Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hillabrant, Kenneth 1951
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Ionia County News, 11 Oct 1951

Pewamo Man Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wounds

Kenneth Hillabrant, 46, of Pewamo, passed away early Saturday morning in an
ambulance while being taken to St. Johns hospital.  Deputy Sheriff Peter
VanVleck, who investigated the death with Coroner Dale Kauffman, reported that
Hillabrant died of gunshot wounds he inflicted himself.

In the last year and a half he had undergone major surgery, the last operation
being in June.  Since then his health had been poor, although he was working
every day.  He was found after his wife, Leona, heard the shot about 5:40 a.m.

Kenneth, son of Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Hillabrandt, was born in a farm near
Hubbardston April 8, 1905.

He leaves to mourn his death, his wife, Leona; two sons, James and John; two
brothers, Keith, his twin, and Clement, both of Hubbardston; seven sisters, Mrs.
Bessie Steadman of Ionia, Mrs. Ivah Rogers of Hubbardston, Mrs. Marion Holtz of
Howell, Mrs. Jeannette Greenamyer of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. June Middlebrook of
Belding, Mrs. Hermanine White of Royal Oak and Mrs. Margaret Morgan of Detroit.

Funeral service was held Monday morning from St. Joseph’s Church.  Interment was
in Fowler cemetery.  Carl Geller, John Fox, Herman Werner, Robert Barker, Alec
Martin and Arthur Cook were pall bearers. 

Mrs. Hillabrandt and sons have the sympathy of the community.


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