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WILLIAM PERRY GARLOW

William Perry Garlow, 64, eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. Perry Garlow, formerly of Byran, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Howard Jenks, Tisdale Street, Lansing, Michigan, June 16.

He was born July 10, 1883, in Byran, Ohio, and lived in Lansing for the past thirty years. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Calvin Burch of Mason, Mrs. Howard Jenks, Lansing, and Mrs. Viola Elder of Texas; three sons, Russell of Anchorage, Alaska; Laverne of Mason and Lester of Brooklyn, N.Y.; two brothers Fred, Findlay, Ohio, and Jake of Bakersfield, Cal; seven sisters, Mrs. Ruth Wright, Mrs. Earl McCaslin, Mrs. George Davis of Findlay, Mrs. Fred Tedrow and Mrs. Elvin Boyer of Rawson, Ohio, Mrs. McGartha of Toledo, and Mrs. Fred Arnold of Akron; fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Funeral services were held from the Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Home with the Rev. J.c. Lambert of Lansing Gospel Temple officiating, and interment in the Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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above article is from the 'Bryan Press', (Bryan, OH) July 7, 1948.

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William was affectionately known as 'Shorty' by his friends and relatives.

William worked for many years with the 'Lansing Board of Water and Electric Light'.

He is proudly standing next to his truck with the company logo in the attached photo.

As a child, a son of Wm.'s brother, Fred, said that when Wm. would come down to Ohio for a visit (in the early 40's), that Wm. looked just like Fred when walking up to the house. For a moment, he would not be sure if that was his own father, Fred, or if it was Wm. walking up to the house.

At the start of 1923, William's wife Celia died pretty suddenly when she was only 33 years old of chronic nephritis, thus leaving William alone with their 6 children who were still living at home.

In the next few years, the oldest daughters Thelma and Doris, both married.

At some point thereafter, young Viola started living with her now married sister, Thelma.

At some point after William's daughter Doris had married, William's son Russell lived for a short while with them; then at age 17, Russ enlisted in the Army which became a 28 year long career in the Army Air Corp and the Air Force.

William's other two sons then continued to live at home with Wm..

After several years, Lester enlisted in the U.S. Navy, a couple years before the U.S. entered WWII; he spent much of that time on the U.S.S. Marblehead, including during her heroic survival from a very vicious attack by many Japanese bombers, just weeks after their Pearl Harbor attack.

Over Japanese radio broadcasts, the world learned that the Marblehead had been sunk by 3 direct hits from their bombs.

The courageous crew of the ship defied all odds and was barely able to limp back across the Pacific.

Lester's father, William, and all the siblings for a time would have been worried sick until word of the ship actually surviving reached them, and even afterwards, until word of the surviving crew members came out.

(above written and submitted by t.garlow)