CAPAC - Bertram N. Eldridge, 76, of 15539 Schultz Road, Capac, died Saturday in Lapeer County General Hospital after a long illness.
He was born April 21, 1900 in Lacon, Ill., and had lived in Capac for 50 years.
He married Hazel Arledge, Feb. 7, 1920, in Chicago.
He was a member of the Albert A. Glassford, Post No. 142, American Legion; The Forest, F&AM, No. 126, and of First United Methodist Church, Capac. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. He was a charter member of the Eastern Vegetable Association.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Richard Eldridge, Capac, and Bernard Eldridge, Port Huron. Another son, George, died Nov. 19, 1939; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Giroux, Capac, and Mrs. Lillias Hamilton, Almont; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Barnett, Project City, Calif., Mrs. Ona Ritchey, Momouth, Ill. and Mrs. Illen German, Galesburg, Ill.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Barnard Funeral Home, Capac. The Rev. Ray Burkett, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be Capac Cemetery.
He was born April 21, 1900 in Lacon, Ill., and had lived in Capac for 50 years.
He married Hazel Arledge, Feb. 7, 1920, in Chicago.
He was a member of the Albert A. Glassford, Post No. 142, American Legion; The Forest, F&AM, No. 126, and of First United Methodist Church, Capac. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. He was a charter member of the Eastern Vegetable Association.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Richard Eldridge, Capac, and Bernard Eldridge, Port Huron. Another son, George, died Nov. 19, 1939; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Giroux, Capac, and Mrs. Lillias Hamilton, Almont; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Barnett, Project City, Calif., Mrs. Ona Ritchey, Momouth, Ill. and Mrs. Illen German, Galesburg, Ill.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Barnard Funeral Home, Capac. The Rev. Ray Burkett, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be Capac Cemetery.
CAPAC - Bertram N. Eldridge, 76, of 15539 Schultz Road, Capac, died Saturday in Lapeer County General Hospital after a long illness.
He was born April 21, 1900 in Lacon, Ill., and had lived in Capac for 50 years.
He married Hazel Arledge, Feb. 7, 1920, in Chicago.
He was a member of the Albert A. Glassford, Post No. 142, American Legion; The Forest, F&AM, No. 126, and of First United Methodist Church, Capac. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. He was a charter member of the Eastern Vegetable Association.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Richard Eldridge, Capac, and Bernard Eldridge, Port Huron. Another son, George, died Nov. 19, 1939; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Giroux, Capac, and Mrs. Lillias Hamilton, Almont; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Barnett, Project City, Calif., Mrs. Ona Ritchey, Momouth, Ill. and Mrs. Illen German, Galesburg, Ill.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Barnard Funeral Home, Capac. The Rev. Ray Burkett, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be Capac Cemetery.
He was born April 21, 1900 in Lacon, Ill., and had lived in Capac for 50 years.
He married Hazel Arledge, Feb. 7, 1920, in Chicago.
He was a member of the Albert A. Glassford, Post No. 142, American Legion; The Forest, F&AM, No. 126, and of First United Methodist Church, Capac. He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. He was a charter member of the Eastern Vegetable Association.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Richard Eldridge, Capac, and Bernard Eldridge, Port Huron. Another son, George, died Nov. 19, 1939; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Giroux, Capac, and Mrs. Lillias Hamilton, Almont; 14 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Barnett, Project City, Calif., Mrs. Ona Ritchey, Momouth, Ill. and Mrs. Illen German, Galesburg, Ill.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Barnard Funeral Home, Capac. The Rev. Ray Burkett, pastor of the First United Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be Capac Cemetery.
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