Kalamazoo County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cryan, Matthew Leo October 19, 1943
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Kalamazoo Gazette Oct. 20, 1943
Mishap Fatal to M. L. CRYAN - Seabee Mortally Hurt in Automobile Accident -
Matthew Leo CRYAN, 36, Kalamazoo Seabee, died Tuesday of injuries suffered as
the result of an autombile accident in California, according to a telegram
received from the United States Navy department by his wife, Norene. Seabee
CRYAN, a carpenter’s mate second class, died in the naval hospital at Shoemaker,
Calif. of injuries, multiple and extreme, the telegram stated, but details of
the accident were not disclosed. Saw Overseas Duty - He enlisted in the Seabees
in November, 1942 and took his boot training at Davisville, Rhode Island, saw
overseas duty in March and April, and after contracting malaria returned to
Kalamazoo for a month’s furlough last July. He had returned to Camp Park, Calif.
for active duty. Matthew CRYAN was born in Kalamazoo, graduated from St.
Augustine high school and was a member of the St. Augustine church and Knights
of Columbus. He was a brick mason by trade and had lived in Kalamazoo until his
enlistment. Surviving Family - Surviving, besides the wife, the former, Norene
BYINGTON, whom he married here Oct. 3, 1936, are his mother, Mrs. M. J. CRYAN,
Kalamazoo; four sisters, Miss Mary CRYAN, Kalamazoo; Sister M. Casilda of the
St. Joseph Order of Nazareth; Mrs. Helena BAUERS (sic) of Laporte Ind., and Mrs.
Winfred SCHUMERS of Southern Pines, N. C., a sister-in-law, Mrs. Margaret CRYAN
of Mendon; two aunts, one niece and and one nephew. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later by the Donovan Funeral Home. Matthew CRYAN’S services Tuesday -
Funeral Services for Matthew Leo CRYAN, Carpenter’s Mate, Second Class, will be
held at the St. Augustine Church at 9 Next Tuesday Morning. Seaman CRYAN, who
enlisted in the Seabees in November, 1942, died Tuesday in the United States
Naval Hospital, Shoemaker, Calif., from injuries suffered in an automobile
accident in California. A former brick mason by trade, he was a graduate of St.
Augustine high school and was a member of the St. Augustine church and Knights
of Columbus. source: Kalamazoo Gazette Oct. 20, 1943

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