Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....McVeigh, Marion 1931
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Ionia County News, 10 Sep 1931

Hubbardston Girl Fatally Injured On Vacation Trip

Accident Occurs as Family Was Enroute to Houghton Lake On Labor Day.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Marion McVeigh, nine, who died 
as result of a fractured skull received in an automobile accident Sunday 
afternoon.  She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McVeigh, who live two 
miles east of Hubbardston.

The fatal accident happened as the parents and young girl, were enroute to 
Houghton lake to spend Labor Day.  They stopped by the roadside a short 
distance east of Clare to get a drink from a spring.  Marion was struck by a 
car traveling at a high speed when she attempted to follow her father across 
the pavement.  She died two hours later.

The services were conducted by Rev. Floyd N. Drake, of the Hubbardston 
Methodist church.  He was assisted by Charles Langdon who sang.  Pall bearers 
were Keith Langdon, Eugene Tabor, Harvey and Rollin Allen.  Burial was in the 
East Plains cemetery.

In addition to the parents, a sister, Doris, and a brother, Bunyan, survive.


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