Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lockwood, Cyrene H. 1946
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 28 Jun 1946

Ionian Found Dead In Grand River Friday

Believed to have been despondent over an investigation by a representative of
the state sales tax commission, Cyrene H. Lockwood, 77, was found dead in Grand
River one mile west of Ionia at 1:45 p.m. Friday, more than 12 hours after
police and sheriff’s officers had started an intensive search for him.

Lockwood’s body was found lodged in the [unreadable] lying in Grand River just
south of the old Babcock farm on old M-21, a mile west of Ionia.  His body was
found Friday afternoon by four Ionians as they were preparing to launch a boat
to begin search of the river.  They were Deputy Sheriff Peter VanVleck,
Conservation Officer Lewis Kahl, Roger Dean and Sidney Russell.

The four men had gone to the river to launch the boat after discovering that
Lockwood had passed on the highway a short distance away.  [Unreadable] found
his shoes, glasses, and hat on the bank of the river as they lifted the boat
from its trailer.  The body was found in the river about 20 rods downstream. 
Deputy VanVleck said he believed Lockwood took his own life.  Lockwood
disappeared early on Thursday morning, and Ionia officers were asked to aid in
the search at mid-afternoon Thursday.

A former Michigan reformatory guard, Lockwood had been well known in Ionia city,
where he sold baked goods for his wife in a business operated by the couple. 
Deputy VanVleck said members of the family reported Lockwood appeared worried
and excited concerning his sales tax account in connection with his bakery
wrote.  His accounts were being checked by a department representative, it was
reported.

[Transcriber’s note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Highland Park Cemetery.]


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