Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Washburn, Sidney F. February 17, 1953
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Belding Banner-News-Thurs. February 19, 1953

                      Rites Today for Sidney Washburn

F.Sidney Washburn was taken to Greenville Hospital by ambulance about two weeks 
ago suffering from a heart attack and early Tuesday morning he passed away.

He was 62 years of age, the son of Frederick A. and Ella Wood Washburn. His 
parents came to this city in the late 1880 as pioneers in manufacturing in 
western Michigan, his father being general manager of the Richardson Silk Co., 
holding that position until his death.

F.Sidney Washburn was born in this city March 18, 1890. He graduated from the 
Belding High School in 1908 and attended the U.of M. he married Miss Eula Grace, 
June 28, 1933 and they had lived in Detroit and Clinton until about a year ago 
when they moved back tot he old home on Hanover street. He was connected with
the Ford Motor Plant at Manchester. Although he had lived away from here during 
these years he always kept an active interest in the affairs of the city.

When World war I broke out he was the first man from the city to enlist and left 
for France with the first naval unit to leave Grand Rapids, serving until the 
end of the war.

He is survived by his wife, Eula, two brother, Carlton w. of East Orange,NJ. and 
Harold O. of St.Paul, Minn., and one sister, Miss Florence Washburn of this 
city. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday at 2 o'clock at Fitzjohn 
Funeral Home with Rev. H.B. Johnson, pastor of the Congregational Church of 
which he was a member, officiating at the service. Interment will be in River 
Ridge Cemetery. Pall bearers will be Roy Ranney, Harry Tuttle, John Stahlin, 
John Cooper, Richard Wagner and William Davis.

Additional Comments:
River Ridge Cem.#145-Sec.4

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