Firth, Willie
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Memorial, South Pa rk a nd Ma rysville,
and Deckerville, which includes the
Minden City and Cedardale churches.
Mr. Firth played an active role in
many community enterpt:ises in the
towns in which he served. The Community church at Mar ysville is now
hous ed in a f ine edifice erected during
• his pastorate there and many country
churches have been reopened t hrough
Rev. Willie Firth
his efforts. I nterest ed in t he welfare of
OLLOWING a heart a ttack which the young people, he organized a large
he suffered while a ttending the Youth Fellows hip a t Deckerville a year
Pas tors' School in Lans ing, Rev. Willie ago.
Firth, pastor at Deckerville, died in St.
Surviving are the widow; three sons,
Lawrence Hospital, Lansing, on Sunday Dennis Firth serving on a United Sta t es
afternoon, April ~0. The attack was a Navy s ubmarine in the Southwes t Parecurrence of a disease that kept him cific; Staff Sergt. Sta~ley Firth serving
confined to his bed for 12 weeks during in·the Ma rines in the Southwest Pacific;
the p ast winter.
and George a t home ; a daught er, Joyce
Born January 25, 1894, in England, at home ; two brothers, two s isters, and
Mr. Firth s pent his boyhood there. He many other relatives in England.
married Miss Hannah Mary Gutry in
Funeral services were held W ednes1918 and they came to America in 192 L. day afternoon, May 3, at the church
He joined the Detroit Conference in with Dr. Howard A. Field, of Detroit
1926 and s erved the following charges, · officiating a ssisted by Dr. Frank Field
a ll on the Port Huron District: Argyle, of Saginaw. Burial was in Downing
Port Austin, Peck, Port Huron-Mills Cemetery.
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(9'\MRS.
WILLIE FIRTH of Tampa,
left by plane August 15 for
Eng land where s he is visiting her
brother and sister and numerous nieces
and nephews. She is scheduled to return to Tampa about the end of September. Mrs. Firth is the widow of the
la te Rev. Willie Firth of the Detroit
Confer ence. Her address in Eng land is
% Luther Wright, 86 South ~rade
Cleckheaton. Yorkshire, England.r~:J 'f"--ht
~._Florida,
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.:+--- - - MRS. HANNAH MARY FIRTH, 83, died
November 21 in th e South Macomb Hospital in
Warren. Bo rn May 19, 1891 , in England, s he
was the beloved daughter of the late George
and Mary Gautry; wife of th e late Rev. Willie
Firth; mo ther of Mrs. James Sieren s of Sterling
He ights, George Firth of Chicago, Dennis Firth
of Southfield, and the late Stanley Firth ; and
the sister of Clara and Walter Gaut ry both in
England . Also surviving are eight grandchildren and o ne great-grandchild. Funeral se rvices were held November 23 in the Deckerville United Methodist Church with Rev. Harry
Brake man o fficiating. Interm ent was in the
De ckerville Ce mete ry. Rev. and Mrs. Firth
served Methodist churches in Argyle , Port
Austin , Peck , Port Huron, Marysville, and
Decke rvil le until Mr. Firth's death in 1944 .
Firth, Willie