Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McKelvey, Berry August 13, 1929
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The Lake Odessa Wave, Thursday, August 15, 1929
Berry McKelvey, pioneer builder and real estate dealer in Highland Park and a 
resident of California since 1903, passed away at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday 
evening, August 6, in a Pasadena hospital after a brief illness.  He was 66 
years old and had been living for the last six years at 885 North Holliston, 
Pasadena.

Some during the early 90’s Mr. McKelvey, who with his wife and little son 
Mudge were living on a farm in west of Woodland, decided to move to Lake 
Odessa, the new fast growing village a few miles to the northeast of them, and 
cast their lot with the pioneers of this place.  They had not been here long 
before he began dealing in real estate and the building of houses.  For his 
home he built the residence on Fifth avenue now owed and occupied by Mr. and 
Mrs. L. W. Davis.  In 1896 he built the double store building, now occupied by 
LaDue & Snyder, and stocked it with furniture, hardware, etc.  Later he added 
a line of farm implements and buggies in the building next south of him.  We 
are informed he did a big business in buggies, buying them quite frequently by 
the carload, which was a lot of buggies even in those days.  

While living here a daughter Ruth, and a son Leland B. were born.  Later owing 
to the poor health of his wife he closed out most of his business interests 
here and went to California.  He lived there a year or two, returned to Lake 
Odessa and became interested in the promotion of the Lake Odessa Malted Cereal 
company of which he was made manager.  The factory building was erected under 
his supervision.

In 1903 Mr. McKelvey closed out all of his interests here and moved to 
California, where he has since made his home.  The deceased is survived by his 
widow, Mrs. Etta Goss McKelvey, who was his second wife; four sons, Mudge 
McKelvey of Tulare, California, and Leland B. McKelvey of Eagle Rock, 
California, sons by his first wife, and Donald Paul McKelvey and Raymond Goss 
McKelvey, at home, sons of his second wife.  The daughter Ruth passed away 
some years ago.


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