Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....O'Bryon, Charles G. 1938
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Belding Banner-News, 1 Dec 1938

Brief Illness Fatal To Aged Local Man

Long Time Resident and Former Pioneer Business man Succumbs

Belding lost one of its pioneer residents Friday, November 25th, when Charles G.
O’Bryon, aged 87, passed away suddenly at his home on S. Bridge street after an
illness of five days.  He had been in fairly good health until a few weeks ago.

Charles G. O’Bryon was born in Charlotte, July 6, 1851.  He came to Belding in
1874 where, the same year, he married Miss Anna L. Watson.  Mr. O’Bryon was a
shoe maker by trade, later becoming a grocer and dry goods merchant.  At one
time he worked as a clerk in the store of the late Henry J. Leonard.  The
O’Bryons had three children: Grace who passed away in 1901; Ella French of New
Haven, Conn., and W. Frank O’Bryon of Grand Rapids.

Surviving also are six grandchildren:  Donald E. Pilkinton, of Flint; Mrs. Owen
Reynolds, of Wheaton, Illinois; Mrs. J. D. McLaren, of New Haven, Conn.; John
Earle French, of San Diego, Calif.; C. Austin O’Bryon, of Grand Rapids; Tom
Watson O’Bryon, of Chicago; four great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mary
Potter of Greenville.  Mrs. O’Bryon passed away January 12, 1932.

Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 27 at the Fales funeral home,
with Rev. H. S. Ellis as officiating clergyman.  Burial was in River Ridge
cemetery.


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