This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DVz.2ACEB/1779 Message Board Post: Merton L. McConnell-67, of 1717 Twenty-seventh St., suffered a heart attack while driving with his wife, Reta to church about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. He was dead on arrival at Port Huron Hospital. Mr. McConnell was a crane operator for the Grand Trunk Railroad. He was born October 16, 1898, in Avoca. He and Mrs. Reta A. Bays married August 7, 1926 in Fargo. Mr. McConnell was a past treasurer, deacon, and a trustee of Court St. Baptist Church. He was a member of the Old Timers Baseball Association, and Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship clerks, Local No. 211 He is survived by his widow, two sons, Elwyn McConnell, and Neil McConnell; a daughter Miss. Elaine McConnell, all of Port Huron, six grandchildren, a brother Aldis McConnell, Toledo, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews. The remains are in Pollock Randall funeral home and will be removed noon Wednesday to Court Street Baptist Church. Where funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Harold Walsh, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Springhill Cemetery, Fargo. Memorials may be made to Court Street Baptist Church. Resource-Port Huron Times Herald, May 2, 1966 Mrs. Merton L. McConnell Port Huron- Mrs. Reta A. McConnell, 64, of 1717 Twenty-seventh St., died unexpectedly, Sunday, of natural causes in Port Huron Hospital. She was born January 29, 1909 in Fort William, Canada, she lived in Port Huron for 47 years, her husband Merton McConnell died May 1, 1966. She was a member of Court Street Baptist Church. She is survived by tow sons, Elwyn and Neil McConnell, both of Port Huron; a daughter Elaine McConnell, Ypsilanti; three sisters, Mrs. Edward Hartman, Mrs. Anthony Gocella, and Mrs. Robert Guggemos, all of Buffalo, NY, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1 P.m. Tuesday in the Court Street Baptist Church. Rev. Donald Sunman, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Springhill Cemetery, Fargo. Remains are in the Pollack Randall funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Court Street Baptist Church. Ray Jex, Walter Wilton, Leo Gram, Alex Atkins, and Rev. Ralph Compson, all of Port Huron, and John McAllister, Gross Isle, Mi., will be pallbearers. The remains will be in state in the church from noon until time of services. Resource-Port Huron Times Herald, February 2, 1973