This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOUDEN, DUNN, CAHILL, ARMINTROUT, FINN, PETERS, ENZIAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/1681 Message Board Post: LOUDEN, Ryerson Delton Passed away October 13, 2005, at home with his family at his bedside. Ryerson was born October 9, 1913 on the family farm in Barry Township; the son of Clate and Effie (Dunn) Louden. An avid boxer in his youth; Ryerson would box ten rounds, three times a week with his brother Andy. On May 15, 1933; Ryerson married Madeline Cahill. Ryerson and Madeline were one of the seventeen founding families that believed Delton needed a Catholic church, and St. Ambrose Catholic Church was formed in 1950. Ryerson and Madeline enjoyed dancing to big bands and they were former Grand Marshalls of Delton Founders Day. A loyal employee of Post Cereal, Kalamazoo Stove, and Sutherland Paper Company, Ryerson mostly enjoyed being a farmer. He loved gardening, fishing, hunting, oil painting, driving his tractor and playing and watching ice hockey. He is survived by his loving wife of seventy two years Madeline, sons: William (Florence) Louden of Kalamazoo, Tim (Dorothy) Louden of Richland, Dennis ! (Lois) Louden of Pine Lake, daughters: Zelma (Pat) Armintrout of Delton, and Mary (Edward) Finn of Delton, fifteen grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild, and several nieces and nephews. Ryerson was preceded in death by sons: Tony and James, a brother Andy and sisters Vesta Peters and Madeline Enzian and two great grandchildren. The family will receive friends Sunday 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Williams-Gores Funeral Home Delton where a Scripture Service will be held at 6:00 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, October 17, 2005, 11:00 am at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Delton. Rev. Fr. David Otto, celebrant. Interment Pennock Cemetery. Memorial contributions to St. Ambrose Catholic Church will be appreciated. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 10/14/2005. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)