Claire WOODRUFF ( - )

1 Claire WOODRUFF¹ ( - ) [6920].

3 Sarah PRIDGEON^1,2 (bef1976- ) [6917]. Born bef 1976.

6 Michael PRIDGEON^3,4 ( - ) [2916]. Marr Diane SMITH 1968.¹

12 Dean Malcolm PRIDGEON^3,5,6,7,8 (1921-2012) [2917]. Born 22 Jun 1921, Montgomery, MI.^4,7 Marr Olive Mary MCCONEGHY 24 Nov 1939.^1,4 Marr Gloria Fenstermaker BERLIEN 1 Jul 1995.^1,4 Died 25 Aug 2012, Coldwater, MI.⁴ Buried California Cemetery, Branch Co.⁴

From the Holland Evening Sentinal.

January 17, 1969 - "GRAND HAVEN - The Grand Haven Jaycees are continuing plans for the program to be held March 1 in Grand Haven when the State's Outstanding Young Farmer will be named. State Chairman Roger Bramer announced that the following have named judges: Larry P. Wisniewski of East Lansing, who is assistant vice president of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank; Dayton Mitlock, Lansing, editor of the Michigan Farmer Magazine, and Dean M. Pridgeon a hog and grain farmer from Montgomery who was state of Michigan Jaycee Outstanding Young Farmer in 1956-57."

From Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

"Dean Pridgeon, Montgomery. Distinguished Service Awards - Agricultural and Natural Resources Week, 1970. A recognized agricultural leader, he was named Michigan's Outstanding Farmer in 1956. As vice-president of the Michigan Farm Bureau and a membeer of several other farm organizations, he has unselfishly served Michigan agriculture in many wasy, giving freely of his personal time and efforts."

From the Sturgis Journal, Saturday, January 3, l981, page 7.

"TOP HONOR FOR PRIDGEON'" Dean Pridgeon, Michigan Department of Agriculture director, was presented the Michigan Farm Bureau's highest honor during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet. ...Pridgeon is a member of a farm partnership near Montgomery in Branch County with his father, Glen, and two sons, Michael and Bill. The sixth generation farming operation now markets 8,000 hogs a year....He has been Michigan Department of Agriculture director since December l978.".

13 Olive Mary MCCONEGHY¹ (1921-1991) [6619]. Born 23 Jul 1921.⁹ Died 14 Dec 1991, Lansing, Ingham Co., MI.^1,9,10 Buried California Cemetery, Montgomery, MI.¹¹

7 Diane SMITH^1,2,4 ( - ) [6584].

Sources

1	"Information provided by Barbara Pridgeon Miller".

2	"From an article in the 1998 Michigan State University newsletter, The State News.".

3	"Sturgis Journal, Saturday, January 3, 1981, Page 7".

4	"Obituary of Dean Malcolm Pridgeon in The Daily Reporter, Coldwater, MI, August 27, 2012".

5	"Information provided by Joyce McClain".

6	"Obituary of John Warren Pridgeon from the Observer-Dispatch (Utica NY), March 19, 2004".

7	"1930 MI, Branch, California census".

8	"U.S. Public Records Index".

9	"Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996".

10	"Obituary of Mary [Olive Mary] Pridgeon in theNews-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, December 16, 1991 ".

11	"Obituary of Mary [Olive Mary] Pridgeon in theNews-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, December 16, 1991".