And these people, these friends I became so close to, will always hold a special place in my heart. We went through a tough time together and created lasting bonds despite the fact that, as a friend eloquently said in his farewell speech a few months’ later, it was totally “improbable...
In the 1890s, he was an alderman in Detroit’s 4th ward. He died July 12, 1914 at his home “a few hours before a telegram arrived asking him to notify Mrs. C. A. Lorman [Jane’s aunt]…of the death of her grandson, Welwood Murray, in an automobile accident in Seattle, Washing...
After the coffin was transported to the cemetery by horse-drawn hearse, the funeral lasted more than seven hours. Before it was delivered, a Michigan National Guard army placed a flag over the coffin, and at the cemetery, they presented it to Rosa's niece....