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Gordon C. Bliss

Birth	:	22 May 1938 Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Death	:	5 Mar 1939 Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial	:	Oakhurst Cemetery, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.6189003, -78.5774994
Plot	:	Section A, lot 33.
Description	:	Gordon is the 9-month-old son of Lloyd Feather Bliss and his wife Cecile Gay Upham. ------------------------------------ Gordon was born on the Bliss family farm on Geyer Road, N.- N.E. of Buchanan, Michigan. This area was known as the "Bend of the River". Gordon was born two months "after" the death of his father Lloyd. (Lloyd never got to see his only son). ------------------------------------ After his father died in 1938, his mother moved the family "into town", in Buchanan, MI (to a home they probably rented, before they purchased the home on Cayuga St.). Gordon died in their home at 417 Moccasin Street, in Buchanan, MI. ----------------------------------- He... Read More	Gordon is the 9-month-old son of Lloyd Feather Bliss and his wife Cecile Gay Upham. ------------------------------------ Gordon was born on the Bliss family farm on Geyer Road, N.- N.E. of Buchanan, Michigan. This area was known as the "Bend of the River". Gordon was born two months "after" the death of his father Lloyd. (Lloyd never got to see his only son). ------------------------------------ After his father died in 1938, his mother moved the family "into town", in Buchanan, MI (to a home they probably rented, before they purchased the home on Cayuga St.). Gordon died in their home at 417 Moccasin Street, in Buchanan, MI. ----------------------------------- He died of influenza, at the age of 9 months and 13 days. Gordon had six older sisters. ---------------------------------- Gordon is buried in the BLISS family plot, in Section A, Lot 33. His headstone reads as follows: GORDON C. BLISS 1938-1939 ----------------------------------- An obituary for Gordon was published in the "Niles Daily Star" newspaper in Niles, MI on March 6, 1939, page 3. It reads as follows: ---------------- Bliss Infant Dies; Burial in Buchanan Buchanan, March 6. - Gordon Bliss, 10 months-old ["should" say 9 months and 13 days old] child of Lloyd and Cecelia [Cecile] Upham Bliss, died in the home at 417 Moccasin avenue, at 5:15 Sunday morning [following a brief illness]. The child was born May 22, 1938, in Niles township, [in] the "Bend of the River", [two months after the death of his father Lloyd Bliss]. He is survived by the mother, father having died in March 1838, and six sisters; Mrs. Thelma Letcher and Miss Mary Louise Bliss; Margaret [Marguerite], Frances, Catherine [Kathryn] and Barbara at home; also the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence [and Cleo] Upham, Buchanan. Funeral services were held this afternoon [Monday] at 2 o'clock in the L. O. Swem funeral home and burial took place in the Oak Ridge cemetery with the Rev. Paul Ewing of the Church of Christ, of which the child was a member of [the] cradle roll, officiated. -----------------------------------

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Where is Gordon C. Bliss's memorial?
Gordon C. Bliss's memorial is located at: Oakhurst Cemetery, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, USA.
When did Gordon C. Bliss death?
Gordon C. Bliss death on 5 Mar 1939 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Gordon C. Bliss's memorial?
Latitude: 36.6189003
Longitude: -78.5774994

Family Members:

Parent

Lloyd Feather Bliss

(1895 - 1938)

Cecile Gay Upham Bliss

(1899 - 1975)

Siblings

Thelma Celestia Bliss Letcher

(1918 - 1978)

Mary Louise Bliss

(1921 - 1941)

Frances June Bliss Batchelor

(1934 - 2007)

Kathryn Ann Bliss Clemans

(1935 - 2012)

Flowers:

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