Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McCarthy, Frank W. 1955 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net January 25, 2011, 12:18 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel, 17 Dec 1955 Frank W. McCarthy, 62, route 3, Orleans, died at Blodgett Memorial hospital in Grand Rapids Friday, December 16, at 9:45 a.m. He had been a patient there since Wednesday . He had become ill Tuesday evening at his home and was removed to Ionia County Memorial hospital from where he was transferred to Blodgett Wednesday. Born in Carson City October 1, 1893, McCarthy was the son of Thomas and Catherine McCarthy. He was married September 1924 to Lovena Eiseler of St. Johns. He lived in Ionia for the past 30 years where his wife died in December, 1951. He married Mrs. Vera Gallant in September, 1953. He had been employed as a guard at the Michigan Reformatory for the past 36 years and was a member of SS. Peter and Paul church and the Knights of Columbus and the Ionia County Fishing and Hunting club. Survivors include his wife, a son, Frank W. McCarthy, Jr., of Grand Rapids, one grandchild; and two sisters, Mrs. Vern Grace of Ionia, and Mrs. Anna Fitzpatrick of Matherton and a brother, Thomas of Traverse City. Services will be held at the SS. Peter and Paul church Monday, December 19, at 9 a.m. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at the home on Banner Grange road Sunday at 2 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mccarthy10721nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb