Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Greenop, John 1912 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 20, 2011, 5:14 pm Unidentified Publication, 1912 John Greenop was born in Orleans Ionia county, Mich., on Feb. 7, 1873. He was married to Loie Wood on Feb. 16, 1897. To them there were three children born, Leila, aged 14, John, aged 12 and one aged 9. He resided in Orleans until March, 1910 then moved to Belding, his home at the time of his death. He died April 23, 1912, aged 39 years 2 months, 16 days. He leaves to mourn his loss a mother, sister, wife and three children, besides a multitude of warm friends. John, our friend and brother died while the shadows were pointing toward the west. -------------- Card of Thanks We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to the kind friends and neighbors for their sympathy and help during the illness and since the death of our dear husband, father and brother and especially to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, the I.O.O.F., the Maccabees, the Orleans Farmers’ club and the pupils of the seventh grade. Mrs. John Greenop Lila Greenop John Greenop Lynn Greenop Mrs. Minnie Greenop Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sebald -------------- Some Mystery in Death Of John Greenop at Mt. Clemens, Sets Officers on Investigation A dispatch to Detroit Free Press from Mt. Clemens, dated April 24, says: Peculiar looking bruises upon the body of John Greenop, a clothing merchant of Belding who came here last Saturday to take the baths and died at the Fountain hotel last evening, coupled with the alleged disappearance of a negro who accompanied him, has set Sheriff George H. Harris and Coroner Scott at work. A mysterious telephone inquiry as to the condition of Greenop shortly before his death, which is said to have come from Detroit, took the officers to the city this afternoon. They returned this evening unable to find a clue. It is believed here that Greenop was in such a weak physical condition that death ensued from that cause. The bruises on his body are slight and according to Charles Meldrum, proprietor of the Fountain hotel, they were caused by a hot water bottle applied at some hospital in Detroit before Greenop’s arrival here. Meldrum also states that the negro said Greenop received his injuries in an automobile accident. The name of Greenop’s companion cannot be ascertained. The officers are not satisfied with the explanation and will order a post-mortem examination. William Unger, a brother-in-law of Greenop, is in the city to take care of the body. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/g/greenop16613nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb