This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ELDRIDGE, TEASDALE, SPROWL, HENRICKS Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12657 Message Board Post: ELDRIDGE, Manley B., died Sept. 26, 1992 ELDRIDGE, TEASDALE, SPROWL, HENRICKS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sturgis; Manley B. ELDRIDGE, 92, 200 S. Fourth St., died Sept. 26, 1992, at Thurston Woods Village. He was born June 23, 1900, in Bristol, Ind., a son of Charles B. and Cora (TEASDALE) ELDRIDGE. On June 21, 1919, he married Vera L. SPROWL, in Centreville. She died in 1986. He was a Sturgis resident since 1915, coming from Bristol. He was an expert reed worker employed at the Go-Cart Company, Sturgis. He later was employed as a pressman for Sturgis Register until his retirement. After he retired, worked a few years at Burr Oak Tool and Gage. He was a baseball player and enjoyed sports, including hunting and fishing. Surviving are one son, Eugene E. ELDRIDGE, Sturgis; four grandchildren, Stephen ELDRIDGE, Jayne HENRICKS and James ELDRIDGE, all of Sturgis, and Dr. E. John E. ELDRIDGE, Kenosha, Wis.; five great-grandchildren; one brothers, Stanley ELDRIDGE, Nottawa; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one son, Marvin L. ELDRIDGE, in January 1981; and four sisters. Relatives and friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at the Rosenberg-Schipper Funeral Home, Sturgis, where services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Burgess, First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Sturgis. Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association. Envelopes are available at the funeral home. END