©, The Register-Mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Ulm, Laurance L. June 21, 2004 MIDDLEGROVE - Laurance L. Ulm, 83, Middlegrove, died at 3:18 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 20, 2004), in Heartland Health Care Center, Canton. He was born Jan. 31, 1921, in London Mills, the son of William A. and Aura Vorhees Ulm. He married Ruth M. Anderson on Oct. 24, 1940, in Burlington, Iowa. She died Oct. 19, 2002. Surviving are four sons, Larry L. (and Mary) Ulm and Jim R. (and Amy) Ulm, both of Middlegrove, and Robert K. (and Reta) Ulm and Tim J. (and Mickie) Ulm, both of Farmington; three brothers, Duane (and Ruth) Ulm, London Mills, Bernard (and Lela) Ulm, Fort Madison, Iowa, and Paul (and Phyllis) Ulm, Galesburg; three sisters, Dorothy (and Ivan) Zook and Marilyn (and Chuck) Swegle, both of Galesburg, and Ellamae (and Tseuno) Miyashiro, Columbus, Ohio; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister. He was raised and educated in London Mills. He owned and operated the gas station and restaurant in Middlegrove for 25 years. He was employed at Keystone Steel and Wire, retiring from there. He was a member of the Farmington United Methodist Church; a member and past master of Farmington Masonic Lodge AF&AM 192; a member of the Farmington Township Board for 30 years and a past treasurer of the Middlegrove Homecoming Association. Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Farmington United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Joe Richard officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with a Masonic service at 8 p.m. Burial will be in White Chapel Memory Gardens, Canton. Corman Memorial Home, London Mills, is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Farmington United Methodist Church or Middlegrove Homecoming Association.