Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Horrocks, Otto 1974
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 & 18 Oct 1974

A longtime active figure in the Girard Horrocks post of the American Legion, 
Otto Horrocks, died suddenly early Thursday morning at the Ionia county 
Memorial hospital after being admitted about midnight Wednesday.  Mrs. 
Horrocks, 58, who lived at 5471 Riverside drive, Lyons, was owner and operator 
of the Clark’s service station on Dexter street in Ionia.  He was also an 
active member of the Ionia Moose lodge.

Horrocks served with the army during World War II in the Pacific theater of 
conflict.  A past commander of the Ionia post of the American Legion he was 
chairman representative of the Wolverine Boy’s State yearly and was 
instrumental in many boys from the Ionia area attending.

Many young people of the Ionia and Muir and Lyons areas will best remember Mr. 
Horrocks as promoter of the Tronviere’s? drum and bugle corps.  He traveled 
with the bugle corps and its music director, Andrew MacFarland many miles 
several summers as bus driver for the parade performances during the summer.  
He was also instrumental in the Legion buying two transportation buses for the 
group.

Horrocks could always be counted on to assist in various Memorial Day services 
in the Ionia area, including the one given on the courthouse steps in Ionia.  
He also assisted the late Mrs. Mildred Gardner with the Memorial Day services 
in Lyons bringing marching members of the Legion for the parades.  Through 
Horrock’s efforts the American legion, Girard Horrocks post has bingo games 
weekly to support the local activities of the post.  

In the past Otto Horrocks was first in line to make arrangements for proper 
memorial funeral services for deceased war veterans.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Hull Memorial chapel in Muir.

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Otto John Horrocks, 58, of 5741 Riverside drive, Lyons, died suddenly at Ionia 
County Memorial hospital.  Dr.  Charles Balck, state pathologist, ruled death 
due to a heart condition complicated by pneumonia.  

Born October ?, 1916, in Evergreen county he was the son of Thomas and Beulah 
Horrocks.  He attended the grade and high schools in Ionia and was a member of 
the Ionia national guard.  After high school he farmed in the Ionia area and 
was employed by the Pere Marquette Railroad.

July of 1937 he was married in Ionia to Eleanore Lindsey.  He entered the army 
in April of 1941 and served with the army corps of engineers in Germany and the 
Philippines.  He received his discharge in January of 1946.

He was a village employee of Lyons and operated his own bottled gas service and 
the past eight years owned and operated the Clark service station on Dexter in 
Ionia.  He was active in many American Legion activities, and also the Moose 
lodge.  He was a bowler and sponsored three bowling teams.  He was a member of 
the Ionia and Montcalm district Forty and Eight a social club of the American 
Legion and was also on the bi-centennial county committee.

Among his survivors are his wife, Eleanore, three sons, Kenneth of Alliance, 
Neb., Lindsey of Lyons and James at home; five daughters, Mrs. Dixie Muawa? of 
Lyons, Mrs. Shirley Houghton, Mrs. Kathy Seth and Mrs. Geraldine Christensen of 
Ionia and Gina Jo Horrocks at home; sister, Mrs. Eric Hewitt of Succex?, 
England, 13 grandchildren.  Also surviving are three step-sisters, Mrs. Dana 
Sweet of Greenville, Mrs. Lucille Myers of Lyons and Mrs. Bernice Rhodes of 
South Haven; two half brothers, Frances Otto of Lachine and Keith Otto of 
Edmore, two half sisters, Mrs. Merritt Johnson of Athens and Mrs. Larry Dyer of 
Greenville.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Lyons United Methodist 
church.  Rev. Richard Strait will officiate and interment will be at the Lyons 
cemetery.  Until noon Sunday Mr. Horrocks will be at the Hull Memorial chapel 
in Muir.  A memorial has been established for the American Legion activities 
funds.


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