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- November 7, 2004
Source: Email from Phillip Bedient, pbedient(at)berkshire.rr.com
Phillip E. Bedient
65 Beverly St.
Dalton, MA 01226
A newspaper clipping from the notebook of Georgia Pangborn:
Married Here Sunday Two Young People From Levering Come to Galesburg to Wed. Morton C. Pangborn and Miss Georgia S. Schmalzried, both of Levering, Mich., were united in marriage by W. D. Robinson, pastor of the Galesburg Methodist Episcopal church at the parsonage Sunday morning Feb. 21st at 9:00 o'clock. Mr. Pangborn is in the employ of the government as a rural mail carrier out of Levering. Miss Schmalzried is a sister of Mrs. W. D. Robinson the pastor's wife and was assistant cashier in the Levering exchange bank.
Miss Ruth Jordan of Woodland, Mich. was also present and was one who signed the marriage certificate. Miss Jordan is a cousin of Mrs. Robinson and the bride.
The couple are receiving many congratulations through the post office from friends and relatives in northern Michigan.
Miss Jordan returned to her home in Woodland Monday noon where she is teaching school and after a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, the bride and groom will return to their home in Levering.
Another clipping, fifty years later, from Georgia's notebook:
Levering. Over 100 Attend Pangborn's 50th Anniversary. Levering Methodist Church parlor room was the scene Sunday Dec. 27 of an open house honoring Mr. and Mrs. Morton C. Pangborn on their golden wedding. More than 100 guests assembled to greet and congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Pangborn. The room was decorated and tables were centered with cut flowers, plants and candles.
The entire occasion was in charge of their children, Mr. and Mrs. John Pangborn of Midland and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bedient of Lancaster, PA. and their five grandchildren, Dick and Mary Bedient, Bob, Tom, and Julie Pangborn. A short program was in charge of Mrs. Irene Sanders and consisted of a skit by the mesdames Frank and Mervyn Schmalzried; a duet "Memories" by Mrs. Leon Schmalzried and daughter Joan Williams; remarks by Ivan Cook, former postmaster, under whom Mr. Pangborn worked for many years. The program concluded with some original verses by little Miss Julie Pangborn.
Refreshments were served throughout the party. Among out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pennell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Page and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Page and their families, all from Petoskey; Gerald Pangborn and children of Pellston; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Pangborn of Dearborn; Mr. and Mrs. Harley Wood of Port Huron; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ramsy of Harbor Beach; Mr. and Mrs. William Wurst of Pellston; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Schmalzried of Petoskey; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wartella, Mrs. Spencer Jones and sister Mrs. Florence Elkinton, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Douglas, all of Cheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beckon of Cross Village; and Leonard Schreyer of Pellston.
After the open house party, a family party of nephews and nieces and brother was held at the Pangborn home.
For a short time after their marriage, Mort and Georgia lived in a house next to the Odd Fellows lodge in Levering, but they soon purchased a house on Cross Village Road in Levering in which they raised their family and lived until the death of Mort in 1966. For eight years Georgia lived with her daughter Marie Bedient in Lancaster, PA. After she fell and broke her hip she made her home in Calvary Fellowship Homes in Lancaster.
An obituary for Morton Pangborn is from the notebook of Georgia Pangborn:
M.C. Pangborn OF Levering Dies Today. Services for Morton C. Pangborn, 82, of Levering, who died at the Emmet Medical Facility this morning, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Levering Methodist Church. Rev. Viola Norman will be in charge and burial will be in Carp Lake Cemetery. Dr. Harold Bedient will assist Mrs. Norman.
Mr. Pangborn was born Dec. 29, 1883 in Bad Axe and came to Levering in 1904 and was married to Georgia Schmalzried at Galesburg on Feb. 21, 1915. They made their home in Levering where he was a rural mail carrier for 41 years until his retirement in 1953.
He was a member and former president of the Rural Letter Carriers Association of Top O'Michigan and the Levering IOOF 190.
Surviving are his wife; a son John of Midland and a daughter Mrs. Phillip (Marie) Bedient of Lancaster, Pa.; five grandchildren; a brother, Carl of Levering.
The body will be at the Stone Funeral Home where friends may call. It will be at the church in Levering from noon until time of services Sunday.
Groom name: Morton C. Pangborn
Groom race (on document):
Groom age: 31 years
Groom birth year: 1884
Groom birth place: Huron Co., Mich
Bride name: Georgia E. Schmalzried
Bride race (on document):
Bride age: 21 years
Bride birth year: 1894
Bride birth place: Levering, Mich.
Marriage type:
Marriage date: 17 Feb 1915
Marriage place: Galesburg, Emmet, Michigan
Father of groom name: John C.
Mother of groom name: Ellen Taylor
Father of bride name: George
Mother of bride name: Elizabeth Hoar
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Additional relatives:
Film number: 2342710
Frame number:
Digital GS number: 4209133
Image number: 67
Reference number: v 2 p 85 rn 18
Collection: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925
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1883 - 1966 (82 years)