This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Knowlton, O'Brien, Henton, Richmond, Sherman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QFB.2ACE/821 Message Board Post: Mr. Julius S. Knowlton - age 67, Wall Lake, Delton, passed away Saturday (Dec 25, 1976) morning at Pennock Hospital, Hastings, where he had been a patient since October 22nd (1976). Mr. Knowlton was born December 25, 1909 in Grand Rapids, son of Julius and Marjorie O'Brien Knowlton. He was a 50 year Scouter; he is a charter member of the Delton Lions club, a member of the Delton V.F.W. and the Hickory Corners American Legion Post; a member of St. Ambrose Church of Delton. He taught and retired as Elementary Principal from the Delton-Kellogg Schools in 1973, where he had been employed for ten years. He was a veteran of World War II serving with the U.S. Air Force and was a P.O.W. in Germany. He was married to Maxine Henton, who survives. Also surviving: three sons, Michael Knowlton of Muskegon, Jerry Knowlton of Boston and Timothy Knowlton of Stanton, Mich.; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Gardner (Eleanor) Richmond of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Fred (Betty) Sherman of Grand ! Rapids. Friends are being received by the family from 7 to 9 p.m. this evening at the Williams Funeral Home, Delton. A memorial Mass of the Resurrection will be held Tuesday morning at 10 a.;m. at St. Ambrose Church in Delton with Msgr. Charles Keating officiating. Mr. Knowlton requested that his body be willed to medical science. In lieu of flowers, the family desires that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society, or St. Ambrose Church, envelopes available at the funeral home. source: Kalamazoo Gazette Mon 27 Dec 1976 (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection)