Michigan Trails through Chippewa County
CHIPPEWA CO MI OBITUARIES
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NEWTON CALEB WALTERS
- A former Wild Rose (WI) resident, Newton Walters, 69, Columbus, Ohio, died Friday in Ohio. Mr. Walters was born May 3, 1904, the son of Walter and Elizabeth Walters and married Miss Ginevra Acree on September 3, 1936 (Sault Ste. Marie MI). He was employed at the government locks at Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., until his retirement in January of 1967. Survivors include his widow: a daughter, Mrs Wendall Bearden, Columbus Ohio; two sons, Lynn, Des Plaines, Ill., and David, Sault Sainte Marie, Mich; three sisters, Margaret and Lois Walters, both of Wild Rose; and Mrs. Joe Ribble, Dixon, Ill. and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Wild Rose United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William Blake officiating. Burial will be in Caersalem Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. today, at the Holly Funeral Home, Wild Rose
Contributed by Lynn Walters
MARGARET MARY (FINCH) WARNER
, 83, of Raber, MI, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Marcia, in Kincheloe. The former Margaret Finch was born June 6, 1924, in Leicestershire, England, to Percy Walter Finch and Mary Elizabeth (Meakin) Finch. She grew up in England. Margaret Finch married Donald Warner, a soldier she met during World War II, and came to the United States with her husband. They lived in Lincoln Park and Taylor, where their children grew up while Mr. Warner worked in the automotive industry. In 1973, when he retired, they moved to Raber. Margaret Warner was a member of the Bender-Johnson AmVets Ladies Auxiliary Post 79 and the Raber Senior Citizens. She attended the North Raber Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing bingo, knitting, and crocheting, as well as making crafts, including "fluffies" pot scrubbers, and participating in local craft shows. She was survived by six children and their families, Donna Wood of Raber, Marilyn Weaver of Bancroft, Marcia and Gale Spence of Kincheloe, Denise and Kent Kott of Raber, Daniel and Sandra Warner of Kincheloe, and Matthew Warner of Raber; 15 grandchildren and their families, Dawn and Eugene Wood, Mike Wood, Amy and Jim Hammons, Tracie and Ron MacDowell, Valerie and Chris Mertle, Jerry and Rachel Weaver, Kimberly and Dean Porter, Crystal Spence, Robert Spence, Bill Spence, Katie Spence, Kurt Kott, Kerry and Trevo McKeown, Brett Warner, and Mattie Warner; and 23 great-grandchildren and their families, Christopher and Brandi Revers, Carl Revers, Melinda Wood, James Hammons III, Sharon Hammons, Jessica Hammons, Donna Hammons, Kayla MacDowell, Evan MacDowell, Aaron MacDowell, Gage Mertle, Cody Mertle, Ty Mertle, Madalyn Mertle, Riley Mertle, Jake Mertle, Richard Weaver, Jessica Weaver, Jaycen Weaver, Courtney Spence, Chase Porter, Kassidy Yarnell, and Natalie Spence. Also surviving were a sister and her family, Jean and Trevor Hines of Leicestershire. She was preceded in death by her husband, one brother, Walter Finch, and two sisters, Gladys Mayne and Betty Dawson. Reamer Galer Funeral Home in Pickford.
JAMES G. WYNN
, 52, Brimley farmer and gasoline station operator at Wynn's Corner on M-28 was killed on his farm Saturday afternoon when the tractor with which he had been plowing rolled on top of him, crushing his chest. He was at work when the tractor apparently stalled in a downhill position. No one saw the accident but it was found that his gloves had been laid aside and a starting "hot-shot" battery attached for starting the engine which indicated he was in the act of cranking the tractor. Mrs. Wynn and a brother of the dead man were the first to discover the accident. After the noise of the tractor had been silent about an hour, Mrs. Wynn became uneasy and began to look for her husband. When she saw what had happened she called for help and the tractor was removed from the body.
