Van Buren County MI Archives Obituaries.....McArthur, Riley September 29, 1936
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Hartford Day Spring, September 30, 1936
HARTFORD DAY SPRING
Hartford, Michigan
Wednesday, September 30, 1936

RILEY M'ARTHUR [McArthur], 71, VETERAN RAILROAD EMPLOYE, IS DEAD

Rites Will Be Held Tomorrow For Former Operator and Station Agent

Riley McArthur, 71, for thirty years an employe of the G.R.& I. and Pere 
Marquette railroads and for many years a resident of Hartford, died at his 
home on Oak street at 6:45 yesterday morning, following a stroke of paralysis 
which he suffered during the night.

Mr. McArthur suffered a slight stroke two months ago from which he had not 
fully recovered.  He had also suffered from a heart ailment for the past six 
years, but had been able to be about and spent part of Saturday down town.

During his railroad career Mr. McArthur served 11 years as telegraph operator 
at the Hartford depot, and later served as station agent at Riverside, 
McDonald and Mears.  He left the employ of the railroad several years ago and 
resumed his residence in Hartford.

The deceased was born near Muskegon on June 6, 1865, and first entered the 
employ of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railroad for four years before he cast 
his lot with the Pere Marquette.  His life had been spent in this section of 
Michigan.

Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Lucena McArthur, to whom he was married on 
January 3, 1918 [actual date January 13, 1919], a daugther, Mrs. Ethel Fay of Muskegon Heights, and a 
granddaughter there.

Funeral rites for him will be held at the Zuver & Calvia funeral home at 2 
o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Wm. E. Goltz officiating and interment 
will be at Maple Hill cemetery beside the grave of his first wife, the former 
Miss May Phillips of Hartford, who died here in 1916.

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