Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....O'Beirne, Nelson Boyd 1968 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 25, 2013, 2:42 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Thursday, May 16, 1968 Major Nelson Boyd O’Beirne, 52, passed away May 10 in Florida after a long illness. Funeral services were in Florida Saturday and interment was Tuesday, May 14, in Arlington cemetery near his three young sons who were suffocated in a fire about 10 years ago in army barracks at Lockbourne Air Base, Columbus, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, a brother, Scott of San Mateo, Calif. and several cousins. Mrs. Myrtle Klahn, a cousin, Mrs. Jessie Cahoon of Saranac and Scott O’Beirne attended the military services in Arlington. Boyd was an army pilot in World War II and flew many missions over Europe and for a time was stationed in Japan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/o/obeirne21904nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb