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Last update March 2000

EAST COOPER CEMETERY

Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

All dates are BURIAL DATES, not death dates!

CR is abbreviation for: Cemetery Record

Information in [ ] and bolded was added by the typist.

The seven columns listed under each lot are: LOT # OWNER GRAVE # DATE OF BURIAL NAME NOTES RESIDENCE

 

1 BUSH, Lawrence L. 1 Jan 22, 1886 Velma Irene DAY    
    2 Dec 14, 1984 Byron DAY    
    3 Oct 24, 1955 Lawrence L. BUSH   Cooper Twp. - Marker installed in 1956
    4 Jan 21, 1953 Theodore L. BUSH    
             
1 1/2 LEWIS, Lloyd R. & Cora E. - Gr. 4 only 1        
  LEWIS, John L. & Cleo R. - Gr. 2 & 3 only 2 Sep 19, 194 Cleo R. LEWIS    
  I, Lloyd R. Lewis, hereby transfer any and all 3 Jan 5, 1990 John L. LEWIS    
  interest I may have in graves 1, 2, & 3 of Lot 4 Dec 1, 1950 Baby Girl LEWIS (Stillborn)    
  1 1/2 as follows:          
  Lot 1 to be returned to Township          
  Lots 2 & 3 to be transferred to John L.          
  Lewis and Cleo R. Lewis          
             
2 BUSH, Mrs. Lewis   Tree on north end of lot.      
    1 Aug 30, 1949 Lewis BUSH    
    2 Jul 8, 1988 Mildred A. BUSH    
    3 Sep 2, 1969 Dorothy J. WEED   Kalamazoo, Mich.
    4        
    4 Dec 18, 1989 David Harry MERRELL   Cremains buried underneaath area
            where headstone will go for full burial
2 1/2 NIEUWENHUIS, Henry & Garnet 1 Dec 11, 1950 Henry NIEUWENHUIS    
2        
  3      
  4 Dec 27, 1950 Edith Marie BOYLE  
           
3 BOEKELOO, Willard 1 Nov 5, 1949 Willard BOEKELOO    
    2        
    3        
    4        
             
3 1/2 SMITH, Virgil G. 1   Vernon SMITH    
    2 Jun 5, 1986 Virgil G. SMITH    
    3 Dec 19, 1995 Jennie SMITH    
    4 Jun 14, 1952 Lawrence A. SMITH   Killed while in service in Korea
             
4 MACKEY, Glen 1 Mar 4, 1958 Glen Elwood MACKEY Sr. Soldier Cooper Township
    2 Apr 29, 1952 Viola MACKEY    
    3        
    4 Sep 11, 1968 Robert H. ALDRICH   Parchment
             
4 1/2 BEATTY, Buhl C. 1 Jan 6, 1953 Francis B. BEATTY   Cooper Twp.
    2   Grace BEATTY    
    3 May 19, 1959 Buhl C. BEATTY   Cooper Twp.
             
5 FRAME, James 1 Jan 7, 1964 James E. FRAME   Cooper Twp.
    2 Sep 15, 1969 Mable E. FRAME   Kalamazoo
    3 Dec 26, 1949 Olga FRAME    
    4 Jun 4, 1951 Martin J. FRAME    
             
5 1/2 WILLIS, Mrs. Ida 1 Jan 29, 1952 Percy Edgar WILLIS    
    2 Feb 28, 1966 Ida Mae JEWELL-WILLIS   Cooper Twp.
    3 Oct 11, 1996 Bessie Blanche WILLIS    
    4 Jan 11, 1997 Samuel David WILLIS    
             
6 TRANSIENT 1   Unknown    
    2   Unknown    
    3 Aug 17, 1955 Louann CARRIER Infant dau. of Charles CARRIER Cooper Twp.
    4 Aug 15, 1955 Frederick H. DILNO   Cooper Twp.
             
6 1/2 WILLIS, Carrie 1 Jan 16, 1;953 Arthur Lee WILLIS    
    2 May 2, 1985 Carrie WILLIS    
    3 Nov 1, 1972 Billy Leon FULBRIGHT, Jr.   Cooper
    4 Feb 13, 1981 Marilyn Louise DeLOUCH    
             
7 SMITH, Marion 1   Unknown    
    2        
    3        
    4        
    5        
6        
  7 Oct 10, 1953 Luvena SMITH  
  8 1930 George A. SMITH  
     
8 NORMAN, Leonard 1        
    2        
    3 1908 Gladys NORMAN Age 5 yrs.  
    4 1906 Rudolph NORMAN Age 1 yr.  
    5 1909 Charlie NORMAN Age 4 yrs.  
    6 1933 Leonard NORMAN    
    7 Mar 10, 1947 Anna NORMAN    
    8 Sep 6, 1955 Richard B. WISWELL Soldier  
             
9 SLUMKOSKI, Duette 1 Sep 1, 1951 Joseph S. SLUMKOSKI    
    2 Feb 7, 1983 Duetta Mattie RYDER    
    3        
    4        
             
9 1/2 WEBSTER, Osa          
  STACEY, Miles - One grave only 1        
    2   WEBSTER Twins No markers  
    3        
    4 Sep 7, 1954 Nellie Jean STACEY    
             
10 GREEN, O. R. 1 1875 James PHILLIP    
    2 May 29, 1936 Albert DAY    
    3 Jun 26, 1938 Ada DAY    
    4   Mrs. GREEN No marker  
    5 1873 George GREEN 8 yr. son of O.R. & L. GREEN  
    6 1872 Millie 2 yr. dau. of O.R. & L. GREEN  
    7 Apr 4, 1984 Claude Albert DAY, Jr. Cremains buried N. of Gr. 7  
    7 May 27, 1970 Fannie K. DAY    
    8 Apr 16, 1968 Claude A. DAY   Kalamazoo
             
11 BINGHAM, Chas. 1        
    2        
    3        
    4        
    5 Jul 15, 1929 Ruby L. BINGHAM    
    6 1919 Leon Chas. BINGHAM 5 wks.  
    7 Feb 19, 1919 Chas. BINGHAM    
    8 1900 Rhonda L. BINGHAM    
             
12 HICKS, Calvin 1        
    2        
    3 Oct 4, 1990 Renabel KINGMAN Marker set 1968  
    4 Mar 22, 1968 Maynard W. KINGMAN Marker set 1968 Riverside, California
    5 Sep 21, 1953 Mary HICKS Marker installed in 1957  
    6 1875 Pearl 1 yr. dau. of C. & M. HICKS  
    7 1893 Maryett HICKS    
    8 Aug 18, 1925 Calvin HICKS    
             
13 BINGHAM, Austin 1        
    2        
    3        
    4 Dec 3, 1930 Glenna May BINGHAM    
    5 1930 Lloyd BRYANT 17 yrs.  
             
13 1/2 PENNELS, Thomas NO # 1        
  MULDER, Thomas P., Sr. - Grave No. 4 only 2 1872 Racine E. PENNELS 3 yrs.  
    3        
    4 March 22, 1966 Thomas P.MULDER, Sr.   Cooper Twp.
      Three grave lot    
             
14 STALEY, David 1 1917 Elnor WALING 6 mos.  
  WALING, Dee & Family 2 Sep 8, 1976 Nellie May WALING    
  WALING, Leon - G.4. 3 Dec 16, 1985 Dee WIllard WALING    
  WALING, Henrietta - G.5. 4        
    5 Jul 23, 1994 Henrietta WALING Cremains  
    6 1945 Infant of Leon WALING    
    7   Child of Wm. STALEY ) In one grave  
    7 1871 Hannah, wife of David STALEY) " " "  
    8 1882 David STALEY    
             
15 AVERILL, Elihu B. 1 Apr 13, 1987 Jane SCHELB    
  SCHELB, John E. - Graves 1 & 2 2 Sep 16, 1968 John E. SCHELB   Cooper Twp.
  DePOTY, Earl R. - Graves 3 & 4 3 Apr 4, 1974 Marian THOMAS    
    4 Oct 16, 1968 Earl R. DePOTY WW II Soldier Cooper Twp.
    5 1926 Milo AVERILL    
    6 1913 Susie C. AVERILL    
    7 1854 Julie, wife of E. B. AVERILL    
    8 1902 Elihu B. AVERILL    
             
16 MORRELL, Orren 1   Child of O. MORRELL    
New Owner - CRAWFORD, Robert, Jr. 2 Jan 16, 1956 Baby Boy CRAWFORD   Cooper Twp.
    3        
4        
             
16 1/2 BOGREN, Oscar 1        
    2        
    3        
    4 Jul 20, 1954 Lynette Elaine BOGREN 2 mos. Cooper
             
17 DAY, Charles 1   Child of Charles DAY    
    2   Child of Bert DAY    
  NOTE: Date April 4, 1974 3 Mar 27, 1985 Donald C. DAY Cremains  
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: 3 1896 Child of Win DAY    
  Donald C. Day and Lulu Mae Day plan to be 4 Nov 13, 1941 Jennie DAY    
  buried on Lot 17, Graves 2 and 3 of East 5 Mar 27, 1939 Edwin S. DAY    
  Cooper Cemetery. 6 Jul 22, 1940 Frank DAY Marker set 1970  
  We want babies moved to Grave 1, if needed. 7 May 23, 1919 Helen DAY Double marker set 1970  
    8 1901 Charles DAY " " " "  
             
18 RECTOR, Samuel W., Sr. 1 Jun 27, 1947 William Henry RECTOR    
    2 1862 Ida Dau. of S.W. & A. RECTOR 1 yr.  
    3 1913 Grace Estella RECTOR    
    4 May 24, 1974 Samuel L. RECTOR    
    5 Oct 29, 1945 Jennie B. RECTOR    
    6 Jul 6, 1933 Marvin RECTOR    
    7 Jun 1, 1937 Adeline H. RECTOR Age 97 yrs.  
    8 Jul 14, 1897 Samuel W. RECTOR, Sr.    
             
19 BINGHAM, John 1   Baby BINGHAM    
    2 Nov 12, 1973 Carrie M. BINGHAM Double marker set 1963  
    3 Apr 23, 1963 Heber Lee BINGHAM " " " "  
    4 1928 Mary BINGHAM    
    5 1928 Richard BINGHAM    
    6 1901 Hattie H. BINGHAM    
    7 1879 Emeline, wife of John BINGHAM    
    8 1910 John T. BINGHAM    
             
20 TIFT, William 1 1851 Horace TIFT 8 yrs.  
    2 1911 Emeline KEHOE 59 yrs. Correct spelling not known, not on marker.
    3 1902 G. W. RANDALL    
    4        
    5        
    6 Apr 3, 1925 Sarah J. BUCK    
    7 1907 Sarah A. TIFT 90 yrs. 7 mos.  
    8 1855 William M. TIFT    
             
21 TIFT, Matthew, R. 1 1846 Cornelius S. TIFT    
  COMBS, Louis - Graves 7& 8 2        
  HOUGH, Mary Lou - Grave 6 3        
    4 1857 Ammurelous, wife of M. R. TIFT    
    5 1854 Matthew R. TIFT    
    6 Oct 31, 1986 Mary Lou HOUGH    
    7        
    8 Aug 5, 1967 Louis COMBS WW II Soldier Cooper Twp.
    5 a Nov 28, 1990 Fetus of Robert Lee HOUGH Buried between headstones of M. TIFT and Mary Lou HOUGH
    5 a Feb 5, 1993 Fetus of Caitlyn Elizabeth LAWRENCE Buried below Robert Lee HOUGH  
             
22 ROGERS, Albert 1   Unknown adult's grave    
    2        
    3   Nellie G. ROGERS    
    4 1929 Hiram ROGERS    
    5 1919 Allen ROGERS' twin infants    
    6   Unknown adult's grave possibly old Mr. ROGERS  
    7   L. BOENSER    
    8 1873 L. L. ROGERS    
             
23 SWEEZEY, Moses 1 1846 Harriett, C. Dau. of W.C. & F. C. MITCHELL 10 yrs.  
  HUCKABEE, Pete - Graves 3 & 4 2 1855 Annie, 2 yr. dau. of M. & A. SWEEZEY    
    3 Jan 3, 1986 Brandy Marie KEY Buried North of Mildred HUCKABEE  
    3 Nov 7, 1985 Mildred HUCKABEE Double marker set 1970  
    4 Sep 16, 1969 Pete HUCKABEE " " " " Cooper Twp.
             
23 1/2 LEGG, Keith 1 May 14, 1956 Carol Ann LEGG 13 yrs. Cooper Twp.
    2        
    3        
    4        
             
24 SWEEZEY, John B. 1 Feb 9, 1972 Gladys Helen HICKS    
  HICKS,, Dudley A. - Graves 1 & 2 2 Apr 27, 1970 Dudley A. HICKS    
    3 1854 Arthur ST.HELEN 16 yr. son of J.B. & E. SWEEZEY  
    4 1846 John B. SWEEZEY    
    5 1892 Ency SWEEZEY    
    6        
    7 Aug 30, 1894 Anna, wife of Charles SWEEZEY    
    8 Mar 21, 1920 Charles SWEEZEY    
           
25 DEMING, David E. 1        
  MARKER, Wayne & Lucy C. - Graves 1 & 2 2        
    3 1845 Sarah T. DEMING 1 yr.  
    4 1850 John M. DEMING 16 yrs.  
    5 1852 Mary Ann, wife of J. M. ELDRED    
    6 1884 Electra, wife of David E. DEMING    
    7   Monument    
    8 1879 Dr. David E. DEMING    
             
26 ULAM, Jacob 1 1868 Mary Edna, wife of Jacob ULAM    
  WOODWARD, Fay L. - Graves 2 & 3 2 Feb 28, 1968 Gretchen WOODWARD (LOVELAND)   Cooper Twp.
    3 Oct 5, 1971 Fay L. WOODWARD   Kalamazoo
    4   John M. ULAM No marker  
    5   Granny ULAM No marker - 114 yrs.  
    6 1853 Peter ULAM    
    7 1854 Nancy Jane, wife of John ULAM    
    8   Mrs. MASON, mother-in-law of Henry ULAM No marker  
             
27 WIGHT, Daniel 1 1854 Susan, wife of A. RICHMOND, also infant    
        daughter 15 days old.    
  FOUNTAIN, James E. - Grave 3 only 2   Child of M. SCOBEY No marker  
    3 Dec 4, 1965 Paul James FOUNTAIN 2 yrs.  
    4 1891 Start WOODROW    
    5   Mary WOODROW    
    6 1870 Mary E., wife of H. C. WOODROW    
    7 1891 Melvina wife of D. WIGHT    
    8 1880 Daniel WIGHT Soldier - Gov't. marker set in 1956  
             
28 CHANDLER, James 1 1892 Infant dau. of W.D. & Clara THOMAS    
    2        
    3        
    4 1900 Baby Jean CHANDLER Stillborn  
    5   Monument    
    6 1900 Jean CHANDLER 26 yrs.  
    7 Jan 25, 1933 Mary A. CHANDLER    
    8 Oct 22, 1920 James CHANDLER    
             
29 HOWE, Jessie 1 1854 Abram J., 16 yr. son of Jessie & Sallie HOWE    
  BUCK, Frank - Graves 7 & 8 2 1854 Frances M. 7 mo. son of J. & E.T. HOWE    
    3 & 4 1855 3 cildren of Jessie HOWE, one name Phebe    
    5 1856 James HOWE    
    6        
    7        
    8 1925 Frank BUCK    
             
30 TRANSIENT 1 May 3, 1961 Michele K. BARRAGAN   Cooper Twp.
  REAGAN, William C., Jr. - Grave 3 only 2   Unknown, possibly son of Jonathan HOWE    
    3 Feb 26, 1964 William C. REAGAN, Jr.   Cooper Twp.
    4 Nov 15, 1960 William S. SCOVEL Marker set 1961  
             
30 1/2 THOMPSON, Robert 1 1927 Rachel THOMPSON    
    2 1890 Paul Child  
    3 Nov 17, 1935 Robert THOMPSON    
    4 Feb 20, 1970 Elva SUDMAN    
             
31 WRIGHT, Leslie John 1 Sep 10, 1956 Leslie John WRIGHT Marker installed in 1957 Cooper Twp.
    2        
    3        
    4        
             
31 1/2 BUSSARD, George 1 1928 Emma, dau. of George BUSSARD    
    2   Wife of George BUSSARD    
    3   Child of George BUSSARD    
    4 1863 Jane Ann, wife of George BUSSARD    
    5   George BUSSARD    
             
32 VINTON, Porter 1 1845 John LOUGHEAD Son of J. LOUGHEAD - 97 yrs.  
  BULLARD, Frances - Grave 2 2 Feb 11, 1967 Lionel Lee BULLARD 16 mos. - Marker set 1967 Cooper Twp.
  BAKER, Leland - Graves 3 & 4 3 Apr 8, 1968 Audra BAKER Double marker set 1968 Cooper Twp.
    4 Feb 6, 1971 Leland R. BAKER " " " "  
    5 Apr 18, 1968 William Joe PILLOW Marker set 1968 Kalamazoo
    6   Elizabeth, wife of P. VINTON No marker  
    7 1854 William, 1 yr. son of P. & S.J. VINTON    
    8 1854 Sarah J., wife of Porter VINTON    
             
33 SMITH, Sylvene 1 1886 John P. PFIRRMAN    
  McNAB, James 2 Mar 12, 1968 Ferald D. COLVIN Serviceman Cooper Twp.
  COLVIN, Ferald D. - Grave No. 2 3 1865 Hiram, 1 yr. son of S.C. & R.A. SMITH    
    4 1900 James McNAB    
    5   Mary McNAB    
    6   Monument    
    7 1900 Harriett F. CHAMBERLAIN    
    8 1892 James SCHAW    
             
34 TRAVIS, Wellington 1 Aug 12, 1971 Frances A. SULLIVAN    
  PERRY, Gorden A. - Grave 4 & 5 only 2 1881 Arthur W. Son of Wm. & Edna TRAVIS 6 mos.  
  HARTWELL, David Ward - Grave 6 only 3   Infant sone of Wm. & Edna TRAVIS    
  SULLIVAN, Frances A. - Grave 1 only 4 Apr 12, 1966 Marian Muriel PERRY Marker set 1968 Cooper Twp.
    5 Oct 27, 1976 Gordon PERRY    
    6 Jun 10, 1968 Angel HARTWELL Baby Cooper Twp.
    7 1865 Abigail, wife of Wellington TRAVIS    
    8 1877 Wellington TRAVIS    
             
35 TRAVIS, Jonathan 1        
    2 1888 Prudence, wife of Johathan TRAVIS    
    3 1873 Jonathan TRAVIS    
    4 1870 Nancy J. TRAVIS    
    5 1864 Sarah Ann, wife of W.D. WHEATON    
    6 1838 John B. TRAVIS 20 yrs.  
    7        
    8 1849 George W. TRAVIS 15 yrs.  
             
36 HOYT, Theodore S., Sr. 1 1858 Sarah HOYT    
  RIPLEY, Duward W. - Graves 3 & 4 (11/14/1963) 2 1858 Theodore HOYT, Jr. 7 yrs.  
  FLAMM, John Glenwood - Graves 5 & 6 (10/14/1963) 3 Aug 17, 1973 Jessie O. RIPLEY    
    4 Nov 16, 1963 Duward W. RIPLEY Marker set 1964 Cooper Twp.
    5 July 27, 1964 Elsie O. FLAMM Double marker set 1964 Parchment, Mich.
    6 Oct 7, 1963 John Glenwood FLAMM " " " " Cooper Twp.
    7 1900 Eliza HOYT    
    8 1876 Theodore S. HOYT, Sr.    
             
37 CARNS, John - South 3 graves 1 Nov 13, 1954 Allen BINGHAM    
  BINGHAM, Allen - North 5 graves 2        
    3 May 13, 1933 Bernice BINGHAM    
    4        
    5        
    6 1867 Frank A. CARNS Child of J. A. & E. CARNES  
    7 1866 Morris T. CARNS Child of J. A. & E. CARNES  
    8        
             
38 SCHAU, Phillip Jacob 1        
    2        
    3   Infant of Chas. & Amelia SCHAU Date on marker not legible  
    4        
    5 1868 Caroline L., dau. of Ph.J. & C. SCHAU 11 yrs.  
    6 1855 Henry, son of PH.J. & C. SCHAU 7 yrs.  
    7 1892 Catherine, wife of Ph.J. SCHAU    
    8 1898 Ph. Jacob SCHAU    
             
39 WHITESIDE, Isaac 1 Oct 18, 1918 Frank JACKSON    
    2 Jan 6, 1933 Mary L. JACKSON    
    3 1899 Isaac WHITESIDE    
    4   Monument    
    5 1891 Louisa, wife of Isaac WHITESIDE    
    6 1866 Ida J., child of Isaac & Louisa WHITESIDE 8 yrs.  
    7 1866 Arthur R., child of Isaac & Louisa WHITESIDE 5 yrs.  
    8        
             
40 RECTOR, Edwin 1        
    2        
    3        
    4 Nov 20, 1987 Dora C. RECTOR Creamines buried in middle of gr. 4  
             
40 1/2 FRIEND, Thomas 1 Ellen FRIEND No marker  
    2   Lillie FRIEND No marker  
    3   Carrie FRIEND No marker  
    4        
             
41 HAWLEY, Augustus 1 May 2, 1945 Rudulph RECTOR    
  RECTOR, Mrs. Rudolph - Grave No. 2 2 Oct 20, 1958 Bessie E. RECTOR Marker set Dec. 1958 Parchment
  BLANCHARD, Donnevieve - Grave No. 4 3 May 1, 1955 Edwin RECTOR Cremains  
    4        
    5   Albert RECTOR    
    6 1891 Augustus HAWLEY    
    7   Mrs. Wm. HAWLEY    
    8 1870 William HAWLEY    
             
42 SCHURR, Lucas 1        
    2        
    3        
    4        
    5   Monument    
    6 1917 Margaret, mother of Frank SCHURR    
    7 Apr 5, 1949 Frank SCHURR    
    8 1870 Lucas SCHURR 43 yrs.  
             
43 TRANSIENT 1 Jan 15, 1958 Burton Albert REEVES   Cooper Twp.
    2 Aug 24, 1905 Harley KNISS 2 mos.  
    3 1892 Mrs. ROOF    
    4   Unknown    
    5   Unknown    
    6   Unknown    
    7   "S.T." Infant of Samuel TOLHURST    
    8 1868 Cornelia, dau. of A. & M. PETTIT 2 yrs.  
             
44 TRANSIENT 1 Apr 6, 1960 Grover C. MEACHUM Double marker set 1960 Cooper Twp.
  MEACHUM, Grover C. - Graves 1 & 2 only 2 Sep 17, 1968 Vera L. MEACHUM " " " " Cooper Twp.
  STAMMIS, Jacob - Grave 3 only - DELETED 3 June 14, 1963 Jacob STAMMIS - RE-INTERRED/DELETED Marker set 1963 Kalamazoo
  TILLER, Doroty L. - Grave 3 only 3 Sep 27, 1982 Dorothy L. TILLER
    4   Child, dau. of Warner    
    5   Ihsmen KEIESE Possible spelling - No marker  
    6 1906 Infant dau. of John & Laura MEYLE Ida  
    7 1906 Robert WOODARD 5 yrs.  
    8   Unknown child    
             
45 BENNETT, Earl J. 1 Oct 6, 1953 Earl J. BENNETT    
    2 May 3, 1961 Jessie B. BENNETT   Cooper Twp.
    3 Oct 27, 1953 Baby CRANE (Ormanda) Stillborn - Marker installed in 1955  
    4 Jan 9, 1934 Marie WOODEN Marker installed in 1955  
             
45 1/2 FOSTER, John 1 Feb 15, 1992 John FOSTER    
    2 Nov 2, 1992 Amy E. FOSTER    
    3 Aug 12, 1966 Tammy Lynn ARMENTROUT Marker set 1966 Vine Grove, Kentucky
    4        
         
46 BLUE, Arthur E. 1 Jun 11, 1997 Marvin A. HARVEY    
    2 Sep 11, 1995 Vida May HARVEY    
    3 Feb 21, 1970 Arthur F. BLUE    
    4 Feb 17, 1944 Mable L. BLUE    
             
46 1/2 DAVIS, Amos 1        
    2 Feb 14, 1987 Marian E. DAVIS    
    3 May 19, 1952 Amos DAVIS    
    4 Sep 2, 1942 Louise DAVIS    
             
47 BUSHOUSE, Herman 1 Nov 10, 1977 Herman BUSHOUSE    
    2 Mar 11, 1992 Tena PARMELEE    
    3 Sep 3, 1987 Zeena BUSHOUSE    
    4 Feb 22, 1951 Zwaantina BUSHOUSE    
             
47 1/2 KING, William John 1        
    2        
    3 Feb 1, 1961 Dora Ida KING   Cooper Twp.
    4 Apr 25, 1944 Gertrude C. SIBOLE    
             
48 PRYOR, R. O. 1 Feb 4, 1951 Thomas Alton PRYOR    
    2 May 8, 1961 Mary Mae PRYOR   Kalamazoo
    3   NOT AVAILABLE    
    4   NOT AVAILABLE    
             
48 1/2 CARRIER, Walter X. 1 Nov 6, 1953 Ethel M. CARRIER   Cooper
    2 Oct 1, 1955 Walter X. CARRIER   Cooper
    3 Apr 22, 1983 Kenneth Alonzo CARRIER    
    4   NOT TO BE USED, DRIVEWAY CURVE    
             
49 ROSS, Sylvia 1 Aug 7, 1953 William M. ROSS    
    2 Mar 5, 1992 Sylvia JERRILS    
    3        
    4        
             
49 1/2 THIS LOT CANNOT BE USED, DRIVEWAY CURVE        
             
50 & 50 1/2 DRIVEWAY CURVE - SHRUBBERY          
             
51 POLMATEER, Gerturde - Grave 4 only 1   ROOM FOR BABY    
  MOREHOUSE, Kenneth - Graves 2 & 3 2 Aug 27, 1966 Madison K. MOREHOUSE Double marker set 1963 Cooper Twp.
    3 Jul 18, 1963 Allie M. MOREHOUSE " " " " Cooper Twp.
    4 Oct 14, 1954 Gertrude POLMATEER 80 yrs. - Marker set 1961  
             
51 1/2 WILLIAMS, Luette 1 Sep 9, 1953 Roscoe Allen WILLIAMS    
    2 Mar 4, 1974 Luetta WILLIAMS    
    3   Naomi Louise WILLIAMS    
    4        
             
52 HOLROYD, Milo 1        
    2 Sep 30, 1967 Emma M. HOLROYD Double marker set 1968 Richland Twp.
    3 Apr 28, 1937 Milo HOLROYD " " " "  
    4 Jan 27, 1937 Betty HOLROYD 1 yr.  
             
52 1/2 ALLEN, John F. 1        
  FRARY, Eugene & Irene (ALLEN) - Grave 1 only - Cremains 2 Oct 17, 1967 John F. ALLEN Double marker set 1968 Cooper Twp.
    3 Jan 25, 1969 Hattie ALLEN " " " " Cooper Twp.
    4 Jul 16, 1952 Donald Louis ALLEN Baby  
             
53 HOOGENBOOM, Henry 1 Jul 27, 1984 Barbara E. HOOGENBOOM    
    1   Elaine A. HOOGENBOOM 2 days  
    1 Feb 3, 1948 Louis HOOGENBOOM At foot of grave No. 1 - 3 mos.  
    2 May 22, 1948 Eunice HOOGENBOOM 7 mos.  
    2 Dec 20, 1951 Thomas Allen HOOGENBOOM At foot of grave No. 2 - 2 days  
    3 Feb 13, 1980 Gerturde HOOGENBOOM    
    4 Jan 11, 1975 Henry HOOGENBOOM    
             
53 1/2 MORGAN, Estella Lillian and 1 Aug 27, 1952 Estella Lillian MORGAN    
  TODD, Lillian 2 Apr 29, 1988 Lillian M. TODD    
    3        
    4        
             
54 NICKERSON, Charles 1 Sep 22, 1953 Charles NICKERSON    
    2 Oct 20, 1937 Edna NICKERSON    
    3        
    4        
             
54 1/2 McCLELLAN, Dorothy SMITH & McCLELLAN, Charles 1 Jun 4, 1993 Dorothy E. McCLELLAN    
  I, Dorothy & Charles McCLELLAND do hereby bequeth 2 May 14, 1993 Charles Morris McCLELLAN    
  Grave No. 4 to Bethel ASH. Dated: May 31, 1968 3        
    4 Jul 28, 1988 Bethel R. ASH    
             
55 TRANSIENT 1   Adult, Unknown    
  DAY, Jess - Graves 3 & 4 only 2   Adult, Unknown    
    3 Mar 3, 1969 Grace DAY Double marker set 1960 Cooper Twp.
    4 Apr 8, 1960 Jess DAY " " " " Cooper Twp.
             
55 1/2 JOHNSON, Festus 1 Mar 29, 1934 Festus JOHNSON    
    2 Sep 9, 1940 Versie Johnson MELLOR    
    3 Mar 27, 1990 Gladys Leona JOHNSON Cremains  
             
56 TRANSIENT - Grave No. 1 only 1   Adult, Unknown    
  BORDEN, Nellie - Graves 2, 3, & 4 2        
    3 Apr 3, 1985 Nellie I. BORDEN    
    4 Sep 12, 1980 Ernest Eugene BORDEN Cremains  
             
56 1/2 SMITH, Susie 1 Mar 27, 1934 Bart SMITH    
    2 May 28, 1953 Susie Jane Garred SMITH    
    3 Nov 3, 1947 Laura Smith VETTE    
    4 Nov 21, 1973 Hazel V. SMITH    
             
57 TRAVIS, George E. 1 1930 George E. TRAVIS    
    2 1900 Eva May TRAVIS    
    3 Aug 16, 1965 Harry G. TRAVIS   Skokie, Illinois
    4 Jun 10, 1944 Lila J. TRAVIS (Ashes)    
    5 Jan 31, 1951 Leonard KRELING    
    6 Jul 17, 1958 Maude Mabel KRELING   Plainwell, Mich.
    7        
    8 Jul 24, 1920 Henry TRAVIS    
             
58 TRAVIS, Cryus E. 1 Dec 17, 1895 Cyrus E. TRAVIS    
    2 1908 Melissa F. TRAVIS    
    3   Monument    
    4        
    5 1902 Jay TRAVIS    
    6 1903 Hattie McCall TRAVIS    
    7 1882 Orren BARTO    
    8 1881 Esther, wife of Orren BARTO    
             
59 McCARTY, WIlliam 1        
    2 1884 Wife of Chas. McCARTY No marker  
    3 1921 Fred McCARTY    
    4        
    5        
    6 1889 Anna E. McCARTY    
    7   Julia SHOOK    
    8   William McCARTY No marker  
             
60 BUSSARD, William 1 1863 Mother of Wm. BUSSARD (Catherine)    
    2 1904 Wm. H. BUSSARD    
    3 1899 Mary BUSSARD    
    4 1874 2 children of Wm. BUSSARD    
             
60 1/2 BUSSARD, Ross 1        
    1a Aug 15, 1995 Donald Nelson YECKLEY    
    2 Aug 27, 1949 May V. BUSSARD Double marker 1970  
    3 Oct 27, 1965 Ross B. BUSSARD " " " Cooper Twp.
    4 Feb 7, 1980 Rowena Mae ADAMS  
             
61 DRAKE, A. 1   Georgia ANDERSON 10 yrs - REMOVED FROM LOT NO. 81  
    2 1855 Relief, son of A. & M. DRAKE 2 yrs.  
    3        
    4        
             
61 1/2 RIED, John 1        
  Returned to Twp. 6/27/94 2        
    3        
    4        
             
62 BARTO, David and 1 1866 David BARTO    
  SCHAU-Petit, Florence 1 Apr 19, 1947 Larry Edward SEARLES Stillborn - AT FOOT OF GRAVE NO.1  
    2 Feb 27, 1968 Max E. SEARLES Marker set 1968 Kalamazoo, Mich.
    3 Nov 12, 1985 Leona SEARLES Marker set 1967  
    4 Mar 21, 1973 Florence SCHAU-PETTIT Marker set 1967  
             
62 1/2 FOX, Edith SCHAU 1 Feb 3, 1953 Charles L. FOX    
  Grave 1 - North side of Charles L. Fox reserved for Charles 1a Apr 14, 1997 Charles J. FOX Headstone in place  
  J. Fox. Lots 3 & 4 returned to Township because of 2 Sep 16, 1974 Edith A. FOX    
  tree roots. 3   RETURNED TO TOWNSHIP - TREE ROOTS    
    4   RETURNED TO TOWNSHIP - TREE ROOTS    
             
63 MINAR, WIlliam 1        
    2 1881 Ann L., wife of William MINAR 84 yrs.  
    3 1844 William MINAR 55 yrs.  
    4        
    5   Children of Jack & Alex MINAR, and    
    6   Addie adopted dau. of Mrs. Wm. MINAR    
    7        
    8        
             
64 SNUGGS, Edward 1        
  (Originally Pat BUNBURY) 2        
    3   Child of P. BUNBURY If found, re-interr on Lot No. 61  
    4        
             
97 VOS, Otto 1        
  OSBORN, Minnie & MOON, Martin - Grave 1 only 2 Oct 14, 1987 Jennie VOS Marker set 1960  
  [Believe Minnie Osborn to be the dau. Of James Gregory 3 Jun 3, 1959 Trena VOS    
  and Elthere Musselman. WHO is Martin Moon????] 4 May 15, 1941 Otto VOS  

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