MAKEPEACE, Otis 1902-1983

MAKEPEACE, BUCKHAM

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/24/2012 at 14:42:23

#1:

Otis Makepeace was born on June 5, 1902, to Charles Thomas and Ella May (Buckham) Makepeace. He died in July 1983, in Kent County, Michigan.

His parents moved from Postville, Iowa in 1887 to Mitchell County, and settled on a farm near Little Cedar, where Otis grew up. He graduated from Osage High School.

Otis's brothers and sisters were: Oliver (1888-1955), Mrs. Melvin (Addie) Balsley (1886-1971), Mrs. Herbert (Gladys) Penney, Little Cedar (1890-1984) and Mrs. Carl Canfield, Davenport, Washington.

(Credit: S. Bell)
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#2: NOTES:

In Otis' father's obit there is a daughter named Verna; this may be Mrs. Carl Canfield.

Name: Otis Makepeace
Date of Birth: Thursday June 05, 1902
Date of Death: July 1983
Est. Age at Death: 81 years, 1 months
City: Comstock Park, Kent Co., Michigan

His wife was named Lyna M. Makepeace, and she died in 1986, in Kent county, Michigan.

(Credit: ancestry.com)
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Photo of Otis Makepeace, from the Mitchell County Historical Museum in Osage; (Cedar River Complex).

Mitchell Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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