Edward "Eddie" Firmingham, Saginaw, Michigan passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 at Covenant Healthcare at the age of 87 years. Edward was born in Saginaw, Michigan the son of the late Frank J. and Lena Maud (Maule) Firmingham. He married Beatrice Arman November 22, 1941. She predeceased him August 11, 1948. He married Mary Brown October 25, 1958. She predeceased him June 2, 1995. Edward served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was taken as a prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge. After returning from the military, he went to work for Saginaw Steering Gear working there for 31 years. He was a member of Ames United Methodist Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 1566.

Edward is survived by his four children: Colleen (Overton) Stratton and her husband, James, Lexington, Kentucky, Boyd Overton and his wife, UnaV, Gladwin, MI, Theodore Firmingham, Oklahoma and Edward M. Firmingham, Saginaw; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; five brothers; six sisters; many nieces and nephews. Besides his two wives, Edward was predeceased by a grandson, Edward Firmingham;
a great-grandson, Tyler Grappin; seven sisters: Lillian Cramer, Maxine Bethune, Betty Jane Berger, Elaine Cramer, Geraldine Davis, Gwendolyn Fulton, Donna Jean Griffiths; three brothers: Joseph Dinninger, John Dinninger and Larry Dinninger.

The funeral service will take place 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Ames United Methodist Church, 801 State St. Rev. Mark Karls will officiate with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with military services. Friends may call at W.L. Case & Company Funeral Chapel, 4480 Mackinaw Road Tuesday from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday at church from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service.

Published in the Saginaw News, Saginaw, Michigan, Tuesday, July 29, 2008