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Hoke Smith Atwell

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Hoke Smith Atwell

Birth
Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA
Death
26 Apr 1914 (aged 20)
Ionia County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A2 136 2
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Hoke was the son of Hannah Margaret (Hudson) and Nelson Atwell.

Cause of death - pneumonia.
Age 20 years, 11 months and 28 days.
Burial April 28, 1914.
Bandfield Funeral Home records.

Obituary of Hoke Atwell, published in the Portland Observer, Thursday, April 30, 1914:
Following a week's illness from pneumonia, Hoke Smith Atwell, 21 years of age, a son of the late Nelson Atwell of Danby township, expired at the home of L. Harwood, four miles southeast of Ionia at nine o'clock Sunday morning.

The young man had been in the employ of Mr. Harwood as a farm hand.

The remains were brought to Portland late Sunday afternoon by Undertaker Bandfield and were taken to the home of Mrs. Harriet Ames, a sister.

Funeral services were held at the new M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at 2:00, Rev. Wm. W. Slee officiating, and interment was in Portland cemetery.

Deceased was one of the youngest members of a large family, being survived by his mother and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mark Burhans, Coral, Harry and Horace Atwell, Grand Ledge; Mrs. Hattie Ames, Mrs. Claude Barber, Claude, William and Ted Atwell of Portland.

He was born in Danby township 21 years ago Monday and had spent his entire life in the immediate vicinity.

Research of Marilynn Johnson

Hoke was the son of Hannah Margaret (Hudson) and Nelson Atwell.

Cause of death - pneumonia.
Age 20 years, 11 months and 28 days.
Burial April 28, 1914.
Bandfield Funeral Home records.

Obituary of Hoke Atwell, published in the Portland Observer, Thursday, April 30, 1914:
Following a week's illness from pneumonia, Hoke Smith Atwell, 21 years of age, a son of the late Nelson Atwell of Danby township, expired at the home of L. Harwood, four miles southeast of Ionia at nine o'clock Sunday morning.

The young man had been in the employ of Mr. Harwood as a farm hand.

The remains were brought to Portland late Sunday afternoon by Undertaker Bandfield and were taken to the home of Mrs. Harriet Ames, a sister.

Funeral services were held at the new M. E. church Tuesday afternoon at 2:00, Rev. Wm. W. Slee officiating, and interment was in Portland cemetery.

Deceased was one of the youngest members of a large family, being survived by his mother and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Mark Burhans, Coral, Harry and Horace Atwell, Grand Ledge; Mrs. Hattie Ames, Mrs. Claude Barber, Claude, William and Ted Atwell of Portland.

He was born in Danby township 21 years ago Monday and had spent his entire life in the immediate vicinity.

Research of Marilynn Johnson



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