Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hecox, Glenn VanAlstyne 1968
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, May 9, 1968

Glenn Van Alstyne Hecox, 71, died Wednesday evening at Ionia County Memorial 
hospital where he had been a patient the past week.  

He was born January 6, 1897 in Chicago, Ill.  A veteran of World War I, he was 
wounded in France and was awarded the purple heart.  He served throughout 
World War II as a communications engineer in Washington, D.C. and throughout 
the Western Hemisphere.

Active in local organizations, he was a member of Masonic lodge 36, Ionia 
chapter 14 Royal Arch Masons, Ionia Commandery 11 of Knights Templar, American 
Legion, National Rifle association and Western Rifle and Pistol association.

His wife, Ione K. Hecox preceded him in death March 9, 1963.  He leaves a son 
Hugh V. A. Hecox; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Becker of Crystal 
River, Fla., and Mrs. Ruth H. O’Byrne of Oak Park, Ill.

Memorial services will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Boynton funeral home.  Interment 
will be in Oak Hill cemetery.



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