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Alice (Secord) Hockaday
Granddaughter of Marvel Secord Dies

   Mrs. Alice Hockaday, 90, of Flint, a former Gladwin County resident, died in Midland, Dec. 26 after a lingering illness. Born on June 10, 1874, in Gladwin County, she married Robert M. Hockaday, who died in 1953. She was a granddaughter of Marvil Secord, the first white settler in Gladwin County.
   Surviving are two sons, Rev. Asa Hockaday of Hope, and Albert of Auburn; and four daughters, Mrs. Charles (Beulah) Cross, of Flint, Mrs. O. T. (Bertha) Knappins and Mrs. George (Anna) Loree of Hope, Mrs. Ellis (Mabel) Campbell of Caro; 18 grandchildren, 41 great grandchildren, 8 great great grandchidlren.
   Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 1:30 p.m. from the Roosevelt Avenue Free Methodist Church, Flint, with the Rev. Carl W. Koerner and Rev. E. E. Walling officiating. Burial was in the Ridge Cemetery in Gladwin.

 
 
Personal Information
Death Date
Burial/Final Location
Service
12/26/1964
Ridge Cemetery, Gladwin, MI
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Publication Information
Pub. Date
Publication
Pub. Page
1/6/1965
Gladwin County Record, Gladwin, MI
P:2 C:4
 
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October 2005
Tom Ladner
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