HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1965.06.28 - 19607Miscellaneous Resolution ///7 June 28, 1965
Committee,.
if B. RhinevaU17-, ChairMan
Richard R. Wilcox
BY: Mr. Wilcox
IN RE: MEMORIAL FOR CLAUDE W. OWEN
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
Claude W. Owen, a former member of this Board, passed away on June 22, 1965,
at the age of 79, in Dunedin, Florida.
He was a retired farmer and had resided most of his life in Groveland Township
in Oakland County.
He was a member of this Board, having served as Groveland Township Supervisor
in 1930, and served on the County Drain Committee and the Boys and Girls Clubs
Mr. Owen was also Justice of the Peace of Groveland Township and served as
Township Trustee for 6 years.
He was president of the Brandon School Board for 12 years and was a member of
the Ortonviile Methodist Church.
Claude W. Owen will be mourned by all those who knew him and his dedication
to the welfare of his community and its citizens will long be remembered.
Surviving are his wife, Lena; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Widiger of Midland,
and Mrs. Georginia LazeIle of Pontiac; three sons, Linfond and Stewart of Ortonville, and
Charles A. of Darin, Connecticut; one brother; one sister; and 16 grandchildren.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I move that the foregoing memorial be spread upon the minutes
of this meeting of the Board of Supervisors and that the County Clerk be instructed to
forward a certified copy thereof to his surviving wife Lena.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE