This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCCLUSKEY, BODELL, BURTON, COX, MCDONOUGH, REDNER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RFB.2ACE/1694 Message Board Post: McCLUSKEY, Joseph M. "Joe" Age 65 Of Boynton Beach, Florida And Battle Creek Passed away June 1, 2004 in Florida. He was born October 25, 1938 in Battle Creek to Joseph F. and Shirley M. (Bodell) McCluskey. Joe graduated from Lakeview High School and received his bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. After college, he was a member of the Air National Guard serving in the firefighting unit. Joe was an investor in numerous successful enterprises in Michigan, Kentucky and Florida. Locally, he owned the M-66 Bowl and formerly owned the Bellevue Drive-In. Joe married Julie L. Burton in Boca Raton, Florida in 1991. She survives. Also surviving are his sister, Jane M. Cox; nieces, Catherine Anne Cox, Elizabeth Jane Cox and Emily K. McDonough. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter, Sarah J. Redner. An avid horseman, Joe was Whipper-in for the Battle Creek Hunt Club and competed in hunter-jumper classes in AHSA shows throughout the Midwest. He also competed in the Jumper Grand Prix in Madison Square Garden. His later involvement w! as centered in racing, from quarter horses to pacers. His successes included Annie's Surprise, Glider and especially Jate Lobell, the 1986 World Pacer Champion. Joe was a member of the US Trotting Association and the Michigan Harness Horseman's Association. He also held memberships at the Battle Creek Country Club and the Pine Tree Country Club of Boynton Beach, Florida. A memorial service will take place Saturday, June 26 at 12:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, Battle Creek with Rev. Dr. David H. Young, officiating. Interment, Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may go to the American Stroke Association or the Alzheimer's Association in memory of Shirley M. McCluskey. The family is being served by SHAW FUNERAL HOME 2838 Capital Ave., SW Battle Creek www.shawfuneralhome.com Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 6/14/2004. (Posted by a volunteer-no family connection)