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Mabel McCurdy, 80, is buried here.
Mabel McCurdy was buried recently at Maple Hill
Cemetery, following funeral services at Calvin Chapel. She died at
the Kimmel rest home at Bangor, where her husband is a patient.
She was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mrs. McCurdy is survived by her husband, Walter, two
sons, Hubert of Dolton, Illinois, and Wade of Chicago; four
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Seventh Day Adventist
Pastor W. W. Smith officiated at the services and ushers were
pallbearers.
Published in the
Hartford MI Day Spring, October 31, 1963
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Ronald Bachman
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Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Calvin funeral
home for Ronald Bachman, 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Bachman. The Rev. William Martin, pastor of the Hartford
Methodist church, officiated.
Casket bearers, all friends of the deceased were James
Gifford, Richard Avery, David Haney, Robert Smith, Thomas Norden,
and Thomas Smith. Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Ronald died Monday morning in Bronson Hospital,
Kalamazoo, from injuries received when a motor scooter on which he
was riding crashed head-on into a pickup truck on US-31 in Allegan
County Sunday evening.The following
appeared in The Shadow, Vol. XXXI – No. 1 from Hartford High
School.
This issue of the Shadow is being
dedicated to two of last year’s graduates. They were fatally
injured in an accident on August 31, 1963. The boys, Medley
Sampson and Ronald Bachman, both graduated here in June of "63".
Medley Sampson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sampson.
He is survived by both of his parents and a sister, Connie.
Ronald was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bachman of
Hartford. He is survived by both parents, a sister, [Patricia],
and two Brothers, [Terrence and Richard].
Note: Ronald was a 1963 Hartford
High School graduate. He was born May 5, 1945 and died
September 2, 1963.
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Medley
Sampson – Died
instantly from injuries in an accident when a motor scooter on which he was riding crashed head-on into a pickup truck on US-31 in Allegan County
Sunday evening.
Medley Sampson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Sampson.
He is survived by both of his parents and a sister, Connie.
Note: Medley was a 1963 Hartford High School graduate.
He died August 31, 1963.
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Everard "Eddie" Lorne
Carpenter died after a lengthy illness, on April 30th, 1963, at the Winnipeg
General Hospital,
Everard
Lorne Carpenter, aged 72 years, beloved husband of Glenna Carpenter,
of Ste. 5, 37 Balmoral Place.
Funeral service will be held at 2:15 p.m. Friday in the
Clark Leatherdale Funeral Hom, 232 Kennedy Street, with Dr. E.G.D.
Freeman officiating, assisted by Rev. C.H. Forsyth. Interment
in Chapel Lawn Memorial gardens.
Born in
Hartford, Michigan, Mr. Carpenter came to Lachute, Quebec at
an early age, moving to Port Arthur, Ontario in 1909. Since
1944 he had resided in Winnipeg. He was employed with the
Canadian National Railways for 43 years and was a member of the
C.N.R. Veterans Association of Winnipeg. He was a member of
the executive board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
He was a former coach of the Port Arthur Bear Cats, Allan Cup hockey
team, and a player on the World Champion Stanley Cup, Seattle
Metropolitans. He was a member of the Royal Arch Masons,
Shuniah Chapter, No. 82, Port Arthur, Ontario, a life member of Port
Arthur Lodge, A.F. & A.M. No.499, G.R.C., a past patron of the Order
of the Eastern Star, a former member of the city council of the city
of Port Arthur, and a member of Westminster United Church, Winnipeg.
Surviving besides his wife, Glenna, are one son, John
of Calgary, Alberta; One daughter, Lorna (Mrs. W. Walker) of Fort
Garry, and five grandchildren; also two brothers, George of Toronto
and Ray of Edmonton; and two sisters, Mrs. Charles Anderson of
Kamloops, B.C., and Mrs. Murray McKinnon of Edmonton.
Click here for more history on Eddie’s hockey career with the NHL.
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Jake Lewis Meachum, age 61, died Jan 31, 1963 in
Millington MI. Born October 14, 1901 in Hartford, Michigan, he
was the youngest son of Henry & Orpha (Sammons) Meachum.
He
is survived by his wife, Frieda Ann Gilmore; son, Robert Meachum of
Dowagiac MI; and daughter, Patricia Howell of East Lansing MI.
Jake was Salutatorian of the
1919 Hartford High School graduating
Class.
An original obituary is unavailable.
The following Tribute to Jake L. Meachum was reprinted from the
Tuscola County Adviser on February 7, 1963.
Jake L.
Meachum – pg 1, 4
Jake L.
Meachum – pg 2,3
Photos and tribute contributed by his
great-niece, Virginia Meachum, on 7-21-2009. |
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