
Kent counties.

Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. P. S. Griswold of Orleans, a son, John of 
Orleans, two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and six great-great-
grandchildren.  

Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Fales-Huffman funeral 
home at Belding.  Burial will be at Orleans cemetery.  Elder Jewell Bolejack 
of Ionia will officiate. 

Bearers will be Ray Christensen, Robert Pierson, Walter Reeves and Harold 
Robinson.


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