Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McArthur, Melvin J. 1918
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Ionia Daily Sentinel, 16 Oct 1918

Har??? McArthur, who lives in Orange township, received a telegram Saturday, 
Oct. 12, from Camp Custer saying that his son Melvin died that morning.  He 
immediately went to the camp and the body was brought to Ionia, arriving on 
Sunday.  Monday it was taken to the home of John Dillenbeck in Odessa township 
where funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. S. Rennells, and interment 
made in the Lake Odessa cemetery where the mother is buried.

Melvin J. McArthur was born in Orange township, Ionia, Sept. 18, 1894, and died 
in the base hospital at Camp Custer, Mich., Oct. 12, 1918, aged 24 years.  The 
greater part of his life was spent in Ionia county and much of it in Odessa 
township.  His mother died in 1902 but the father was successful in keeping the 
family together, and they made many warm friends.

August 28, 1918, Melvin was called to the service of his country, and entrained 
with the Ionia contingent.  After the quarantine period at the camp he was 
assigned to headquarters company 77th infantry, where he served until stricken 
with pneumonia.  His father and two brothers survive him besides many relatives 
and friends.  A large concourse of people gathered at the services held for 
him, and manifested a sincere sympathy and sorrow because of the untimely end.


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