***************************************************** Kay Gabel KGabel606@aol.com The following newspaper clippings of obituaries are from a large collection I have. If you have any questions on these I will be glad to help where I can. Kay Gabel <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Transcribed by volunteer Carole L. (Mohney) Carr for St. Joseph County Michigan USGenWeb >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> REXFORD, Harry Leroy, Mendon's first victim of the Great War, May 6, 1917. REXFORD, WILLIAMS Mendon's First Victim of the Great War Interred at his Old Home Town. Harry Leroy REXFORD was born at Cedar Springs, Michigan, August 19, 1895 and died at Fort Warren, Mass., Sunday May 6, 1917 at the age of 21 years, 8 months and 13 days. At the age of one year and one month, death took the mother and left him to the care of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAMS and his aunt Alice WILLIAMS of Mendon where most of his life has been spent. At the first call of his country for army recruits, Harry enlisted at Grand Rapids, April 10, going immediately to Columbus and then to Fort Warren, Mass., where he met his death. He leaves to mourn his untimely death a father, William REXFORD of Three Lakes, Wis., one brother, Franklin of Mendon besides his grandparents, uncles and aunts of Sturgis. Funeral services were held in Sturgis, Saturday afternoon at one o'clock conducted by Rev. Patterson, and the same afternoon in Mendon at 3:00 o'clock, Rev. G. E. Wright officiating. The body was laid to rest in the Mendon cemetery. END