This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: OAKES, YOUNG, HORN Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.calhoun/3954/mb.ashx Message Board Post: OAKES, John A. Of Albion Passed away on January 4, 2007 from complications of Parkinson's. He was born June 7, 1926, in Albion, Michigan. He was preceded in death by his mother, Elizabeth Young Oakes and his father, Dr. Ellery A. Oakes. He is survived by his brothers, James and Peter Oakes; his wife, Jean Horn Oakes; his children, Stephen, James, Michael, Martha, Nancy, Carol and David, and 14 grandchildren. He joined the Navy in 1944 and at the wars end attended Albion College. There he met his wife, Jean, and they were married in December of 1947. They moved to Kalamazoo in 1978 where he was part owner of White Pigeon Paper Co. and continued to reside in Kalamazoo until his death. John served as president of the Kalamazoo School Board in the late 1980's, was a trustee of the Boxboard Research Group and the Bronson Management Services Corp., and of Albion College for 6 years. Memorial contributions can be made to a local charity of choice or to any of the Parkinson's Foundations. There will be no ! services until this summer. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 1/7/2007. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection)