Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pilkinton, Ethol April 1928
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The Lake Odessa Wave, Thursday, April 26, 1928
Last week we learned of the death of Ethol Pilkinton, not long before going to 
press.  Since then the cause of his death has been determined.  On Tuesday 
evening he was at a party, given by the O.E.S., of Greenville, his home town, 
when his throat began to swell and he was taken to Grand Rapids hospital where 
he died as he was being taken to a room.  An autopsy at which fourteen doctors 
were present, including one from the Mayo Institution at Rochester, Minn., was 
held and it was found that an artery of the neck had burst and the lungs 
filled with blood and death resulted from suffocation.  None of the physicians 
had ever heard of another such a case.  It is believed the broken artery was 
caused by a coughing attack.

He was a member of the F. and A.M. and the I.O.O.F. wherever he lived and 
enjoyed their social functions.  

The funeral was held at Greenville and burial was at Lake Side cemetery, Lake 
Odessa, where many fraternal and other friends gathered to view the remains of 
a former friend and townsman and to show their sympathy for the sorrowing 
family.

He leaves his wife, two daughters, Marjory, 18, and Pauline, 14, and a son 
Thomas, 12 years of age, also two brothers, Dr. Arthur of Morenci and Glen of 
Portland, two sisters, Mrs. George McMillian of Athens and Miss Dora of 
Portland.

It is expected Mrs. Pilkinton will continue the job printing business as she 
has been a competent helper in the business since purchasing the plant at 
Greenville and even before when in the newspaper business.


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