This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EARLY, BALL, EARLY, IRELAND, FITCH, GALDSTONE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12523 Message Board Post: EARLY, Stephen D., May 28, 1970 EARLY, BALL, EARLY, IRELAND, FITCH, GALDSTONE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bronson; Stephen D. EARLY, 72, whose home was on Rt. 3, Bronson, died Wednesday morning in Branch County Health Center, Coldwater. He had been ill one day. He as born in Milan, Jan. 25, 1898, a son of Stephen and Minnie (BALL) EARLY. Mr. EARLY had moved to Coldwater from Milan in 1935 and to Bronson in 1939. In 1935, he was married to Doris IRELAND in Angola, Ind. Mr. EARLY had owned the Ford Automobile Agency in Bronson. He was last employed as and automobile salesman in Coldwater. Mr. EARLY was a member of St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church and the United Commercial Travelers. Surviving are his widow; three sons, Wiley EARLY of Southgate; Jack of Manchester, Mass., and Robert In California; one step-daughter, Delores FITCH of Bronson; one stepson, John GLADSTONE, Bronson; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Roland EARLY of Milan. One son and a sister preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held in St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church in Bronson at 10 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Stanley Nowakowski will officiate. Burial will take place in Bronson Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) in the Kubasiak Funeral home, where friends may call. END