Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Wightman, James H. 1941 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 19, 2011, 10:09 pm Ionia County News, 27 Nov 1941 Aged Belding Resident Dies James H. Wightman, 86, died Sunday at the home of his son Arthur Wightman, with whom he had lived the past four years. Mr. Wightman was born September 9, 1855, in Erie county, New York, and came to Michigan about 60 years ago. He served as a section foreman for the P.M.R.R. company, in the Shelby and Thomsonville districts for over forty years. Surviving besides the son Arthur are, Clarence and James Jr., of Battle Creek; one daughter, Mrs. Gale Newald of Detroit; three grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Funeral services were held Tuesday; a short prayer service at the Fales Funeral Home, and regular funeral services at 2:00 in the Congregational church at Thompsonville, with burial in Thompsonville cemetery beside his wife who died 17 years ago. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/wightman13571nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb