FORMER BUSINESS MAN PASSES AWAY AT EVART HOME
Otto S. Derby Laid at Rest in Clare Cemetery Wednesday
Otto S. Derby, a prominent and well known Clare businessman of fifty years ago, passed away at his home in Evart Sunday morning, following a year and a half of failing health which culminated in a paralytic stroke Friday of last week.
Otto Selleck Derby, the eldest son of a family of five boys and one girl, was born, the son of Alfred P. and Josephine Derby at Norwalk, Ohio, October 10, 1862, and passed away at Evart, Michigan, June 4, 1944, at the age of eighty-one years, seven months and twenty-five days.
He moved with his parents to Tepin, Wisconsin, in 1863, to southern Michigan in I860, to Petisville, Ohio, in 1867 and returned to Michigan in 1878, settling at Portland.
In 1882 he came to Harrison, Michigan, and became engaged in the furniture business with a Mr. Fagan. He was united in marriage with Miss Etta A. Comstock, of Evart, in 1886, and lived there until moving to Clare in October, 1887.
Mr. Derby was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Clare for a number of years, when he sold the undertaking business to Albert Thurston, the grandfather of Russell Thurston, and Mr. Derby continued in the furniture business here until 1912. He then began construction work with the Consumers Power Company and was engaged in this work until going to the Michigan Home and Training School, at Lapeer, in 1935, to do general repair work, where he was engaged until retiring in 1938.
He was a kind and loving husband and father and a great lover of the woods and out of doors and led a quiet life.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cora Lee, who died in infancy in 1908; and three brothers, Oscar, Ralph and Victor. Victor passed away only last Saturday and was laid at rest Monday, at Otsego.
Otto S. Derby leaves to mourn their loss, the bereaved widow; two sons, Oise, of Clare, and Frank, of Saginaw; one daughter, Lucille, at home; four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held from the home,in Evart at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery, at Clare. Arrangements were in charge of Thurston & Son.
Those attending the service from here were Mr. and Mrs. Oise Derby and Mrs. Mildred Wentworth and son, Donald.
9Clare Sentinel dated 9 June 1944) Thanks, Tom, for this obituary!
Otto S. Derby Laid at Rest in Clare Cemetery Wednesday
Otto S. Derby, a prominent and well known Clare businessman of fifty years ago, passed away at his home in Evart Sunday morning, following a year and a half of failing health which culminated in a paralytic stroke Friday of last week.
Otto Selleck Derby, the eldest son of a family of five boys and one girl, was born, the son of Alfred P. and Josephine Derby at Norwalk, Ohio, October 10, 1862, and passed away at Evart, Michigan, June 4, 1944, at the age of eighty-one years, seven months and twenty-five days.
He moved with his parents to Tepin, Wisconsin, in 1863, to southern Michigan in I860, to Petisville, Ohio, in 1867 and returned to Michigan in 1878, settling at Portland.
In 1882 he came to Harrison, Michigan, and became engaged in the furniture business with a Mr. Fagan. He was united in marriage with Miss Etta A. Comstock, of Evart, in 1886, and lived there until moving to Clare in October, 1887.
Mr. Derby was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Clare for a number of years, when he sold the undertaking business to Albert Thurston, the grandfather of Russell Thurston, and Mr. Derby continued in the furniture business here until 1912. He then began construction work with the Consumers Power Company and was engaged in this work until going to the Michigan Home and Training School, at Lapeer, in 1935, to do general repair work, where he was engaged until retiring in 1938.
He was a kind and loving husband and father and a great lover of the woods and out of doors and led a quiet life.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cora Lee, who died in infancy in 1908; and three brothers, Oscar, Ralph and Victor. Victor passed away only last Saturday and was laid at rest Monday, at Otsego.
Otto S. Derby leaves to mourn their loss, the bereaved widow; two sons, Oise, of Clare, and Frank, of Saginaw; one daughter, Lucille, at home; four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held from the home,in Evart at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery, at Clare. Arrangements were in charge of Thurston & Son.
Those attending the service from here were Mr. and Mrs. Oise Derby and Mrs. Mildred Wentworth and son, Donald.
9Clare Sentinel dated 9 June 1944) Thanks, Tom, for this obituary!
FORMER BUSINESS MAN PASSES AWAY AT EVART HOME
Otto S. Derby Laid at Rest in Clare Cemetery Wednesday
Otto S. Derby, a prominent and well known Clare businessman of fifty years ago, passed away at his home in Evart Sunday morning, following a year and a half of failing health which culminated in a paralytic stroke Friday of last week.
Otto Selleck Derby, the eldest son of a family of five boys and one girl, was born, the son of Alfred P. and Josephine Derby at Norwalk, Ohio, October 10, 1862, and passed away at Evart, Michigan, June 4, 1944, at the age of eighty-one years, seven months and twenty-five days.
He moved with his parents to Tepin, Wisconsin, in 1863, to southern Michigan in I860, to Petisville, Ohio, in 1867 and returned to Michigan in 1878, settling at Portland.
In 1882 he came to Harrison, Michigan, and became engaged in the furniture business with a Mr. Fagan. He was united in marriage with Miss Etta A. Comstock, of Evart, in 1886, and lived there until moving to Clare in October, 1887.
Mr. Derby was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Clare for a number of years, when he sold the undertaking business to Albert Thurston, the grandfather of Russell Thurston, and Mr. Derby continued in the furniture business here until 1912. He then began construction work with the Consumers Power Company and was engaged in this work until going to the Michigan Home and Training School, at Lapeer, in 1935, to do general repair work, where he was engaged until retiring in 1938.
He was a kind and loving husband and father and a great lover of the woods and out of doors and led a quiet life.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cora Lee, who died in infancy in 1908; and three brothers, Oscar, Ralph and Victor. Victor passed away only last Saturday and was laid at rest Monday, at Otsego.
Otto S. Derby leaves to mourn their loss, the bereaved widow; two sons, Oise, of Clare, and Frank, of Saginaw; one daughter, Lucille, at home; four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held from the home,in Evart at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery, at Clare. Arrangements were in charge of Thurston & Son.
Those attending the service from here were Mr. and Mrs. Oise Derby and Mrs. Mildred Wentworth and son, Donald.
9Clare Sentinel dated 9 June 1944) Thanks, Tom, for this obituary!
Otto S. Derby Laid at Rest in Clare Cemetery Wednesday
Otto S. Derby, a prominent and well known Clare businessman of fifty years ago, passed away at his home in Evart Sunday morning, following a year and a half of failing health which culminated in a paralytic stroke Friday of last week.
Otto Selleck Derby, the eldest son of a family of five boys and one girl, was born, the son of Alfred P. and Josephine Derby at Norwalk, Ohio, October 10, 1862, and passed away at Evart, Michigan, June 4, 1944, at the age of eighty-one years, seven months and twenty-five days.
He moved with his parents to Tepin, Wisconsin, in 1863, to southern Michigan in I860, to Petisville, Ohio, in 1867 and returned to Michigan in 1878, settling at Portland.
In 1882 he came to Harrison, Michigan, and became engaged in the furniture business with a Mr. Fagan. He was united in marriage with Miss Etta A. Comstock, of Evart, in 1886, and lived there until moving to Clare in October, 1887.
Mr. Derby was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in Clare for a number of years, when he sold the undertaking business to Albert Thurston, the grandfather of Russell Thurston, and Mr. Derby continued in the furniture business here until 1912. He then began construction work with the Consumers Power Company and was engaged in this work until going to the Michigan Home and Training School, at Lapeer, in 1935, to do general repair work, where he was engaged until retiring in 1938.
He was a kind and loving husband and father and a great lover of the woods and out of doors and led a quiet life.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cora Lee, who died in infancy in 1908; and three brothers, Oscar, Ralph and Victor. Victor passed away only last Saturday and was laid at rest Monday, at Otsego.
Otto S. Derby leaves to mourn their loss, the bereaved widow; two sons, Oise, of Clare, and Frank, of Saginaw; one daughter, Lucille, at home; four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral services were held from the home,in Evart at 2:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. Chas. Kleinhardt officiating, and interment in Cherry Grove Cemetery, at Clare. Arrangements were in charge of Thurston & Son.
Those attending the service from here were Mr. and Mrs. Oise Derby and Mrs. Mildred Wentworth and son, Donald.
9Clare Sentinel dated 9 June 1944) Thanks, Tom, for this obituary!
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