This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELDRED, BRACE, SCAMP, FOOTE, HAAN, DEMPSEY, TOZER, LeGRAND Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12651 Message Board Post: ELDRED, Harold D., died Oct. 19, 1992 ELDRED, BRACE, SCAMP, FOOTE, HAAN, DEMPSEY, TOZER, LeGRAND >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Battle Creek; Harold Donald ELDRED, 81, Emmett Township, died Oct. 19, 1992, at Community Hospital, Battle Creek, following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 6, 1911, in Hastings, a son of Harry and Laura (BRACE) ELDRED. On Aug. 5, 1933, he married Ruby SCAMP. He attended school in the Hastings area. He had lived in the Harper Creek area all of his married life. He had owned and operated a farm and he raised and raced horses. He was employed 13 years at the Michigan Carton Company, Battle Creek, and 33 years as a machinist in the packing department at the Kellogg Company. He retired in 1971. He was a member of the Kellogg 25 Year Club, the Battle Creek Pony Association, the U.S. Trotting Association and the Memorial Spiritualist Church, Battle Creek. Surviving are his wife; mother, Laura FOOTE, Battle Creek; one daughter, Marjorie HAAN, Battle Creek; two sons, Gordon ELDRED and Danny ELDRED both of Battle Creek; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Helen DEMPSEY, Battle Creek, Leona TOZER, Detroit, and Clara LeGRAND, Jacksonville Beach, Fla. He was preceded in death by his father and one brother, Carl. Relatives and friends may call after 2 p.m. today at the Spencer Funeral Home, Athens, where services are at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The Rev. Julia Bradford, Memorial Spiritualist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Danfield Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Foundation. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. END