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Herbert W. Billing

FLAT ROCK — Herbert

- Woodrow Billing, 80, of Flat Rock

| died at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sea-

' way Hospital, Trenton. He had
been ill for four weeks.

Friends may call from 6 to 9
tonight and from noon to 9 p.m.
Thursday at the Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home, where an Elks
Lodge of Sorrow service will be
held at 7 p.m. Thursday. He will
lie in state Friday at the First Unit-
ed Methodist Church from noon
until services at 1 p.m. The Rev.
Evans Bentley will officiate. Bur-
ial will be in Michigan Memorial
Park under the auspices of the
Downriver Veterans Honor Guard.

Born Nov. 20, 1916, in Sidney,
Ohio, he was the son of Jacob and
Minnie (Hazelburger) Billing. He
was married on June 19, 1943, to
Erma R. Cotterman in Macomb,
Miss.

Mr. Billing had been employed
as a secretary and in sales for the
F.W. Ritter and Sons Pottery,
South Rockwood, for 45 years.

For the past 15 years, he had
worked there part time.

An Army veteran of World War
Il, he served from April 1, 1941, to
Sept. 31, 1945, including in the
battles of Germany and the Bulge
as part of intelligence and recon-
naissance, attaining the rank of
lieutenant.

He graduated from a Dayton,
Ohio, business school in 1941,

He had been an active member
of the First United Methodist
Church for 45 years; a member of
Flat Rock Lodge 1731, Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
where he was named Elk of the
Year in 1966-67; Rock of Gibral-
tar Post 4230, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and the Sidney (Ohio) Post,
American Legion.

Surviving are his wife; a son, the
Rey. Bruce Billing of Burton; a
daughter, Mrs. Robert (Jackie)
Hope of Plainwell, and four
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Kellie R. Billing; and a
son, Gerald J. Billing.

Memorials may be made to the
First United Methodist Church
memorial fund or the Elks 356
Crippled Children’s Fund.