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Charlevoix County
Michigan

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Charlevoix County

Index to Locations Boyne City Maple Lawn Cemetery Charlevoix Brookside Cemetery East Jordan Sunset Hill Cemetery Maple Lawn Cemetery Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Michigan Politicians buried here: Arthur Kitchell Rouse (1910-1991) — also known as Arthur K. Rouse — of Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Mich. Born in Hillman, Montmorency County, Mich., December 5, 1910. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil distributor; chair of Charlevoix County Republican Party, 1950; member of Michigan state board of agriculture, 1954-59; defeated, 1959; candidate for Michigan State University board of trustees, 1963. Died in Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., May 20, 1991 (age 80 years, 166 days). Interment at Maple Lawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Laverne Clark Rouse and Christina (Kennedy) Rouse; married to Eliene W. Rouse.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58   Eliene W. Rouse (1918-1999) — also known as Mrs. Arthur Rouse — of Boyne City, Charlevoix County, Mich. Born October 20, 1918. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964. Female. Died July 8, 1999 (age 80 years, 261 days). Interment at Maple Lawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Arthur Kitchell Rouse.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Brookside Cemetery Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Harold F. Pletz (1912-2003) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; East Jordan, Charlevoix County, Mich. Born November 17, 1912. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of East Lansing, Mich., 1959-61. Died May 21, 2003 (age 90 years, 185 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Clarence Buell Meggison (1894-1967) — also known as Clarence B. Meggison — of Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Mich. Born in Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Mich., September 13, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Charlevoix District, 1955-62; defeated in primary, 1962. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Kiwanis. Died, in Charlevoix Hospital, Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Mich., October 4, 1967 (age 73 years, 21 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George Simpson Meggison and Edith G. (Phelps) Meggison; married 1916 to Katherine E. McGhan; married, April 6, 1921, to Sadie Bedell; nephew of Thomas Driffill Meggison.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Rollie L. Lewis (1884-1948) — of Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Mich. Born in Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Mich., August 2, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; Charlevoix County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-18, 1929-32; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Charlevoix County, 1921-24; defeated in primary, 1938; Charlevoix County Probate Judge, 1945-48. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis; American Legion. Died, in Little Traverse Hospital, Petoskey, Emmet County, Mich., November 28, 1948 (age 64 years, 118 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Levi Lewis and Esther Jane (Nelson) Lewis; married, November 12, 1912, to Abby Rebecca King.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Sunset Hill Cemetery East Jordan, Charlevoix County, Michigan Politicians buried here:   Jacob Ezekiel Chew (1863-1945) — also known as Jacob E. Chew — of East Jordan, Charlevoix County, Mich. Born in Darke County, Ohio, September 25, 1863. Republican. School teacher; flour and grain business; restaurant keeper; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Charlevoix County, 1917-20. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died in East Jordan, Charlevoix County, Mich., June 8, 1945 (age 81 years, 256 days). Interment at Sunset Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Abel Woolston Chew and Salome 'Sally' (Haldeman) Chew; married, May 31, 1891, to Lillian Runyan; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Richard Chew; third cousin once removed of William H. Chew.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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