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The Ancestors of Marie Violet Post - Updated 10 June 2005

Generation No. 2

      2. Henry Earl Post, born 4 Aug 1892 in Ward 2, Midland, Midland County, Michigan; died 26 Mar 1939 in Townline Tavern, Bay County, Michigan. He was the son of 4. John A. Post and 5. Catherine McLeod. He married 3. Beatrice Elizabeth Townsend 22 Aug 1910 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan.

      3. Beatrice Elizabeth Townsend, born 8 Jul 1893 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan; died 11 Dec 1983 in Town & Country Nursing Home, Midland, Midland County, Michigan. She was the daughter of 6. Chester Charles Townsend and 7. Hannah M. Reynolds.

Notes for Henry Earl Post:
Henry resided at 1110 E. Carpenter Rd., Midland, Michigan. He was a Baggage Man. Henry's cause of death was a hemorrhage at base of his brain. He received the injury in a bar fight at Townline Tavern on M-20, just inside Bay County, Michigan. He was 46 years old. His funeral held at Bradley Mortuary - 10:30am Wednesday, Rev. R. R. Feull, Midland Methodist Church. He was buried Midland Cemetery Section O. He had lots of jet black hair. At the time of his death he had seven grandchildren.

Notes for Beatrice Elizabeth Townsend:
Beatrice was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Her funeral held at Scott Wilson Memorial Chapel - Rev. Ira A. Bush. She was buried 14 Dec 1983 Section O, Midland Cemetery, Midland, Midland County, Michigan. According to the personal knowledge of Shirley George, a grandchild of Beatrice, she was related to Lily Reed. At the time of her death she had 25 grandchildren.

Marriage Notes for Henry Post and Beatrice Townsend:
Eugene Yager, minister, performed the ceremony. Witnesses were Fred Bodey and Eunice B. Kuse, both of Midland, Michigan.

Children of Henry Post and Beatrice Townsend are:

		i.		Child Post, born 2 Jan 1911 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America; died 2 Jan 1911 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America.
		ii.		Ralph Arthur Post, Sr., born 26 Dec 1911 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America; died 6 Jan 1981 in Madison Heights, Michigan, United States of America; married Vaida I. Hubbard in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America; born 31 Jan 1915 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America; died 27 Dec 1982 in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America.

Notes for Ralph Arthur Post, Sr.:
* Ralph had lots of rusty colored hair.
* Resided 17 Jan 1933 at Box 126, Midland, Michigan, United States of America
* Funeral held 10 Jan 1981 Ford Funeral Home. Rev. Edward Johnstone
- 10 Jan 1920 Michigan Census - Midland County (Vol. 66, ED 261, Sheet 9, Line 44); Located at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Midland City, Ward 1 - Page 9A, #179-181 in household of Henry Post
- 1930 Census - United States of America, Michigan, Midland City, (19 Apr 1930) (303-325) in household of Henry Post

Notes for Vaida I. Hubbard:
* Resided 17 Jan 1933 at Route 7, Midland, Michigan, United States of America
* Funeral held 30 Dec 1982 Ford Funeral Home. Brother Elijah Shepard.
* Buried Forest Lawn Cemetery (cremated)

	1	iii.		Marie Violet Post, born 28 Aug 1916 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan; died 17 May 1996 in Northwoods Nursing Home, Farwell, Clare County, Michigan; married Perry Clifton Hayes 18 Jan 1933 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan.
		iv.		Earl Townsend Post, born 2 Apr 1920 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America; died 12 Oct 1943 in Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Notes for Earl Townsend Post:
He was called "Bud".
* Earl enlisted in the Air Corps Nov. 1940. While there, he served as an Army Air Forces SSG in World War II. At Christmas time, he was stationed at Wheeler Airfield in Honolulu, HI. He was declared Missing in Action (MIA) over the Pacific Ocean. He was 19 years old. He has a headstone at Midland Cemetery, Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America.
* Newspaper Clipping Abstract:
"Earl Post Missing in Pacific Fighting
Midland Segeant Reported Lost Following Air Raids On Oct. 12: Son of Mrs. Beatrice Post
Staff Sgt. Earl T. Post, 22-year-old son of Mrs. Beatrice Post, 1110 East Carpenter, is missing in the Southwest Pacific theater of war, the mother was notified here today.
A member of the now famous Jolly Rogers, Post was believed to have been a gunner at the time he was lost in battle combat on Oct. 12.
Joining the army in December 1940, Post went through technical school at Denver, Colo., and went on to Hawaii, where he was stationed when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. He was cited for bravery while stationed there.
Besides the mother, two brothers, Ralph and Donald, and a sister, Mrs. Perry Hayes, reside here."
- 1930 Census - United States of America, Michigan, Midland City, (19 Apr 1930) (303-325) in household of Henry Post

Donald L. Post, born 4 Aug 1925 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan; died 7 Jul 1975 in Midland Hospital, Midland, Midland County, Michigan; married Alice Dorr 5 Nov 1946 in Midland, Midland County, Michigan; born c. 1927.

Notes for Donald L. Post:
* He had lots of jet black hair.
* Obituary Abstract (Midland Daily News - 05 Jul 1975):
"Donald L. Post, 49, 712 South Homer Road, Homer Township, died this morning at the Midland Hospital Center.
He was born in Midland Aug. 4, 1925 and attended the Midland schools. Mr. Post served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the European Theater. He married the former Alice Dorr Nov. 5, 1946 in Midland.
He worked at Dow Chemical Company as an operator in the Bromine Department for the past 26 years.
Survivors include his wife, Alice, four sons, Darrel, Charles, and James, of Midland, and Daniel, of Portland, Ore.; three daughters, Mrs. William (Louise) Shannon of Sanford; Mrs. James (Kathleen) Urbanaeicz of Midland; Lola, at home; one brother, Ralph, of Detroit; one sister Mrs. Marie Hayes, of Gladwin; seven grandchildren and his mother, Mrs. Henry (Beatrice) Post, of Midland.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday from the Ware-Smith-Funeral Home, with the Rev. Carl E. Allen officiating. Burial will be in the Homer Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 7p.m. Saturday."
- 1930 Census - United States of America, Michigan, Midland City, (19 Apr 1930) (303-325) in household of Henry Post

Notes for Alice Dorr:
* Resided in Midland, Midland County, Michigan, United States of America

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