Suitless Swimmer Draws $15 Penalty Floyd R. MAYO, 50, of 245 Briarwood av., S.E., Friday afternoon was fined $15 and costs by Justice Harold HADLEY of Grand Rapids township on a charge of swimming nude in Gavin lake Thursday afternoon. MAYO pleaded guilty to the charge, HADLEY said. MAYO was arrested after neighbors complained, according to Justice HADLEY. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 9 July 1949, page 29)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/1682.1 Message Board Post: Looking for connection to this porritt group. Possile. Please email me at : jporritt-triseal@msn.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kFB.2ACE/318.1 Message Board Post: Your message is pretty old. Are you still looking for this? If so, go into the Mormon website. VOLNEY BLOSS's parents were HENRY H. BLASS and PEGGY CHRYSLER. There is more info regarding the parents' families. Let me know if you can't find the website. Joan Richards (a Blass family member)

I wonder if you can give me detailed information on this lady. I believe that Alta Ives may be the daughter of the particular man I am looking for, Sherman S. Brown. I have information that Alta died at age 92 in Grand Rapids and was buried by a funeral home that appears to be Hollebeed followed by something that also appears to be Oele-Vanzee. I assume this is the funeral home. She died in Grand Rapids and may have been buried in the Seaman Cemetery in Muskegon County. Alta Ives died July, 1983. I am looking for both ancestors and descendents for I believe that she is the connection I need for my research. Any info will be greatly appreciated.

OBITUARY: VROMA-Mrs. Sylvia VROMA, aged 60, of 48 Sutton st., S.W. passed away suddenly Friday morning. Surviving are her husband, Albert; two daughters, Mrs. Guy ROEST and Mrs. Fred ROEST; a son, Jerry; a sister, Mrs. Willard FISK all of Grand Rapids; a brother, George JOHNSON of Six Lakes; six grandchildren. Mrs. VROMA was taken to the Sullivan Funeral Home where services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. Rev. William ALDRED officiating. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery. (SOURCE>Friday, 8 Jul 1949, Grand Rapids Herald)

BREMER-Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie BREMER wife of Henry BREMER of Walker township will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Alt Mortuary chapel where her body reposes. Interment Greenwood cemetery. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 January 1937, page 25). *NOTE: I have found that sometimes an obit or a funeral notice will run for three or four days and usually one of the days the actual obit lists more about surviving relatives. I have also found that many times the obit will run in both the GR Press and the GR Herald at the same time. Pam

HAMILTON-Mrs. Beatrice HAMILTON, 115? Lake dr., S.E., widow of Walter C. HAMILTON passed away early Thursday morning. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. W. A. BOWEN of Ann Arbor, and one brother, Alex McINTYRE, jr. of Grand Rapids. Private services wil be held at the Metcalf chapel at 2(?) o'clock Friday afternoon. Interment in Oak Hill cemetery. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 January 1937, page 25). *NOTE: The address has four numbers-couldn't read the last one and unsure of the hour for the funeral.

EIKELBERG-Funeral services for Frederica EIKELBERG of 1041 Joosten st. S.W. will be held Friday afternoon at (time unreadable) o'clock at the residence. Interment in Grandville cemetery. Arrangements by the Hildreth Funeral home. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 January 1937, page 25)

JONES-Mrs. Katherine JONES, aged 50, of 843 Division av. S. passed away Tuesday evening at City General hospital. Services will be held at the Metcaldf chapel at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Interment in Greenwood cemetery. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 January 1937, page 25)

MORASKI-Frank MORASKI, aged 57, passed away Wednesday morning at his home in Hilliards. He is survived by the widow, Susie(?); one son, Lee (or Leo); one half-brother, Vincent HILASKI of Hilliards; two sisters, Mrs. Stella GOBLECK of Kalamazoo and Mrs. Helen RYBIESKI of Chicago; two half-sisters, Mrs. Mary MILLER of Dorr and Mrs. Rose MARKLIVITZ of Dorr. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Stanislaus church at Hilliards. Burial in St. Stanislaus cemetery. Arrangements by Bennett Funeral Home, Wayland. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 January 1937, page 25)

BEUKEMA-Funeral services for Mrs. Anna BEUKEMA, aged 62, of 131 Andre st., S.W. will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Open Bible church, LaBelle st., where the body will lie in state between the hours of 12 and 1:30. Interment in Grandville cemetery. The body will lie in state at the residence until Friday morning. For details call the Clarence D. Sullivan Funeral Home. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 January 1937, page 25)

YOUNG-Susan D. YOUNG, aged 93(?), passed away Thursday morning at her home, 601 Lovett av., S.E. She is survived by one daughter, Lillian B. YOUNG and four sons, George, Clarence, William, and Walter all of Grand Rapids. Funeral services Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Kilstrom Funeral parlors., 511 Union av., S.E. Burial Fulton Street cemeteery. (SOURCE>Grand Rapids Press, 14 June 1937, p. 25)

OBITUARY: VROMA-Albert VROMA aged 67, of 48 Sutton st., S.W., passed away Tuesday evening. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Fred (Margaret) ROEST of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Guy (Betty) ROEST of Tucson, Ariz.; one son, Jerry of Grand Rapids; seven grandchildren; three great-grandsons; two sisters, Mrs. Alice PERRY of Grand Rapids and Mrs. Ann KOLKMAN of Grandville; three brothers, John VROMA of Grand Rapids, Harry and Peter VROMA of Grandville. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Sullivan Funeral Home where Mr. VROMA reposes. Rev. William H. ALDRED officiating. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. (SOURCE>Thursday, 28 June 1956, Grand Rapids Herald, page 15).

OBITUARY: VROMA-Mrs. Margaret VROMA, aged 79, of Woodlawn st., S.E. entered into rest Wednesday afternoon at the residence. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Alice PERRY of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Anna KOLKMAN of Grandville; four sons, Albert, John, Harry, and Peter of this city; one sister, Mrs. Mrs. Henry RYPLOWS of The Netherlands; one brother, Richard KRUISINGA of Sioux Center, Iowa; twenty-seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body will lie in state at the residence until noon Saturday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Clarence D. Sullivan Funeral Home, Inc. Interment in Woodlawn cemetery. (SOURCE>Thursday, 14 Jan 1937, Grand Rapids Press, page 25)

OBITUARY: VROMA-Jerry VROMA passed away at 9:15 p.m., April 5, 1926. Surviving are the widow, four sons and three daughters. The sons are Albert, John, Harry and Peter, and the daughters Mrs. F. PERRY, Mrs. B. J. KOLLE, Mrs. L. WHEATON and nineteen grandchildren. Private funeral Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. at the home, 1021 Adams st. and 2:30 at Oakdale Reformed church. Interment Woodlawn cemetery. (SOURCE>Tue, 6 April 1926, Grand Rapids Press, page 2).

I would like to welcome those of you new to this site and tell you there are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the asking. I, myself do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison in Andersonville Georgia. There are Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost and I am willing to do what I can. There are 1376 prisoners on record from the state of Michigan and the almost 800 known from Michigan who died here, I thought I would send my offer. Here are my sources of research. There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by Company and Regiment. I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list which has the names and grave numbers of 12960 graves with only 460 marked as " UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 34,000 names of the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records because of misspellings of the names or alternate names. I visit the prison site every couple of weeks and have access to the onsite databases as well as the physical files. I would like to let you know of another service I offer which is to take photos of graves for a small fee. Please do not consider this spam as my research offer is FREE for the asking and will be posted on this county site only once. If there is anything I can do in helping your research at Andersonville, please just ask. Kevin Frye Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned and died in captivity while in the service to our country http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html AOL USERS go to http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/

I would like to request an obit lookup for Elsie Harper. Her obit can be found in the Grand Rapids Press for Monday. Dec 11, 1995. Thank you for your help :) Bob ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Vanderlinde Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4364 Message Board Post: I would like to have the newspaper obituaries of Clara B. Vanderlinde who died in 1918 (I don't have the day or month) She is buried at Fairplains Grand Rapids. Also, for Marie Vanderlinde 1928 also buried at Fairplains (I believe her maiden name was Northook. Also for James Vanderlinde August 12, 1965 and Leon Vanderline April 13, 1968 and Robert Vanderlind April 7, 2001. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Seeking any information on the Michael Callaghan family. Michael was killed May 1884 in Spencer township. His widow I believe was Catharine Brannan Callaghan. Their children were Patrick, Thomas, Mary, Katy, Dennis. Anything at all would be appreciated. Thank you, Colleen Wells

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4363 Message Board Post: Seeking info. or descendants of Dorothy M. ( ? ) SNIDER/SYNDER married to Alva D. SNIDER/SNYDER, who is last found on the 1954 Grand Rapids, MI. city directory at 558 Martha (southwest). I am trying to learn if her maiden name was SAXON/SAXTON, and if she was born in Indiana. Any and all help appreciated. If deceased I would appreciate her death date, so that I may try for her death record for her parents names.