“ Obituary, exact copy from The Pinconning Press, Friday, February 22, 1918

‘ Mrs. Edward LaBean died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. McWharter, at the ripe old age of ninety five years. She was the mother of ten children, all of whom survive her. They are David, Frank, Joseph, Peter, and Daniel LaBean, and Mrs. W. Frankhouse, Mrs. Joe Bowen, Mrs. Frank Tatro, and Mrs. Peter McWharter. She is also survived by a brother, Frank, Detroit, who is 92 years of age. Mrs. LaBean was born in France and crossed to Canada in 1819, to Michigan during the Civil War, and has been a resident of Piconning 35 years. Later we learned she had 102 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren. The funeral services were held at St. Michael’s Church Tuesday morning. ‘

The above date of death is correct. Bay County death record is in error.

Buried in the NE corner of the David LaBean lot in St. Michael Cemetery, Pinconning Road, Pinconning, MI.

After many years of research, this is the corrected obituary of Edwidge LaBean

‘ Edwidge LaBean, 87 years, died Sunday, February 17, 1918 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter (Susanne) McQuarter. She had been a resident of the Pinconning Area for 35 years. She was born January 4, 1831 at St. Jacques, Montcalm Co., Quebec to the late Pierre Senever and Marie Angelique Beaudry.
In 1840 the family moved to Monroe County, Michigan where she married Jean Baptiste Labine on November 7, 1848 in St. Mary Church, Monroe. The became the parents of seventeen children, nine survive her: Mrs. Louis (Rosalie) Frankhouse, Francis John “Frank” (Melenisse) “Minnie” LaBean, Mrs. Francis “Frank” (Marie Desanges) Tatro, David (Josephine) LaBean, Joseph (Mary Lea) Labine, Peter (Therese) LaBean, Mrs. Joseph (Josephine) Bowen, Mrs. Peter (Susan) McQuarter, and Daniel (Elizabeth) LaBean. A brother, Francis “Frank” Senever, River Rouge, Michigan who is 80 years old. She was preceded by three husbands, Jean Baptiste Labine, Joseph Martin and Louis Sampson and children, Sophranie, Alphonse Olivier, Jacob, Elisa, Marie Octavie, Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Brancheau, one unnamed and one stillborn child. Also surviving are 102 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren. The funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 19, at St. Michael Church with burial in the church cemetery. ‘

By Myrtle H. (LaBean) Pletos
great granddaughter “8214

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“ MacKenzie, Gertrude

MacKenzie, Gertrude Pinconning, Michigan Gertrude MacKenzie joined her family in heaven May 6, 2005 after a short illness. Gertrude, age 94, was born on Nov. 8, 1910 to David and Josephine (Compeau) LaBean. On December 24, 1926 she married George MacKenzie in Pinconning, MI. He predeceased her on Dec. 22, 1996 and was buried on their 70th wedding anniversary. Before her marriage she moved to Detroit with family, worked in the first ever bleach factory and met the love of her life George. In the first 20 years of marriage they made their home in Detroit area. During the war she worked at Murray Body with George as her foreman. In 1945 they left Detroit and bought a farm in Pinconning on Cody Estey Rd. There she raised the rest of her children and helped run the farm until they moved to her childhood home on Mt. Forest Rd, in 1993. She was a member of St. Michaels Church and the St. Anne’s Society. She left behind: Geraldine Buchalski of Birch Run, Roy (Marlene) MacKenzie, Pinconning, Shirley (Ron) Frick of Beaverton, Gail Troxell and Fay MacKenzie both of Standish, Diane (Louie) Waskevich of Midland, Bonnie (Tom) Gibson, Pinconning, Dan (June) MacKenzie, Auburn and Connie (Art) McConney of Sterling; daughter-in-laws: Beverly and Eleanor of Pinconning; 44 grandchildren, 76 great grandchildren; and 23 great- great grandchildren. Besides her husband she was predeceased by her parents; 5 brothers: Silas, David, William, Levi, and Archie; 3 Sisters: Leoma MacKenzie, Rose Hollbrook, and Angeline Donley; children: George Jr., Harold, Joyce Raetzel and Vernon; son-in-laws: Chet Buchalski, Clarence Raetzel, and Ron Troxell, and daughter-in-law Mary Ann. Also waiting in heaven are grandchildren: Jimmy Troxell, Todd Pomerville, Ray Mark Raetzel and Daniel MacKenzie Jr.; and great-grandchildren: Tim MacKenzie II and Heidi MacKenzie. Her favorite pastime was cooking for her husband and family. Every Sunday and holiday was filled with family and the smell of good cooking. When she wasn’t cooking she enjoyed playing cards, crocheting, and all kinds of sewing for her children and grandchildren. In her younger days she enjoyed a vegetable garden (with lots of strawberries for shortcake), her flower gardens, and fishing on the bay. At 55 she learned to bowl and had many enjoyable times and met many new friends who gave her many precious memories. At 93 she took up gambling at the casino and was ready to go anytime the motor home was headed in the direction. Special thanks to the wonderful care she received at both Standish Hospital and the Standish Skilled Nursing Center. They went above and beyond to treat both Mom and the extra large family that shared her last days. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, May 9, 2005 at 10 a.m. from St. Michael Church with Rev. Fr. Michael Wolf presiding with burial in St. Michael’s Cemetery. Friends may call Lee-Ramsay Funeral Home Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. A Rosary Service will be held at 3 p.m. and a Vigil Service at 7 p.m. the funeral home. On Monday Mrs. MacKenzie will lie in state from 9 a.m. until time of services. Lee-Ramsay Funeral Home Pinconning leeramsayrivertownfh.com “8278

Daryl LaBine8272 provides a date of marriage between David LaBine and Josephine Campeau of 8 September 1924 while Myrtle LaBean Pletos8249 lists the marriage date as 3 September 1889. Since Daryl LaBine cites Ms. Pletos as his reference source and because this couple had children born in 1890 and 1895 as well as later years, it appears that the 1889 marriage date is more likely correct.

Daryl LaBine8272 lists the birth date of Josephine Campeau as 2 March 1874 and gives her place of baptism as St. Charles Catholic Church in Newport, Wayne County, MI. Myrtle LaBean Pletos8249 gives her birth date as 24 March 1874 and place of baptism St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Rockwood, Wayne County, MI. Since Daryl LaBine cites Ms. Pletos for this information, I have used 24 March 1874 as the correct birth date and St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church as the place of baptism. It is possible that Josephine Campeau was actually baptized at St. Charles Catholic Church and the baptism was recorded at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

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“ Obituary, exact copy from The Pinconning Press, Friday, February 22, 1918

‘ Mrs. Edward LaBean died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. P. McWharter, at the ripe old age of ninety five years. She was the mother of ten children, all of whom survive her. They are David, Frank, Joseph, Peter, and Daniel LaBean, and Mrs. W. Frankhouse, Mrs. Joe Bowen, Mrs. Frank Tatro, and Mrs. Peter McWharter. She is also survived by a brother, Frank, Detroit, who is 92 years of age. Mrs. LaBean was born in France and crossed to Canada in 1819, to Michigan during the Civil War, and has been a resident of Piconning 35 years. Later we learned she had 102 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren and 4 great great grandchildren. The funeral services were held at St. Michael’s Church Tuesday morning. ‘

The above date of death is correct. Bay County death record is in error.

Buried in the NE corner of the David LaBean lot in St. Michael Cemetery, Pinconning Road, Pinconning, MI.

After many years of research, this is the corrected obituary of Edwidge LaBean

‘ Edwidge LaBean, 87 years, died Sunday, February 17, 1918 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter (Susanne) McQuarter. She had been a resident of the Pinconning Area for 35 years. She was born January 4, 1831 at St. Jacques, Montcalm Co., Quebec to the late Pierre Senever and Marie Angelique Beaudry.
In 1840 the family moved to Monroe County, Michigan where she married Jean Baptiste Labine on November 7, 1848 in St. Mary Church, Monroe. The became the parents of seventeen children, nine survive her: Mrs. Louis (Rosalie) Frankhouse, Francis John “Frank” (Melenisse) “Minnie” LaBean, Mrs. Francis “Frank” (Marie Desanges) Tatro, David (Josephine) LaBean, Joseph (Mary Lea) Labine, Peter (Therese) LaBean, Mrs. Joseph (Josephine) Bowen, Mrs. Peter (Susan) McQuarter, and Daniel (Elizabeth) LaBean. A brother, Francis “Frank” Senever, River Rouge, Michigan who is 80 years old. She was preceded by three husbands, Jean Baptiste Labine, Joseph Martin and Louis Sampson and children, Sophranie, Alphonse Olivier, Jacob, Elisa, Marie Octavie, Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Brancheau, one unnamed and one stillborn child. Also surviving are 102 grandchildren, 88 great grandchildren, and 4 great great grandchildren. The funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 19, at St. Michael Church with burial in the church cemetery. ‘

By Myrtle H. (LaBean) Pletos
great granddaughter “8214

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“ MacKenzie, Gertrude

MacKenzie, Gertrude Pinconning, Michigan Gertrude MacKenzie joined her family in heaven May 6, 2005 after a short illness. Gertrude, age 94, was born on Nov. 8, 1910 to David and Josephine (Compeau) LaBean. On December 24, 1926 she married George MacKenzie in Pinconning, MI. He predeceased her on Dec. 22, 1996 and was buried on their 70th wedding anniversary. Before her marriage she moved to Detroit with family, worked in the first ever bleach factory and met the love of her life George. In the first 20 years of marriage they made their home in Detroit area. During the war she worked at Murray Body with George as her foreman. In 1945 they left Detroit and bought a farm in Pinconning on Cody Estey Rd. There she raised the rest of her children and helped run the farm until they moved to her childhood home on Mt. Forest Rd, in 1993. She was a member of St. Michaels Church and the St. Anne’s Society. She left behind: Geraldine Buchalski of Birch Run, Roy (Marlene) MacKenzie, Pinconning, Shirley (Ron) Frick of Beaverton, Gail Troxell and Fay MacKenzie both of Standish, Diane (Louie) Waskevich of Midland, Bonnie (Tom) Gibson, Pinconning, Dan (June) MacKenzie, Auburn and Connie (Art) McConney of Sterling; daughter-in-laws: Beverly and Eleanor of Pinconning; 44 grandchildren, 76 great grandchildren; and 23 great- great grandchildren. Besides her husband she was predeceased by her parents; 5 brothers: Silas, David, William, Levi, and Archie; 3 Sisters: Leoma MacKenzie, Rose Hollbrook, and Angeline Donley; children: George Jr., Harold, Joyce Raetzel and Vernon; son-in-laws: Chet Buchalski, Clarence Raetzel, and Ron Troxell, and daughter-in-law Mary Ann. Also waiting in heaven are grandchildren: Jimmy Troxell, Todd Pomerville, Ray Mark Raetzel and Daniel MacKenzie Jr.; and great-grandchildren: Tim MacKenzie II and Heidi MacKenzie. Her favorite pastime was cooking for her husband and family. Every Sunday and holiday was filled with family and the smell of good cooking. When she wasn’t cooking she enjoyed playing cards, crocheting, and all kinds of sewing for her children and grandchildren. In her younger days she enjoyed a vegetable garden (with lots of strawberries for shortcake), her flower gardens, and fishing on the bay. At 55 she learned to bowl and had many enjoyable times and met many new friends who gave her many precious memories. At 93 she took up gambling at the casino and was ready to go anytime the motor home was headed in the direction. Special thanks to the wonderful care she received at both Standish Hospital and the Standish Skilled Nursing Center. They went above and beyond to treat both Mom and the extra large family that shared her last days. Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, May 9, 2005 at 10 a.m. from St. Michael Church with Rev. Fr. Michael Wolf presiding with burial in St. Michael’s Cemetery. Friends may call Lee-Ramsay Funeral Home Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. A Rosary Service will be held at 3 p.m. and a Vigil Service at 7 p.m. the funeral home. On Monday Mrs. MacKenzie will lie in state from 9 a.m. until time of services. Lee-Ramsay Funeral Home Pinconning leeramsayrivertownfh.com “8278

Daryl LaBine8272 provides a date of marriage between David Labine and Josephine Campeau of 8 September 1924 while Myrtle LaBean Pletos8249 lists the marriage date as 3 September 1889. Since Daryl LaBine cites Ms. Pletos as his reference source and because this couple had children born in 1890 and 1895 as well as later years, it appears that the 1889 marriage date is more likely correct.

Daryl LaBine8272 gives the date of burial of David Labine as 15 January 1947 while Myrtle LaBean Pletos8249 lists this date as 16 January 1947. Since Daryl LaBine cites Ms. Pletos for this information, I have used 16 January 1947 as the correct date.

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