Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McArthur, Horace 1905
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Lake Odessa Wave, 14 Sep 1905

Was Killed Near Remus

Horace McArthur Fell From Scaffold.

Accident Occurred While Threshing at His Farm – Was Just Leaving Scaffold to 
Descend to Floor – 
Loose Plank Cause of Catastrophe – Was Former Resident of This Section.

The body of Horace McArthur was brought here for burial last Saturday from 
Broomfield township, near Remus in Isabella county.

His death was a tragic one and came with no warning to his friends.  Last 
Friday was threshing day at the McArthur farm and the straw was being put in 
the barn, being first put on the scaffold where Mr. McArthur was pushing it 
into a big bay with a fork.  It was dusk when the work was competed and he 
started to the edge of the scaffold to descend a ladder to the floor but he 
stepped on the end of a loose plank and was thrown to the floor, striking his 
head on a large beam in the course of his descent.  He breathed only a few 
times after being found.

Deceased was 64 years of age and was well known in and around Lake Odessa, 
having formerly lived on what is known as the Arnie farm west of town.  He 
leaves beside a wife, three brothers, William of Woodland, James of Sebewa and 
Charles of Remus, and one sister, Mrs. Dr. Kilpatrick of Woodland, to mourn his 
untimely death.

The funeral was held from the U.B. church in this village last Saturday, Rev. 
Yost officiating.  Interment was made in Lakeside cemetery.


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