Wayne-Saint Clair-Saginaw County MI Archives Obituaries.....Beale, Wm February 18, 1923
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Port Huron Newspaper
Port Huron Times

Monday  2 19 1923 pg 1

Veteran Railroad Conductor Dies

William Beale, 67, a former resident of Port Huron, now residing in Detroit,
died Sunday at 8:30 a.m. at the home of his sister his, Mrs. William Mudge, 927
Water Street, after a brief illness from pneumonia.

Mr. Beale is survived by his wife three sons: Francis, Raymond and Myles Beale,
all of Detroit, four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Atkinson, Mrs. F. D. Soveign and Mrs.
William Mudge all of this city, and Mrs. M.J. Madden, Detroit. Three brothers,
Albert Beale of this city, and Anthony Beale, Memphis, and George Beale, Saginaw.

Mr. Beale was one of the oldest conductors in point of service on the
Pere-Marquette railroad, having started at work when the road was known as the
“Narrow Gauge.” His first run was from Saginaw to Port Huron and in later years
he was transferred to one from Mt. Pleasant to Detroit. Mr. Beale made his home
in Saginaw for a shot time before moving to Detroit.
The body was taken to Detroit today and funeral services will be held from St.
Agnes’ church, Detroit, Wednesday morning.


Additional Comments:
Born in Ireland raised in Port Huron before moving to Saginaw and then Detroit.
Child of Hugh and Elizabeth Carroll Beale. Buried in Mt Olivet Cemetery, Detroit MI.

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