of Chelsea, age 94, died Friday, June 19, 2015 at Chelsea Retirement Community. He was born November 13, 1920 in Pikeville, TN, the son of James Rankin & Gertrude May (Rutledge) Cordell. He attended school in Chattanooga and served in the US Army in World War II. On July 8, 1945, he married Harriet Peterson in Greenville, SC. In 1948, they moved to Belleville, MI , where he was employed by the United States Postal Service in Ypsilanti, MI. He retired in 1978 as Manager of Customer Service.
of Chelsea, MI, age 97, died Monday, June 8, 2015 at the Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born June 16, 1917 in Ft. Madison, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph & Bertha (Bragonier) Voigt. Florence attended Christian College in Columbia, MO and Eden Seminary in Webster Groves, MO. She worked at churches in Monroe, WI and Ann Arbor, MI (Bethlehem Church). She served with her husband, Alton, in Prescott, AZ, Andover IA, Tripoli, IA, and Burlington IA, before retiring in Chelsea.