Obituary for Willie Lee Van Valkenburg, Morenci, Lenawee County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Joyce VanValkenburg. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ Willie Lee VAN VALKENBURG, 66 years old, died June 10, 1958 at his residence at 405 Gorham Street in Morenci. Mr. VanValkenburg retired a year and a half ago after 15 years as an employee of the Parker Rust Proof Company. He was born in Gorham township, Ohio, January 23, 1892, the son of Wellington and Bertha Poucher VanValkenburg. He lived in Morenci all of his life except for two years in Canada during which he met and married Ethel A. Ratcliff of Swift Current, Canada, Nov. 20, 1912. Mr. VanValkenburg was a member of the Odd Fellows. Besides his widow he is survived by three sons, Francis of Morenci, William of Hudson, and John of Manitou Beach; three daughters, Mrs. J. Dale (Doris) Smith of Fayette, Mrs. Harry (Dorothea) O'Brien of Delta and Mrs. Lavern (Cynthia) Allion of Morenci; a half-brother Harold Wolf of Seneca; a sister, Rena Belle Salsbury of St. Petersburg, Florida, and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Florence, in infancy. Burial will be in Oak Grove cememtery, Morenci. dz