Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Haight, Chandler J. Sr. 1963
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, July 1, 1963

Chandler J. Haight, Sr., 84-year old retired Ionia city post office carrier, 
died at 12:20 a.m. Sunday at Blodgett Memorial hospital in Grand Rapids after 
an illness which began last fall.

Mr. Haight retired as an active United States postal city carrier in 1936, 26 
years after he had started work.  Ill since last November he had been confined 
to his home, Blodgett and Ionia hospital, and had lived for a few months at 
Pilgrim Manor near Grand Rapids before his last illness two weeks ago. 

Born March 23, 1879 northeast of Ionia, he attended country schools and when a 
student in the Ionia city schools walked to and from class from the family 
farm.  He left school before finishing to assist his father in an Ionia livery 
business and worked there until he accepted a position as a substitute clerk 
in the Ionia city post office in 1902.   He continued as a postal employee 
until his retirement an during that time became a regular city carrier.  He 
retired in 1936 because of disability.

He was married August 7, 1906 at Stanton to Annita Fanning of Stanton and the 
couple moved to Ionia making their home on Lovell place.  Mrs. Haight died 
January 24, 1923 and he never remarried.

Always active in his church, the First Methodist of Ionia, he devoted many 
hours to church work, particularly among its young people before and following 
his retirement.  He kept active during his retirement with church and other 
community activities.  He formed and directed a Sunday school orchestra and 
later directed the church choir.  He had a splendid voice and was called upon 
to sing frequently.  His friends were numbered among the many hundreds of 
young people within the church and in Ionia city.  For many years he served as 
city school census enumerator.  Mr. Haight was one of the first to accept 
chairmanship of the finance drive of the Ionia Community Chest and his work 
that year led the chest to far exceed its goal.

He kept active at home where he lived alone during more recent years.  He 
cared for his own yard and that of his son’s, Dr. Chandler Haight, Jr., and 
aided in caring for that office.  He took part in numerous organizational 
activities, many of which no longer function.

He was a member of a large family of nine children of which only Mrs. Frank 
Hoar of Terrace court, a sister, now survives.  Other survivors are his three 
children, William E. of Lansing, Dr. Chandler Haight, Jr., Ionia dentist; and 
a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Gist of Lafayette, Ind.; six grandchildren and eight 
great-grandchildren and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen McCann of Ionia.  Until 
her marriage to Dr. J. J. McCann, Mrs. McCann made her home at the Haight 
residence and assisted in bringing up Mr. Haight’s family.

Funeral services are to be at the First Methodist church Wednesday at 2 p.m.  
Burial will be at the family lot at Highland Park cemetery in Ionia township.  
A memorial for the Methodist church has been established.



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