This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bryan, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hFB.2ACE/1696 Message Board Post: State Journal (Lansing), Tuesday 4 April 1961, page 4, “Fireman’s Rites To Be Thursday” Funeral services will be held at the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home at 1 p. m. Thursday for Walter R. Bryan, 33, of 1218 Dakin st., Lansing fireman who died Monday. Rev. John W. Bullock of Potter Park Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Deepdale cemetery. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Bernie Bryan of Lansing; his father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bryan of Lansing; his widow, Arlene; two daughters, Vickie Lee and Robin Rae and two brothers, Bernard of Lansing and Gary of Detroit. State Journal (Lansing), Tuesday 4 April 1961, page 21, “Obituaries and Funeral Notices – Deaths” Bryan, Walter R. 1218 Dakin st. Age 33, died Monday at a local hospital. He was born May 19, 1927 in Lansing and was a life-time resident of Lansing. Mr. Bryan was a fireman with the Lansing fire department and a veteran of World War II. Surviving are the widow, Arlene; 2 daughters, Vickie Lee and Robin Rae; mother Mrs. Bernice Bryan of Lansing; father and step-mother Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bryan of Lansing; two brothers, Bernard of Lansing and Gary of Detroit. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p. m. from the Gorsline-Runciman funeral home, Rev. John W. Bullock of Potter Park Methodist church officiating. Interment in Deepdale cemetery.