Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Pull, Emerson J. December 15, 1929
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Lake Odessa Wave-Times December 19, 1929

EMERSON PULL HEARS LAST SIREN ALARM
Another Shock to lake Odessa. Stricken with Heart Disease on Fire Truck 
Wednesday at School Building

FIVE YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO SCHOOL AND CHILDREN
During the quiet of Sunday evening, about 8:30, the fire alarm siren pealed out 
its piercing call to the firemen. A fire at the home of Otis Miner, where live 
coals from thrown out ashes, had caught in the side and floor of his barn.

One of the first of the firemen to arrive at the fire house was Emerson J. Pull, 
who was one of the few remaining charter members of the fire department. He 
crawled up into the seat beside the driver, Harry Janes, and when the truck 
reached the Miner corner he said; "The fire hydrant is right on this corner", 
and then slumped down and forward and perhaps expired almost instantly.

He was lifted out of the fire truck into the automobile of Charles Huntzinger 
and taken hurriedly to Dr. J.W. Robinson's office nearby, but had expired before 
reaching there. Everything possible was done to revive him, but to no avail.

It is supposed that his running to the fire hall and the usual excitement and 
exertion that attends every fire alarm brought on a heart attack.It is the 
custom of all fireman to run to the hall when the alarm sounds, and he was 
usually among the first to arrive.

He had been to the school house where  he had seen to his usual work there 
leaving everything about the big boilers in ship-shape for the night, and had 
just returned to his home when the alarm sounded.

A tribute to Emerson J.Pull is a tribute of qualities which if more widely 
distributed would make life considerably easier for all of us. He never counted 
the cost of a smile, it was spent as freely as the sun that shines, which seems 
fairly to live in it. He regarded an associate, on trust, as a friend, and so 
valued was  his continued good grace and approval that those who knew him wanted 
to merit his faith.

There was no service too small ad none within his power to perform which seemed 
too large for him to grant his fellows. A fine humility, an all embracing friend 
lines, and a rare and infectious optimism combined in him.

Almost thirty-five years ago Emerson came here to install our water works system 
and no man knew every log, shut off valve and gate like he did. Hardly a home in 
the village but he did work in and performed some service in time of need. He 
was always busy. Hardly could he find time, nor did he, to make charge entries 
on his books, all the long years that he operated his plumbing shop here. It has 
been said by many who knew him  well that he failed to charge hundreds of 
dollars worth of work done, and which has never been paid him. For several years 
back he has been engineer at the school house here and had made many valuable 
changes in the heating system.

It is truly believed that Emerson had no enemies. During his years at the school 
here, he has, by his fine natural traits of kindness and sympathy, builded 
around himself an added host of friends. Little tots and big school children 
loved him almost like a father. They came to him with their broken sleds, 
bicycles and their other troubles, and he was always considerate and helped them 
out.

To the home folks, and most every one who knew him, nothing can hardly be said 
about him that is new. The village, the school and his wide circle of friends, 
in his passing, is the poorer by a maker of good will, a preacher in terms of 
his own life of the doctrine of service.

He leaves the wife and nine children; Mrs.homer Barnum of Williamston, Mrs 
Gertrude Homrick of Grand Rapids, Mrs Seth Axford of Sparta, Mrs.Robert Barry of 
Woodland,Mrs Arthur McCartney of this place, Robert Pull of Grand Ledge, Mrs. 
Farrand Holt of Muskegon, Mrs Harold Reese of Mason, and Emerson, Jr. of this 
place, and his mother Mrs.Rachel Barden of Nunica and a brother Solon Pull of 
Nunica.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at two 'clock in the 
auditorium of the High School building, interment in Lake side cemetery.


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