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     Alby L. Huntington was born on 17 April 1917 (the database Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 at ancestry.com says 15 April 1917) in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.^3,2 He married Vivian M. Waldron, daughter of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 2 July 1944 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan (although a pamphlet distributed at her funeral says 23 August 1944, in Kalamazoo).^1,4 They separated on 29 August 1948. On 7 September Vivian signed away her rights and interest in their property. They got back together on 8 October 1948, then separated again eight days later.⁵ They were divorced on 10 January 1949 in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁶ He died on 19 September 1974 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, at age 57.^2,4,3 He was buried at Vicksburg Cemetery in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.⁴
     After their marriage, he and his wife Vivian lived in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.^1,7,8 They moved to rural Vicksburg in 1952.⁴ He worked as a farmer and as a milkman.³

     Myrl Vernon Velie was born on 18 May 1924 in White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan.² He married first Lillian Lucille Waldron, daughter of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 12 November 1943 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ They were divorced on 16 June 1947.¹ He died on 2 January 2006 in Sturgis Hospital, Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, at age 81.² He was buried on 6 January 2006 at White Pigeon Township Cemetery in St. Joseph Co., Michigan.²
     He served as a private in the U. S. Army special services during World War II, enlisting on 26 March 1943.^2,3,4 Except for a period of time in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, he lived in the area of White Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, most of his life.² He worked as a self-employed home builder for 22 years, and for Platz Excavating as a heavy equipment operator for 10 years. He also owned Velie's Sunoco and Velie's Auto Sales in White Pigeon.²

     Vincent Eugene Lash was born on 11 November 1925 in Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., Michigan.^3,4 He married Marilyn June Waldron, daughter of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 13 November 1943 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.^1,3,5,4 He died on 15 August 2010 at Sturgis Hospital in Sturgis, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, at age 84.^6,4 He was buried on 18 August 2010 at Leonidas Cemetery in St. Joseph Co., Michigan.⁴
     He served in the U. S. Navy.³ He and his wife Marilyn lived on a farm in Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, most of their lives^1,7,8,9, but in their later years spent many winters in Florida.⁵ He worked for Clark Equipment Co. in Buchanan, Berrien Co., Michigan, for 30 years^4,3, in addition to taking care of his own small farm.^4,3

     Dale Edward Smith was born on 11 December 1925 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.³ He married his childhood friend Pauline Irene Waldron, daughter of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 9 February 1946, in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan. (Pauline's obituary inexplicably says in Kansas City, probably an error.)^4,2,5 He died from cancer on 15 May 1976 at age 50.³ He was buried on 18 May 1976 at Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.³
     He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, enlisting on 11 September 1944, and was stationed in Japan at the end of the war. He was discharged on 30 October 1945.^6,3 He lived in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, all his life^2,7,8, where he worked for the Simpson-Lee Paper Co.³ He was a member of the Chapman Church of the Nazarene.³
     When their children were young, he and his wife Pauline spent two weeks each summer camping with a travel trailer, and visited most of the 50 states.⁵

     Carl Vroman married Darlene Eileen Waldron, daughter of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 12 October 1957 (or 18 October) in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.^1,2 They were divorced in 1961.²
     After their marriage, Carl Vroman and his wife Darlene lived in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹

     Virginia Mae Bellingham was born on 28 September 1934.² She married James Dale Waldron, son of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 21 June 1952 in Vicksburg, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ She died on 22 February 2009 at age 74.² She was buried at Mount Ever-Rest Memorial Park South (Section A) in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.³
     She went by the nickname "Ginny."² She enjoyed gardening, quilting, crocheting, sewing, and acrylic painting.² She also enjoyed camping, and she and her husband James traveled throughout the U.S., and to Canada and the Caribbean.^4,2

     Betty Gailhouse was born on 21 September 1937 in Marcellus, Cass Co., Michigan.² She married first Robert LeRoy Waldron, son of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 21 July 1956 in Angola, Steuben Co., Indiana.^1,3 She died on 23 May 1976 at age 38.² She was buried on 25 May 1976 at Vicksburg Cemetery in Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.²

     Louise Marks was born on 23 March 1939 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.³ She married first Wayne Charles Waldron, son of Raymond Carney Waldron and Leeta Mae Williamson, on 2 January 1955 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan.¹ They divorced, then remarried⁴, and were divorced again on 10 February 1977.⁵ She died on 7 March 2018 at the Fairview Nursing Home in Centreville, St. Joseph Co., Michigan, at age 78.³ She was buried at Factoryville Cemetery in Leonidas, St. Joseph Co., Michigan.³
     When she was three years old her mother married Maurice Russell, and she took his surname.³