John Spry
Dec. 4, 1915-April 13, 2003

CARLETON - John Spry, 87,
of Carleton died Sunday at
Mercy Memorial Hospital,
Monroe.

Friends may call until 9
tonight at Arthur Bobcean
Funeral Home’s Carleton
chapel, where services will be
held at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The
Rev, Harold Ervin will offici-
ate. Burial will be in Huron
Valley Cemetery, Flat Rock.

Born Dec. 4, 1915, in Letitia,
Ky, he was the son of James
and Daisy (Glespie) Spry. He
married Violet Parker July 13,
1936, in Kentucky. © es

A clerk, he worked for DT&l
Railroad for 30 years, retiring in
1983.

Mr. Spry, an Ash Township
resident for 35 years, was a
member of the railway clerk
union and Wildbird and Game.
He raised many types of birds.

Surviving are his wife; two
sons, Johnny (Laura) of
Detroit Beach and Kenneth
(Betty) of Rose City; three
daughters, Donna (Joe)
Scheuer of Newport and
Carylon (Ray) Johnston and
Pam (Charles) Perkins, both
of Carleton; a brother, Alfred
of Kentucky; 14 grandchil-
dren, and 23 great-grandchil-
dren.

He was preceded in death by
a daughter, Marie, a brother
and three sisters.

Memorials may be made to
Mercy Memorial Hospice of
Monroe.