Untitled (Lewis Moore)

On the 11th last, in Spart township, Lewis Moore in the 47th year of his age. In the death of Mr. Moore his wife has lost an affectionate and loving Husband; the children a kind and indulgent Father; the Church a faithful member, and society an excellent citizen.—Peace be to his dust, until it shall rise incorruptible to die no more.

Source: Sussex Register, September 24, 1853.

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Happy Family Reunion

Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Durant entertained the members of their family with a turkey dinner served on the balcony at the White Peacock Monday, February 2. The occasion was Mr. Durant’s eighty-fourth birthday anniversary and, seated beside his wife at the head of a long table, he played the role of a perfect host. The guests seated around the table included sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters, and great grandsons and great granddaughters.

Mrs. Hector Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Durant, was an out-of-town guest from Eugene, Ore.

The Durants have been residents of Boise since the early eighties, having traveled by team from Oregon with other emigrants. They enjoy telling of the days the Indians held the upper hand and of the hardships suffered by the early pioneers.

Source: The Idaho Statesman, February 8, 1931.

Short News Items from 1924

Mrs. F.T. Sullivan entertained a few friends Tuesday at a turkey dinner honoring her mother, Mrs. E.H. Rorick, on her seventieth birthday anniversary. Covers were laid for Mrs. Lewis Converse, Mrs. M.C. Rorick and Mrs. Will Rorick of Morenci, Mrs. W.O. Ford, Mrs. G.H. Crane and Mrs. W.L. Knoff. (Adrian Daily Telegram, February 22, 1924)

Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Bunch, accompanied by the latter’s sister Mrs. Marion Bunch left for Medford Friday for a few days’ visit.  While there Mrs. Bunch will consult an eye specialist. They made the trip in their touring car and will return Sunday. (Klamath News, April 15, 1924)

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Groover spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cassius Sutton of Hunters Creek. (Oxford Leader, May 2, 1924)

George Palmer Passes Away At Farwell Home

Oldest and Among the Best Known Residents of the Village

George Palmer is gone. He was the oldest resident of Farwell and a man whose service, as rural mail carrier over the county’s original trail roads before the advent of the concrete system, made him possibly the best known character in his neighborhood. By horse and auto he carried mail for thirty years. Likewise George Palmer was known as the proprietor of a grocery store and as a clerk in merchandise circles in Farwell and in Midland.

Card of Thanks

We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kindness show us in the sickness and after the death of our dear mother, Charlotte A. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. Will Furman and family, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Moore and family.

Source: Adrian Daily Telegram, April 23, 1925. 

Funeral Service for Mrs. Melvin McCloe

Mrs. Melvin McCloe died at her home in Detroit, Friday, Jan. 8, 1926.

The funeral service was held from the home of her brother, Wm. Rorick, in Morenci, Monday, Ja. 11, Rev. S.N. Oliver officiating. George Pratt sang two selections. The bearers were Messrs. G.H. Rorick, C.M. Rorick, J.P. Rorick, Allie Kennedy, F.T. Sullivan and Earl Baldwin. Interment was made in the Oak Grove cemetery.

Leon J. Furman

Leon J. Furman, 74, died last Thursday night at the Herrington Nursing Home where he had been taken earlier in the day.  He was born November 21, 1880, to William and Laura Moore Furman.

He has lived in the community as his life and worked as a carpenter.  He made his home at the Hotel Morenci.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Lewis Furman. He is survived by cousins.

Funeral services were held Sunday from the Ackland and Fink funeral home in Morenci with Rev. William Johnson officiating.  Burial was in the Canandaigua cemetery.

Source: Morenci Observer, December 23, 1954.

Arthur W. Printz

Arthur William Printz, 76, of Beverly Route 1 died at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (April 10) at home after a long illness.

He was born at Crooksville, a son of Augustus and Hattie Search Printz. A retired pottery worker, he last worked at the Hull Pottery company at Crooksville.

He was a member of the EUB church and was a veteran of World War I.

L.M. Furman Dies Of Heart Attack

Services Will Be Held This Afternoon At Stockwell Funeral Home

Lewis M. Furman, aged 62 years, dropped dead Monday afternoon Monday afternoon at his home one mile east of Canandaigua.  Mr. Furman was just entering the back door of his home when he suffered the attack.  Arthur Turner was called and acted as coroner and decided no inquest was necessary.

Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Stockwell Funeral Home. The Rev. W.A. Rush, pastor of the Congregational church, will officiate.

Deaths and Funerals from the 1910s

Morenci—Casper Rorick, the president of the First National bank here, is dead at the home of his sister, Mrs. Rorick Bennett, Detroit, as the result of an operation. The widow and four children survive. (Benton Harbor News Palladium, April 28, 1910)

Z.T. Cooper, whose two sons were asphyxiated while digging a well near Las Vegas, has erected in the memory of the boys the Cooper Brothers Memorial Methodist Episcopal church at Rosalia, Washington. (Santa Fe New Mexican, January 3, 1911)