Notes:

Obituary: Russell E. Stolfo, born March 12, 1939 - May 27, 2014, Dowagiac, Michigan

Tribute & Message From The Family:
Russell was born on March 12, 1939 & passed away on Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
Russell was a resident of Dowagiac, Michigan at the time of his passing.
A memorial service with military rites will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the Coloma United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Berrien County Humane Society.
Ref: City Newspaper, Ohio. - - -

Richard married Mildred Juditha JUDY LEWIS on 1 Apr 1940 in Coloma, Berrien Co., Michigan. Mildred (daughter of Edward W. ALAN LEWIS and Etta MARIE OSBORN) was born on 2 Sep 1918 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; died on 12 Jan 1995 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Judy is the daughter of Marie Osborn & Allen Lewis.

. 1942 Oct 24 - Weddings: Announcement is made by Mr Mrs Alan Lewis, 373 Territorial road, Benton Harbor, of the marriage of their daughter Judy Stolfo to Private Edwin Hazen, is is stationed at Concho Field, Texas. The marriage took place October 17 at San Angelo, Texas. Private Hazen is in the US Air corps & is the so of Mr Mrs Slyvester Hazen, residents of Coloma. The address of the young couple for the present is 803 E 17th St. San Angelo, Texas.

. 1930 Feb 14 - PTA of Gard school met yesterday for a business & patriotic meeting. Miss G G Jost wore an interesting costume, over 100 years old that belong to Mrs D T Lawrence, great grandmother of the teach Mrs Marie Lewis. Mrs Jost in a short talk, paid a tribute to Mrs Lewis' great uncle, J C Lawrence, who was one of the schools commissioners 50 years ago & is credited with replacing the old form system with the grades, besides teaching nearly half the residents of the locality the three Rs. Mrs. Jost & Mrs MP Dawn were hostesses.

. 1948 Jun 7 - Honor Mrs Edwin Hazen. Mrs Alan Lewis & Mrs Freeman Hewitt gave a Buy a Buggy shower in in honor of Mrs Edwin Hazen of Coloma at the News home, 373 Territorial rd,Friday evening. Mrs Hazen was honored by the Coloma A & P grocery store, where she was been employed, at ta supper at the Geo Graham home & presented with a basinette. Her sister Mrs Norris Querry of Coloma, recently gave a shower for her & a third shower was given by the Hazen family near Coloma.
Ref: News Palladium newspaper. Benton Harbor. MI. - - -

Notes:

Alan is the son of Miss Cunningham & Frank Lewis.

. 1930 Mar 14 -Advertisement: Announcement. We take pleurae in announcing that we have secured All news & Andrew Jones to take care of our service department & do a general repair business. These gentlemen are experienced & competent mechanics. Our shop is one of the best equipped this section & with the equipment they are prepared to take care of your automobile in every way.
Princes Right - satisfaction guaranteed.
Drive in or all Harbor 1680 & let them put your car in shape of spring & summer driving.
Messner Motor Company ,189-205 W Main St.

. 1931 Oct 27 - Compensation Claims Heard At Courthouse
Commission James Gibbson of the state labor dept. & industry heard 6 of the dozen or more claims for compensation in the Berrien county court house Monday. The following claims have been herd thus far:
Allan Lewis agains the Benton Harbor Motor Sales Co. allowed $10 per week for 9 weeks; 9 per week for 27 weeks; & $4.50 per week for 3776 weeks.
Ref: News Palladium newspaper. Benton Harbor. MI.

Died:
373 Territorial Road.

Buried:
Piepestone Twp. Plot H15-C.

Edward married Etta MARIE OSBORN on 9 Dec 1916 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan. Etta (daughter of Charles Francis FRANK OSBORN and Mildred Anne CUNNINGHAM) was born on 6 Jun 1896 in Sodus Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan; died on 18 Apr 1978 in Benton Harbor, Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried in North Shore Memory Gardens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marie is the daughter of Mildred Cumingham & Frank Osborn.

. 1910 Aug 16 - Sodus. Miss Marie Osborn of Benton harbor is a guest of Miss Jennie Kimball.
. 1927 Mar 18 - Morton Hill School. New officers were elected by Parent Teacher club yesterday: Mrs Alan Lewis, secretary.

. 1928 Jun 16 - Mrs Ella Lewis is convalescing at the home of her son & daughter-in-law, Mr Mrs Frank Osborn, 693 East High street. She recently underwent an operation at the taper sanitarium.

. 1928 Oct 4 Parent Teacher Association of the Gard School will sponsor a Halloween party. Arrangements for the party will be in charge of Mrs Marie Lewis &* Miss Susie Gobie. …entrainment, Mrs Marie Lewis, teacher at the school.

. 1929 Apr 22 - Mr Mrs Alan Lewis & son, Robert, returned this m morning to their home in Oak Park, Illinois, after spending the weekend with Lewis'' grandparents, Mr Mrs L J Merchant of Forres avenue.

. 1931 Apr 4 - Photo L J Merchant, Tall hat, suit coat, white shirt, tie, mustache. Mr Mrs Alan Lewis & 2 children of North Chicago & Mrs E M Lewis of Oak Park, Ill. will came to spend East at the LJ Merchant home in celebration of the 86th birthday of the well known Civil War veteran, shoe birthday falls this year on Easter Sunday.

. 1930 Feb 14 - PTA of Gard school met yesterday for a business & patriotic meeting. Miss G G Jost wore an interesting costume, over 100 years old that belong to Mrs D T Lawrence, great grandmother of the teach Mrs Marie Lewis. Mrs Jost in a short talk, paid a tribute to Mrs Lewis' great uncle, J C Lawrence, who was one of the schools commissioners 50 years ago & is credited with replacing the old form system wit the grades, besides teaching nearly half the residents of the locality the three Rs. Mrs. Jost & Mrs MP Dwan were hostesses.

. 1930 Apr 17 - Sues for Divorce. Charging non-support, Mrs Marie Lewis of Benton Harbor Thursday filed bill for divorce in the circuit court against Allen Lewis. They have 3 children. Mrs Lewis is represented by Attorney Wilburn M Cunningham.
Ref: News Palladium newspaper. Benton Harbor. MI. - - -

Buried:
Hagar Twp., Berrien Co., MI. Cremation.

Notes:

. 1918 Benton Harbor City Directory: Charles F, Bds. 39 East High.

Ref: News-Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor, Michigan:
. 1894 Aug 24 - Pearl Grange. Miss Mildred Cunningham gave a lemon art last Tues. night. the prizes were drawn by Lena Modlin & Alf Stewart. Frank Osborn drew the body prize.

. 1901 May 8 - Benton city Council Session report, held city hall. Vills approved by the finance committee: Sewer Fund, Frank Osborn, labor,$5.38
. 1905 Apr 29 - First Christian church, Broadway. Music under the direction of Frank Osborn.
. 1905 Aug 26 - Baker Vawater Plant, 150 hand now employed at Benton Harbor, foreman binding dept: Frank Osborn.
Ref: News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan)

. 1914 Mar 16 - Real Estate Transfers: H E Clippinger to Frank Osborn, Lot 5, Blk 4, Fair Ground add. to Benton Harbor, $1.
Frank Osborn to Frank F Pratt, Lot 5 Block 4, Fair Ground add, to Benton Harbor, $1.
Ref: Herald Press newspaper, Saint Joseph, Michigan.

. 1913 Apr 5 - Frank Osborn was the guest of his wife today enroute from Chicago to his home in Pullman. Mrs Osborn is visiting at the Fred Sauerbier home.

. 1915 Jun 23 - Thimble Party success. at home of Mrs H A Wells, Summit st., was the scene Tues. afternoon of a largely attended & successful thimble part, 40 responded to invitations of Christian church. …Vocal quartet. Mrs Frank Osborn.
Ref: Herald Press newspaper, Saint Joseph, Michigan.

. 1920 Feb 26 - Christian Church - The Cross is a play in 3 acts, vividly portraying life in the NY tenements will be presented at Bell there next Tues. Mar 2 & 4 by the Christian church choir. Frank Osborn plays the [religious] doctor in charge of the work of the Associated charities & he gives quite a professional touch to the character.

. 1921 Aug 29 - Benton Harbor payrolls approved by the finance committee: Frank Osborn, teams & extra horse, $175.67
. 1921 Dec 2 - Harry Gering, aged Watervleit farmed found, gagged & left to die. Stanley Gaska, local Austrian murdered, thrown into Lake Michigan. Wm J Handy, former Sodus Farmer, local commission man, beaten, robbed, murdered, his body weighted & thrown into the St. Joseph River. Ferrier County's murder record from Apr 1 to Dec 1, 1921. Solution of the murder, is believed to depend in large measure upon the circumstances of the unidentified stranger's relations with the murder vice. Mrs Badger today confirmed that Handy engaged her husband for the Niles trip. Handy never arrived at his destination. …
Stranger made Inquires: The movements of handy's companion, have hover been, tied farther bak than the return trip from Niles. Frank Osborn, proprietor of a feed & storage barn on Colfax Avenue between West Main * 6th streets said Thursday night night that on the day Handy was in Niles, a tall slender, man came to his office & inquired as to Handy's whereabouts. Osborn says retold the visitor that Handy was in Niles with a car of potatoes.Osborn was unable to give a detailed description of the man, but according to Mrs Brader's account of the description told her by her husband, the stranger must have been the individual who approached Osborn.
Osborn was able to give considerable information regarding the murdered man's temperament & habits, as handy was in his employ during the early summer months. Handy was at times nearly distracted over his family troubles, declared Osborn & wold become confidential with anyone who would listen sympathetically to his story. Handy according to Osborn, invariable carted 2 pocketbooks with large sums of money. Sheriff Bridgman believes Handy had between $600-$700 on his person the night of the murder. When found, the body's clothing revealed only a knife, bill of lading & one cent in money.

. 1922 Jun 3 - Recovers from Injuries. Frank Osborn of Washington Street, is recovering from injuries received 2 weeks ago when he fell from a ladder while painting his home, breaking a rib & during a shoulder & his shoulder.
Ref: Herald Press, Saint Joseph, MI.

. 1923 Mar 9 - Trial continues. Description Hazy, One of the afternoon's early witness was Fran Osborn, proprietor of a feed baron, Colfax Avenue which Handy made his headquarters. Osborn was a defense witness. He restituted that on the day Handy was supposed by him to be in Niles, a man whom he had never seen called & inquired for there murdered man. Osborn said the man was tall & thin, He could give no further description & said he did not learn where he came from his name of his destination. On cross examination, Osborn was certain the individual was not Badger. He testified that Godfrey, a former partner, called Badger nearly every night following the discovery of handy's Body in the St. Joseph river.

. 1928 Jun 6, A runaway - reminiscent of the good old days, before Benton Harbor had well paved street - furnished the business district with some excitement Tues. afternoon. A team, drawing a dump car owned by Frank Osborn, local drayman & drives by John Harper, broke into a run at the railway tracks & ran up Main street with aberrant disregard of traffic signals, pole & other traffic. Harper gamely struck to the baton, but was unable to control the animals. One of them finally fell in front of the Gilmore Brother store on W Main & Colfax & the runaway was stopped. No damaged was done to wagon, Harper nor the horses were injured.

1929 Dec 9, Benton Harbor City Commission, bills presented for payment:
Chas E Osborn, welding. $16.50, Frank Osborne team, $25.00.

Ref: News Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor.

. 1925 Benton Harbor Directory
Osborne, Frank C (Ruby E; Osborne & Rowe), h 639 E High.
Osborne, William (Lena), Collr Osborne& Rowe, h 639 E High.
Osborne & Rowe (Frank Osborne, Red Rowe) livery sw corn Cass & E Main.

. 1828 Jun 12 - Live Stock for sale: Cows - Jersey, 7 ears old. Also work horse. Frank Osborne, Telephone H730.

. 1930 Benton Harbor Directory
Osborne, Frank (Ruby), Teaming contra, house 639 E High.
Osborne, Donald, student, r 639 E High.

Obituary
. 1936 Apr 18 - Funeral Services For Frank Osborne To Be Held Monday. C Frank Osborne, 65, well known Benton Harbor business man will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Reiser chapel. The Rev Edward Montgomery will officiate. Burial will be made in Pearl Grange cemetery.
Ten days of hiccoughing, said by physicians to have been caused by a tumor, caused his death Friday at 11:45 am. in the home of a daughter Mrs Alan Lewis, 380 North Hull ave.
Besides this daughter, he leaves another daughter Mrs. Henry Bellinger, 724 Territorial road, to whose home the body was taken today & where friends may pay their respects & the hour of the funeral Monday. He also leaves a brother, William Osborn. There are 4 grandchildren.

. The late Mr Osborn was born Jul 12, 1871 & in 1885? was married to Mildred Ann Cunningham, who died in 1900. Later in 1920 he was married to Ruby Miller, who dies in 1934. He survived by his former wife's parents, Mr & Mrs Geo. Cunningham & a step-son David Miller of Twelve Corners.
Ref: News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Michigan) - - -

Buried:
Plain recumberant plaque.

Charles married Mildred Anne CUNNINGHAM on 15 Feb 1896 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Mildred was born on 9 May 1877 in Michigan; died on 28 Mar 1901 in Sodus Twp., Berrien Co., Michigan; was buried on 31 Mar 1901 in Pearl Grange Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mildred's father Geo F Cunningham born in Canada & her mother, Hellen Miranda Morrill, was born in Michigan, (buried Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.)

. 1901 Mar 29 - Mrs. Mildred Osborn, aged 22, died at her home in swords township last evening. The funeral will be held from the residence of there father-in-law, John Osborn, Sunday at 10 o'clock. Burial will take place at Pearl Grange. She lives a husband & 2 children.
Ref: News Palladium newspaper, Benton Harbor. - - -

Died:
Aged 22y, 10m 19d. COD: miscarriage & septicemia.

Buried:
Benton Harbor, MI.