Shelby WORTZ (1978- )

1 Shelby Lynn WORTZ¹ (1978- ) [9454]. Born 10 Apr 1978.¹

3 Laine E. CARPENTER^1,2 (1954- ) [9448]. Born 13 Sep 1954.¹

6 Mac Ambrose CARPENTER¹ (1923-1999) [7317]. Born 15 Mar 1923.³ Died 8 Sep 1999, Hillsdale Community Helath Center, Hillsdale, MI.^2,3 Buried Maplewood Cemetery, Reading, MI.²

From the News-Sentinel.

September 9, 1999 - "Mac A. Carpenter, 76, of Reading, Mich., and formerly of Fort Wayne, died Wednesday, Sept. 8, 1999, at Hillsdale Community Health Center.
The Hillsdale County native was a self-employed building contractor and farmer, a member of Cambria Baptist Church, Rotary Club and a World War II Navy Veteran.
Surviving are his wife, Joyce; duaghters Sandy Bartlett of Rib Lake, Wis., Cindy Carpenter of Fort Wayne and Lainine Wortz of Quincy; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
His brother, Don, preceded him in death.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Cambria Baptist Church, Reading. Calling is from 6 to 8 p.m. today and Friday at St. John-White Funeral Home, Reading. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Reading.
Memorials are to Gideons International.".

7 Joyce Marguerite PRIDGEON^4,5 (1923-2003) [5626]. Born 2 Nov 1923.¹ Died 10 Dec 2003.^3,4,6

14 Glen Dean PRIDGEON^7,8,9,10 (1892-1989) [823]. Born 11 Dec 1892.^8,9 Died 26 Jul 1989, Coldwater, Branch County, MI.⁸ Buried California Township Cemetery.¹¹

From the Holland Evening Sentinal.

June 10, 1964 - "Annual Farm Tour Set This Year - EAST LANSING - Effective farm management to meet two types of emergencies will be seen this summer as part of the annual state farm management tour. The tour was started in 1949 by the Michigan Cooperative Extension Service. That year it was a two day trip that showed farmers the activities of their counterparts in Lenawee, Hillsdale and Branch Counties. This year, on Aug. 5, the tour group will return to Branch County to visit two farms during the day. One emergency, the shifting demand from farm products - made a major change on the Pridgeon Farm in the southeastern corner of the county. In 1949 when the tour visited the same farm it was operated in dairy by Glen Pridgeon. Now his son, Dean, operates it as an entirely pork production farm.

15 Lorene Harriett MITCHELL^7,8,10,12 (1898-1996) [2915]. Born 23 Apr 1898.⁸ Died 13 Apr 1996, Coldwater, Branch County, MI.⁸ Buried 17 Apr 1996, California Cemetery, Branch County, MI.^5,11

Sources

1	"U.S. Public Records Index".

2	"Obituary of Mac A. Carpenter in the News-Sentinel, September 9, 1999".

3	"Social Security Death Index".

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

5	"Obituary of Lorene Harriet Pridgeon in The News-Sentinel, April 15, 1996.".

6	"Obituary of Joyce M. Carpenter in the News-Sentinel, December 11, 2003".

7	"Information provided by Joyce McClain".

8	"Michigan Department of Vital Health Records, Michigan Death Index, Lansing, MI 1971".

9	"WWI Selective Service registration card".

10	"1930 MI, Branch, California census".

11	"California Corners Cemetery Records".

12	"Obituary Daily Times web site".