Macomb-Saint Clair County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kern, Joseph D March 16, 1980 ************************************************ 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: Denise A. (Dee) Talaski-Kern dee33kern15@advnet.nett. November 21, 2008, 7:21 pm Port Huron Times Herald, The; Mar. 15, 1980 Joseph D. Kern South Haven - Joseph D. Kern, 81, Route 3, died Sunday, March 16, 1980, in South Haven Community Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born June 5, 1898 in Graz, Austria to the late Anton & Cecelia (Summer)Kern. He lived in Port Huron since 1910 and in South Haven since 1975. Mr. Kern married Florence M. Cosstick, daughter of James and Margaret Sculley-Cosstick of Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1922 in Canada. Florence preceded him in death on Sept. 29, 1974. Joseph is survived by four sons, Joseph Jr., Gladstone, Loren T., Detroit, James, Madison Heights and Lawrence, of South Haven; a daughter, Beverly Slade, Port Huron; 20 grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He was preceded also in death by a daughter, Margaret Pfeiffer who died in 1975 and a brother, Edward F. Kern in 1977 of Port Huron. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Arthur Smith Funeral Home, South Chapel, Port Huron. The Rev. Robert Wurm, pastor of St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Port Huron, will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, next to his wife, Port Huron. Additional Comments: Note: Added critical information to Obituary for genealogy researchers.ie: parent's of Joseph and Florence, and of Joseph's brother. These were not mentioned in the obituary notice. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/macomb/obits/k/kern207nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb