BRINTON CEMETERY SEXTON RECORDS
Coldwater Twp., Isabella Co., Michigan

Transcribers note:  When transcribing these records I attempted to be as accurate as possible.  You will notice that in some instances the date of burial and the date of death are the same.  That is what is transcribed in the records.  Those dates will need further investigation by you.

Section in Sexton Book:   B-1   Copied:  March 2005  All spelling exactly as written in book

Lot #	Block #	Grave #	Date of Burial	Name of Person Buried:	Residence:	Type of Burial:	Name of Lot Owner:	Death Date:	Cause of Death:	Place of Death:	Funeral Director:
1	1	1	10/13/32	John A. Fitch		Pine Box	John Fitch	10/13/32
		2
		3
		4
		5	11/16/40	James Spence	Coldwater Twp.	Pine Box		11/14/40	Not listed	Lake George, MI	Thurston Funeral Home; Clare, MI
2	1	1	04/07/77	Lyle K. Horrigan	Belding, Mich.	Cement Vault	George Gilbert	01/17/77	Medullary Failure	Not listed	Brown Teman Funeral Home
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6	07/26/32	George Gilbert		Pine Box		04/26/35	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
			Note attached to card file:  Dated:  Sept. 14, 1974:  I Lillie Maddox give Reta Harrigan, N 1/2 of lot # 2 in North
			Brinton Cemetary Blk 1.  (signed) Lillie Maddox  (witness) Frances Beck, Irene Bowen
3	1	*1	11/18/52	Mark Anthony Wolf (baby)	Gilmore Twp., Isabella Co., MI		Mark Anthony Wolf	11/18/52	Acute Tracheobronchitis	Not listed	Not listed
		2	12/16/98	Linda Lee Lodge	Kalamazoo, Mich.			12/12/98	Endometrial Cancer	Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., MI	Langeland Portage Chapel
		3		(Reserve for Thomas Lodge) per JL
		4
		5
		6	08/22/72	Samual V. Waters	Weidman, Mich	Cement Vault		08/19/72	Pneumonia	Mt. Pleasant, Isabella Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		*1	08/03/95	Robert G. Wolf	Battle Creek, MI	Cremation	(60" E. of W. Line)	04/20/88	Heart Failure	V.A. Hosp., Battle Creek, MI	Not listed
		*1	08/03/95	Betty J. Wolf	Adams, OR.	Cremation		04/03/95	Heart Failure	Adams, Oregon	Not listed
4	1	1					Joseph Brown
		2
		3
		4	08/06/82	Ellen M. Brown		Moncello Vault		08/06/82	Congestive Heart Failure	Flint, Genesee Co., MI	Zelly Funeral Service
		5	06/15/58	Joseph Leonard Brown		Moncello Vault		06/15/58	Coronary Occlusion	Osceola Co., MI	Corey Funeral Home; Evart, MI
		6		Brown Baby
5	1	1					Robert Harrison
		2
		3	1909	Robert Harrison		Pine Box		1909	Brights Disease	Not listed	Not listed
		4	06/09/09	Fannie Harrison		Pine Box		06/09/09	Breast Cancer	Not listed	Not listed
		5
		6
6	1	1	06/30/67	John Bick	Coldwater Twp.	Cement Vault	John Bick	06/27/67	Cerebral Hemorrhage	Mt. Pleasant Hosp., Mt. Pleasant, MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		2	11/14/68	Mary Ann Bick	Coldwater Twp.	Cement Vault		11/11/68	Cerebral Vascular Accident	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		3
		4
		5
		6
7	1	Note:  As of March 2005 there are no burials listed in this lot.					IOOF
8	1	The owner of this lot is listed as Alfred Beers but that is crossed out.  Across the page is written SOLD.
		There is a note stuck in the page that reads as follows:
		12/3/1984  I George Beers adminastrater of Alford Beers Estate, give Daniel & Edna Wallace & Jim Wright permission
		to be buried on Alford Beers lot in North Brinton Cementy Lot no. 8. Blk 1.   Signed George Beers (spelling as written)
		Also written on the back side of this note:  See block 5, lot 60 for burial of Daniel & Edna Wallace & Jim Wright.
		Signed:  Jim Schleicher, Supv.
		Note:  As of March 2005 there are no burials listed in this lot.
9	1	1	1905	Howard Conley (baby)		Pine Box	Owen Conley	1905	Cold on the lungs	Not listed	Not listed
		2	08/11/55	Owen T. Conley	Flint, MI	Cement		08/08/55	Coronary Heart	Flint, MI	Not listed
		3
		4	06/13/30	Ada Conley		Pine Box		06/13/30	Chronic Myresral ?	Not listed	Not listed
		5	04/13/00	Amy M. Hunt	Big Rapids, Mi.	Cremation		10/01/99	Cardialvascular Disease	Spectrum Health; Grand Rapids, MI	Rogers Mohnke Funeral Home
		6
			Note attached to card file:  Please bury Amy on the south side of her mother, Ada (signed) Carol Abeare (dau.)
10	1	1	05/29/82	Clyde Wixon	Barryton, Mich.	Cremated	Clyde Wixon	01/23/82	Cardiac Arrest	Cadillac, Wexford Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		2	05/25/85	Bessie Wixon	Barryton, Mich.	Cremated		01/05/85	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
		3
		4
		5
		6
		Letter stapled to Wixon page: Addressed to Mr. Jim Schleicher;  dated May 30, 1997.  Reads as follows:
		Dear Mr. Schleicher,  Kim Powell, Coldwater Twp. Supvr informs me you are Sexton North Brinton Cemetary.
		Kim provided info and I still have the purchase papers in regard to Clyde & Bessie Wixon, my parents, Block 1, lot 10.
		Kim informs me there are 4 spaces open.
		It is my intention, when the time comes to be cremated, with ashes interned in Block 1, lot 10, with my parents.  I
		assume there is no barrier to this.
		Albert Wixon was my grandfather and William Wixon a favorite uncle.  All the Wixons in North Brinton are my people.
		Onekama is about 100 miles northwest.  We moved here in 1979 when I retired from State service.
		I would say I got all I need in the line of info.  There's space for me among my people.  That's great. I'll keep Kim's
		letter with the cemetery papers.  If you worked on my letter to Kim Thank you so much.
		Respectfully, Robert Wixon  RMI USN Ret.
11	1	1					Myrtle Shanteau
		2
		3
		4	(written in pencil) Myrtle Shanteau
		5	04/12/83	Thomas A. Shanteau	Weidman, Mich.	Cement Box		04/07/83	Not listed	Saginaw, Saginaw Co., MI	Stinson-Helms; Mt. Pleasant, MI
		6	04/12/00	Charles H. Shanteau	Weidman, Mich.	Cement Box		01/26/00	Pneumonia	Clare, Clare Co., MI	Sherman Rowley Funeral Home
12	1	1					William M. Sowles
		2
		3	11/29/58	Gerturde Elsie Sowles		Cement Vault
		4	07/11/51	William Martin Sowles	Garfield Twp., Clare Co., MI	Steel Vault		07/08/51	Coronary Occlusion	Garfield Twp., Clare Co., MI (home)	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		5
		6
13	1	1					Edwin Graber
		2
		3
		4	12/23/86	Edwin C. Graber	Farwell, Mich.	Montcella Vault		12/22/86	Septicemia, Peritonitis	Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		5	10/13/80	Mary V. Graber	Farwell, Mich.	Wilburs Vault		10/11/80	Cardio-Respiratory Arrest	Grant Twp., Clare Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		6	02/07/28	Velma M. Graber	(baby 2 days old)			02/07/28	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
14	1	1					Pearl Richter
		2
		3	Note:  As of March 2005 there are no burials listed in this lot.
		4
		5
		6
15	1	1					Charles Barbour
		2
		3
		4	04/30/40	Minnie Barbour		Pine Vault		04/30/40	Uremia	Brondstetter Memorial Hosp.	Crittenden Funeral Home; Remus, MI
		5
		6
16	1	1	1933	George W. McCon			William McKinley McCon	1933	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
		2	04/03/58	Elizabeth McCon		Cement Box		04/03/58	Cerebral Thrombosis	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Not listed
		3	10/31/48	William McKinley McCon		Cement Box		10/31/48		Clare Co., MI	Doherty Funeral Home; Clare, MI
		4	04/27/02	Laroy F. McCon	Huntington, IN	Cremation		04/23/02	Not listed	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Northeast Indiana Cremation Inc.
		5
		6
17	1	1	10/07/54	Robert Wilson Wright	Lake, Mich.	Cement Vault	Lillie Wright	10/07/54	Coronary Thrombosis	Not listed	Not listed
		2	02/05/76	Lillie Wright (Donald)	Cadillac, MI	Cement Vault		02/03/76	Cardia Arrest	Cadillac, Wexford Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		3	05/20/69	William E. Donald	Belding, Mich	Cement Vault		05/20/69	Uremia Poisoning	Belding Community Hosp.	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		4
		5	09/18/55	Robert Wilson Wright, Jr.	Lake, Mich.	Cement Vault		09/15/55	Killed in car wreck	Not listed	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		6		Jack Wright				Not listed	Appendicitis	Not listed	Not listed
18	1	1					William Rick
		2	07/15/39	Bernard Rick	Death Ann Arbor Hospital	Pine		07/15/39	Pneumonia	Ann Arbor Hosp., Ann Arbor, MI	Stinson Funeral Home; Mt. Pleasant, MI
		3	10/02/39	William Rick		Pine		10/02/39	Auto Accident	Mt. Pleasant Hosp., Mt. Pleasant, MI	Stinson Funeral Home; Mt. Pleasant, MI
		4
		5
		6
19	1	1					Flora Wagerman
		2
		3	06/23/40	Elias Alvin Wagerman				06/23/40	Not listed	Pontiac, MI	Not listed
		4
		5
		6
20	1	1					Edd Smith
		2	07/25/87	Mary Metzger				08/23/87	Cardiopulmonary Collapse	Lowell, Kent Co., MI	Kessel-Cheslek; Sparta, MI
		3	01/20/78	Charles E. Metzger				08/12/78	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	Muskegon, Muskegon Co., MI	Kessel-Cheslek; Sparta, MI
		4
		5	02/04/49	Anna Spence		Pine Box		02/09/49	Coronary Thrombosis	Not listed	Not listed
		6	1927	James Smith		Pine Box		1927	Tumor on the Brain	Not listed	Not listed
21	1	1					Mamie Smith
		2
		3
		4
		5	05/17/00	Minnie A. Reed	Lansing, Mi.	Cremation		09/12/98	Heart	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Battle Creek Crematory
		6	Februray 29, 1927	Martin Manley		Pine Box		February 29, 1927	Fracture of Pelvis	Not listed	Not listed
		Letter stapled to this page:  I am writing to inquire about a lot in the North Brinton Cemetery.  My grandparents
		Burnett and Mamie Smith and great uncle Martin Henry Manley are buried there.  I would like to place my mother's
		cremated remains there also but do not know if there is a family ploy or not.  My aunt tells me she believes there is a
		lot but doesn't know if it is with Burnett and Mamie or with Martin.
		Is there any way I can obtain a map of plots to that cemetery or could you otherwise advise me?  My mother donated
		her remains to Michigan State University and they will be returning her cremated remains to me sometime in the near
		future.  I would appreciate any assistance you may be able to give me as to what process I need to go through to take
		care of this.    Very truly yours,  Edith K. Reed (of Lansing, MI).
		(back side of letter:  Mamie Smith Spencer, Blk 3, Lot 1, Grave 4)
22	1	1					James Hedgecock
		2					10588 Timberline Dr.
		3	04/26/96	Dorothy A. Hedgecock	3495 Maple Grove	Cremation		03/12/96	Cardiac Arrythmia	St. Lukes Hosp., Saginaw, MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		4
		5
		6
23	1	1	01/11/39	Larry Richter			Evarette Richter	01/11/39	Cerebral Hemorrhage	Not listed	Not listed
		2	04/27/92	Everett William  Richter	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Cement Box		04/24/92	Heart Failure	Mt. Pleasant, Isabella Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		3	05/09/03	Pearl Richter	Fairfield Glade, TN	Cement Vault		03/06/03	Not listed	Fairfield Glade, Tennesee	Robert Grimsley; Crossville, Tennesee
		*4	02/24/87	Virginia Joan Brown	Dewitt, Mich	Wilbur Vault		02/20/87	Ovarian carcinoma with metastasis	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Gorsline-Runciman; Dewitt, MI
		*5	12/05/87	Charles O. Brown	Dewitt, Mich	Wilbur Vault		12/01/87	Cardi-respiratory arrest	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Gorsline-Runciman; Dewitt, MI
		6		Lucille Swiger--written in pencil with ? mark after.  Date was erased.
		*4 & *5	06/25/01	Linda Aseltine	Lansing, MI	Cremated		06/11/01	Not listed	Lansing, MI	Central Mich Crematory; Battle Creek, MI
				Buried between father & mother.  West end of vault; graves 4 & 5.
24	1	1	07/27/38	Baby Boger		Rough Box	Martin Boger	07/27/38	Premature birth	Not listed	Not listed
		2	06/23/41	Henry Boger		Steel Vault		06/23/41	Not listed	At his home	Crittenden Funeral Home; Remus, MI
		3	03/26/43	Louisa J. Boger		Cement Vault		03/26/43	Not listed	At her home	Crittenden Funeral Home; Remus, MI
		4
		5	10/21/76	Martin Boger		Cement Vault		10/21/76	Not listed	Mt. Pleasant Hosp., Mt. Pleasant, MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		6
25	1	1					Ray Geasler
		2
		3
		4
		5	03/09/00	Joyce A. Geasler  (96)	Lake, MI	Cement Box		03/07/00	Not listed	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		6	12/22/80	Ray Geasler	Lake, MI	Cement Box		12/20/80	Cardiac Arrest	Coldwater Twp., Isabella Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
26	1	1	01/03/92	Ellen Geasler	Coldwater Twp.	Monocelo Vault	George Geasler	01/01/92	Cardiac Arrest	Clare Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		2	04/19/39	Doris Myrtle Geasler		Steel Vault		04/19/39	Lobar Pneumonia	McArthur Strange Hosp., Mt. Pleasant, MI	Laflin Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		3	06/15/52	Emma Mae Geasler		Cement Box		06/15/52	Carcinoma of the Lungs	Lake, Coldwater Twp., Isabella Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		4	11/18/56	George Geasler		Cement Box		11/18/56	Cancer	Lake, Coldwater Twp., Isabella Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		5
		6
27	1	1					Edwin J. Reynolds
		2	Spring 2005	Edwin J. Reynolds
		3		Edwin Reynolds		Pine Box
		4	10/29/34	Lulu Reynolds		Pine Box		10/29/34	Heart Disease	Not listed	Not listed
		5
		6
		Note attached to this page:  I Edwin Reynolds do hereby request to have cemetary lots that are in my grandfater's
		to be signed over to me upon request from my deceased father who wsa the sole heir said lots no. 27, block 1.  There
		is no other heirs who request those lots.  Signed:  Edwin J. Reynolds.  Notorized:  July 1, 1987 in Oakland Co., MI.
28	1	1					Raymond & Harry Brown
		2
		3	11/23/96	Harry E. Brown	Big Rapids, MI.	Concrete Vault		11/20/96	Not listed	Big Rapids, Mecosta Co., MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		4	06/11/76	Fern G. Brown	Lake, Mich.	Cement Vault		06/11/76	Myocardial Infarction	Garfield Twp., Clare Co., MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		5	06/17/59	Charles Brown	Lake, Mich.	Steel Vault		06/17/59	Carbon Monoxide Poisoning	Not listed	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		6	06/20/39	Larry Raymond Brown	Lake, Mich.	Steel Vault		06/23/39	Ptomaine Poisoning	Not listed	Not listed
			* card in file for Elwood & Marie Brown to be buried in this lot
			* attached note dated: Sept. 21, 1988:  I Harry Brown reserve Grave #1 and 2 in Block 1, lot 28 in the North
			Brinton Cemetery for Elwood & Marie Brown to be buried in this lot & block as stated above. Signed lot owner
			Harry Brown.  (signed) Harry E. Brown
29	1	1					John C. Brown
		2	11/18/50	Raymond G. Brown	Lake, Mich.	Steel Vault		11/16/50	Not listed	Garfield Twp., Clare Co., MI	Not listed
		3	06/08/70	Minnie B. (Clark) Brown	Barryton, Mich.	Cement Vault		06/06/70	Cerebral Vascular Accident	Clare Hosp.; Clare, MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		4	07/26/40	John Charles Brown	Lake, Mich.	Pine Box		07/26/40	Not listed	Clare Co., MI	Friz Funeral Home
		5
		6	03/11/30	Madelian Brown		Pine Box		03/11/30	Acute Gastritis	Not listed	Not listed
30	1	1					Ben Gordon
		2
		3
		4	04/09/42	Benjamin F. Gordon		Pine Vault		04/09/42	Not listed	Lincoln Twp., Clare Co., MI	Hall Funeral Home; Clare, MI
		5	08/01/60	Forrest Gordon		Pine Box		09/01/60	Heart Disease	Detroit, Wayne Co., MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		6
31	1	1					Donald Allen
		2
		3
		4
		5	03/10/84	Donald C. Allen	Flint, MI	Monacello		03/07/84	Unknown	Baptist Hosp.; Pompano Beach, Fla.	John R. Arthurs;  Pompano Beach, Fla.
		6	01/30/38	Norman Fay Allen (baby)		Pine Box		01/30/38	Not listed	Durand Hospital	Not listed
32	1	1	02/23/44	Baby Beers			George Beers	02/23/44
		2	04/21/87	George Beers	Lake, Mich.	Monocello Vault		04/18/87	Malignant Neoplasm of Pancreas	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		3	10/29/03	Cora M. Beers	Lake, MI.	Smith Vault		10/26/03	Sarcoma	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Daggett Funeral Home; Barryton, MI
		4	04/05/04	Dean Richard Beers	Kalamazoo Co, MI.	Smith Vault		04/04/04	Lymphoma	Kalamazoo Co., MI	Pobocik & Winkel; Otsego, MI
		5
		6
33	1	1					Frank Navarre
		2	03/03/51	Clara May Swan		Cement Vault		03/03/51	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
		3
		4
		5	05/27/32	Frank Navarre		Pine Box		05/27/32	Heart Disease	Not listed	Not listed
		6	1926	Vera Navarre		Pine Box		1926	Cancer	Florida	Not listed
34	1	1	05/15/96	Harry R. Murray	Coldwater Twp.	Vault	Harry R. Murray	05/11/96	Carcinoma of the Lungs	Coldwater Twp., Isabella Co., MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6
35	1	1					James Navarre
		2
		3
		4
		5	1927	James Navarre		Pine Box		1927	Broken Neck; Car Accident	Not listed	Not listed
		6
36	1	1	10/02/76	Donald A. Brown	Lake, Mich.	Cement Vault	Donald A. Brown	10/02/76	Not listed	Not listed	Doherty Funeral Home; Clare, MI
		2	11/20/83	Ellen Elizabeth Brown	Lake, Mich.	Monocello Vault		11/17/83	Cerebrovascular Accident	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		3
		4	10/23/80	Howard A. Brown	Yankton, S. D.	Wilbur Vault		10/19/80	Not listed	Sacred Heart Hosp., Yankton, S. D.	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		5	09/15/44	Margarette Galatia Brown	Lake, Mich.	Cement Vault		09/12/44	Organic Heart Disease	Clare Hosp.; Clare, MI	Doherty Funeral Home; Clare, MI
		6	1925	Ellen Brown (5 yrs.)	Lake, Mich.			1925	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
			Farther back in this section of the book is another page 36-1 with this same information listed except:
			Donold A. Brown Res:  Yankton, S. D.;  Ellen E. Brown--no residence listed.
			Howard A. Brown Res:  Clare, Mich.
37	1	1					J. Sarkozi
		2					M. Ranshaw
		3	05/08/99	Madeline Elizabeth Hunt	Clare, MI	Cement Vault	Lloyd Hunt	05/05/99	Multiple Myeloma	Clare, Clare Co., MI	Stephenson-Wyman Funeral Home; Clare, MI
		4	11/01/74	Lloyd Hunt	Clare, MI	Cement Vault		11/01/74	Cardiac Arrest	Isabella Co., MI	Coker Funeral Home; Farwell, MI
		5	05/12/88	Murl F. Ranshaw	St. Johns, Mich.	Monark Vault		05/09/88	Sepsis	St. Johns, MI	Osgood Funeral Home; St. Johns, MI
		6	03/30/99	Helen Ranshaw	St. Johns, Mich.	Wilbert Vault		03/27/99	Cancer of the Lung	Victor Twp., Clinton Co., MI	Osgood Funeral Home; St. Johns, MI
38	1	1					Elvis & Viola Bass
		2
		3
		4
		5	06/25/01	Viola Bass	Lansing, MI	Monticello		06/22/01	Not listed	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Gorsline-Runciman; Dewitt, MI
		6	06/28/85	Elvis Dewey Bass	Lansing, MI	Monticello		06/26/85	Cardiopulmonary arrest	Lansing, Ingham Co., MI	Gorsline-Runciman; Dewitt, MI
		Note attached:  12/3/1996   North Brinton Cem.  BLK 1, Lot 38.  Elvis D. Bass buried in Grave # 6.  I Viola Bass to be
		buried in grave # 5.  I give the other (4) graves to my son and his wife Mr. James and Mary L. Sigmon.
		(James is Mr. Bass' stepson.)  Signed by Viola Bass.  Witness:  Patrick A. Oman & Melody M. Darnell.
		Notarized on Dec. 4, 1996 in Clare County by Patrick A. Oman.
39	1	1					Wendall Sisco
		2	12/05/83	Wendall Sisco	Weidman, MI	Cement Box		12/01/83	Not listed	Mt. Pleasant, Isabella Co., MI	Hansen Funeral Home; Remus, MI
		3	04/30/80	Roy Sisco	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Cement Box		04/28/80	Not listed	Chippewa Twp., Isabella Co., MI	Crittenden-Hansen Funeral Home; Remus, MI
		4	04/26/80	Mamie May Sisco	Mt. Pleasant, MI	Cement Box		04/23/80	Not listed	Mt. Pleasant, Isabella Co., MI	Crittenden-Hansen Funeral Home; Remus, MI
		5
		6
40	1	1	Note:  As of March 2005 there are no burials listed in this lot.				Michael Willing
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6

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