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Charles Kinman Culver

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Charles Kinman Culver

Birth
Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan, USA
Death
8 Sep 1941 (aged 50)
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Howell, Livingston County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec. ND, Lot 8
Memorial ID
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Veteran: MUS 2CL Michigan 328 Field Artillery 85 Division

OBITUARY----

Charles K. Culver

Charles Kinman Culver, son of Charles H. and Harriett Fields Culver, was born June 21, 1891, and died at the U. S. War Veteran's hospital, Dearborn, on Monday, September 8, 1941, at the age of 50 years.

Born on a farm near Brighton, he moved to Howell with his parents when 14 years old, and spent most of his life in and near Howell. He attended Howell high school and Cleary business college, Ypsilanti, and was then employed at Burroughs Adding Machine Co. in Detroit until called to the colors in the first World War. He was overseas nine months.

On June 19, 1920, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Phillips of Howell, and to this union one child, Harriette Rose, was born. In his youth he played baseball with the Howell high school team and the Eastern Michigan League. He was also a musician, enjoying band and orchestra work from high school days. Of a friendly, sympathetic nature he remembered among his friends people from most of the states and Canada. He and Mrs. Culver traveled through the south several winters. For the past 17 years he has been engaged in business at the Culver Triangle. Mr. Culver was a member of the American Legions, the Masonic order and the Methodist church.

He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, Ruth; his daughter, Mrs. Donald Britten; one brother, Stanley, of Pinckney; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Beet of Howell, and Mrs. Bruce Euler of Lakeland; one aunt, Mrs. Addie Brooks of Owosso, and other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Thursday, September 11, at 2:00 pm with interment in Lakeview cemetery, Rev. W. Harry Young was the officiating clergyman, and members of the American Legion and of the Masonic order participated in the burial rites. Pallbearers were Howard Gentry, Dr. E. A. Collacott, and Jay Tooley.

Source: Howell Area Archives, Howell Carnegie District Library
Obituaries and Death Notices


OBITUARY---

CHARLES K. CULVER
Charles K. Culver 50, proprietor of Culver's Triangle, Howell, died at the Veteran's Hospital, Dearborn, Monday night after five weeks illness. He was the son of Charles and Harriet Field Culver. Surviving are his wife, formerly Ruth Phillips, a daughter, Mrs. Donald Britten and two sisters, Mrs. Bruce Euler and Mrs. Al Beet, also a brother, Stanley Culver. The funeral will be held in the Howell M.E. Church, Thursday with burial there.

The deceased was a good ball player in his younger days, pitching for Howell high school and also for Flint in the old Southern Michigan League.

Pinckney Dispatch
September 10,1941

Source: Howell Area Archives, Howell Carnegie District Library
Obituaries and Death Notices MO24-151
Veteran: MUS 2CL Michigan 328 Field Artillery 85 Division

OBITUARY----

Charles K. Culver

Charles Kinman Culver, son of Charles H. and Harriett Fields Culver, was born June 21, 1891, and died at the U. S. War Veteran's hospital, Dearborn, on Monday, September 8, 1941, at the age of 50 years.

Born on a farm near Brighton, he moved to Howell with his parents when 14 years old, and spent most of his life in and near Howell. He attended Howell high school and Cleary business college, Ypsilanti, and was then employed at Burroughs Adding Machine Co. in Detroit until called to the colors in the first World War. He was overseas nine months.

On June 19, 1920, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Phillips of Howell, and to this union one child, Harriette Rose, was born. In his youth he played baseball with the Howell high school team and the Eastern Michigan League. He was also a musician, enjoying band and orchestra work from high school days. Of a friendly, sympathetic nature he remembered among his friends people from most of the states and Canada. He and Mrs. Culver traveled through the south several winters. For the past 17 years he has been engaged in business at the Culver Triangle. Mr. Culver was a member of the American Legions, the Masonic order and the Methodist church.

He leaves to mourn their loss his wife, Ruth; his daughter, Mrs. Donald Britten; one brother, Stanley, of Pinckney; two sisters, Mrs. Albert Beet of Howell, and Mrs. Bruce Euler of Lakeland; one aunt, Mrs. Addie Brooks of Owosso, and other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Thursday, September 11, at 2:00 pm with interment in Lakeview cemetery, Rev. W. Harry Young was the officiating clergyman, and members of the American Legion and of the Masonic order participated in the burial rites. Pallbearers were Howard Gentry, Dr. E. A. Collacott, and Jay Tooley.

Source: Howell Area Archives, Howell Carnegie District Library
Obituaries and Death Notices


OBITUARY---

CHARLES K. CULVER
Charles K. Culver 50, proprietor of Culver's Triangle, Howell, died at the Veteran's Hospital, Dearborn, Monday night after five weeks illness. He was the son of Charles and Harriet Field Culver. Surviving are his wife, formerly Ruth Phillips, a daughter, Mrs. Donald Britten and two sisters, Mrs. Bruce Euler and Mrs. Al Beet, also a brother, Stanley Culver. The funeral will be held in the Howell M.E. Church, Thursday with burial there.

The deceased was a good ball player in his younger days, pitching for Howell high school and also for Flint in the old Southern Michigan League.

Pinckney Dispatch
September 10,1941

Source: Howell Area Archives, Howell Carnegie District Library
Obituaries and Death Notices MO24-151


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