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Often times, medical help was most accessible from family or neighbors just as James C. Whitfield Sr. described below when a Walloon Lake visitor sought out James' father for medical assistance, and gained friendship through the process:
"A couple of summers a family of Dr. Ford, Mrs. Ford, Montague, a teenager and Montague’s friend Alston Budgel rented the log cabin on the other side of Cowles. They also rented Heinie Grund’s ‘Magic’ [boat] and often took it out for rides in the afternoon. One day they came in in much distress as Montague who had been running the engine had, in turning the huge flywheel, struck his hand on the spout of the oilcan sitting alongside the engine and had suffered a deep gash. They were afraid of blood poisoning and came to Dad as they had heard that a doctor lived there. Aunt Katheryn, the widow of Dad’s former employer in his Uncle Tom’s drug store, and her teenage daughter, whom we called ‘Tom’ were visiting us so when Dad got through cleaning out Mont’s wound we all sat around visiting. It seemed that Dr. Ford was a Baptist minister from Englewood, near Chicago so we had much to discuss, as also did Tom, Monts and Audie. The teenagers went with us younger fry, too when we rowed over to Ft. Wayne Camp on the other side of the lake when we had wiener roasts. Each kid bought his own wiener (for 10¢) and we’d start a driftwood fire and when the coals were right we’d stick the wienie on a long stick and roast it over the fire. After that we’d have dessert which was always marshmallows also roasted. We had no drinks and never even thought about the lack. Tom and Monts saw a great deal of each other for quite a few years until they finally got married, all from that Walloon Lake meeting."
~ James C. Whitfield, Sr.
"A couple of summers a family of Dr. Ford, Mrs. Ford, Montague, a teenager and Montague’s friend Alston Budgel rented the log cabin on the other side of Cowles. They also rented Heinie Grund’s ‘Magic’ [boat] and often took it out for rides in the afternoon. One day they came in in much distress as Montague who had been running the engine had, in turning the huge flywheel, struck his hand on the spout of the oilcan sitting alongside the engine and had suffered a deep gash. They were afraid of blood poisoning and came to Dad as they had heard that a doctor lived there. Aunt Katheryn, the widow of Dad’s former employer in his Uncle Tom’s drug store, and her teenage daughter, whom we called ‘Tom’ were visiting us so when Dad got through cleaning out Mont’s wound we all sat around visiting. It seemed that Dr. Ford was a Baptist minister from Englewood, near Chicago so we had much to discuss, as also did Tom, Monts and Audie. The teenagers went with us younger fry, too when we rowed over to Ft. Wayne Camp on the other side of the lake when we had wiener roasts. Each kid bought his own wiener (for 10¢) and we’d start a driftwood fire and when the coals were right we’d stick the wienie on a long stick and roast it over the fire. After that we’d have dessert which was always marshmallows also roasted. We had no drinks and never even thought about the lack. Tom and Monts saw a great deal of each other for quite a few years until they finally got married, all from that Walloon Lake meeting."
~ James C. Whitfield, Sr.
Other stories abound of Walloon Lake residents seeking the summertime medical attention of Dr. Clarence Hemingway, the father of author Ernest Hemingway. Clarence Hemingway graduated from Oberlin College in 1893 and later received his medical degree from Rush Medical College. The Hemingway Family summered on the Pre-West Arm of Walloon Lake.
When Addison Nickey's younger brother Will broke his arm, Dr. Hemingway set it and put on the cast. See additional information about the Nickey Family on this same web site by clicking HERE.
When Addison Nickey's younger brother Will broke his arm, Dr. Hemingway set it and put on the cast. See additional information about the Nickey Family on this same web site by clicking HERE.
2 July 1908 ~ Petoskey Evening News
One of the earliest accesses to medical care for Walloon Lake residents
was in the neighboring town of Petoskey nine miles away.
was in the neighboring town of Petoskey nine miles away.
FIRST Petoskey Doctor
William Little, M.D. arrived in Petoskey in 1873 as the city's first doctor. While en route from Reed City to Petoskey, Dr. Little encountered Hiram Rose, a local store owner. Mr. Rose assured Dr. Little that with the opening up of the area with the GR&I Railroad established, the entire area soon would be growing and in need of medical care. Dr. Little's patients deserted him as a doctor in Reed City when he had treated other patients with smallpox. People became fearful they might contract the dreaded disease through him, so Dr. Little headed north to Petoskey, to continue his love of medicine. Dr. Little soon constructed the hotel that he called the "Rose House" on the corner of Lake and Railway Avenue (433 East Lake Street). The hotel was not only the first hotel in the area, but also became the first drug store. Dr. Little doctored far and wide, traveling by horseback as far away as Harbor Springs (then called Little Traverse) and even farther to Cross Village. Dr. Little lived in Petoskey two short years before his death at only 33 years old; having died of a heart attack. Shortly before his death, Dr. Little had purchased Greenwood Cemetery for the community. Although Dr. Little had died in a Grand Rapid's hotel, while on a trip, his remains were transferred to Petoskey's Greenwood Cemetery. It is believed that Dr. Little's remains were the second to buried in Greenwood Cemetery. The FIRST burial in Greenwood Cemetery was for Hattie Tracy who passed 16 October 1875.
In 1880 Annie Little married Mr. Thomas Kirkland and lived on Lake Street where their home was a "center of beneficent influence."
In 1880 Annie Little married Mr. Thomas Kirkland and lived on Lake Street where their home was a "center of beneficent influence."
Dr. William Little, M.D.
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Annie Little Kirkland
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Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Little as posted on Greenwood History Archive website.
30 Agust 2023 ~ Greenwood Cemetery, Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey's FIRST Woman Doctor
~ Dr. Margaret "Maggie" (McCauley) Kellogg ~
1853 ~ 1938
(Buried in Mancelona, Michigan)
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Kellogg
on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve Web Site.
~ Dr. Margaret "Maggie" (McCauley) Kellogg ~
1853 ~ 1938
(Buried in Mancelona, Michigan)
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Kellogg
on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve Web Site.
Photo from "Maggie Kellogg, M.D." by Lowell Kosloskey, July, 2003
1898
"The question of opening a hospital in Petoskey
had been up for discussion a number of times during the past eight years."
"The question of opening a hospital in Petoskey
had been up for discussion a number of times during the past eight years."
2 February 1898 ~ The Petoskey Record
FIRST Petoskey Hospital
(Oriental Hotel)
On the corner of Lake and Petoskey Streets in Petoskey, Michigan
This location in 2017 is The Hole/The Pit, a vacant block...
19 July 1896 ~ The Daily Resorter
A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
Park House ~ Upper Left
AND Oriental Hotel ~ Lower Right
28 June 1899 ~ The Petoskey Record
26 June 1974 ~ Petoskey News Review
The nine men noted in the June 28, 1899, in the article above became the first Board of Trustees of Lockwood Hospital and Deaconess' Home. As they continued to meet, they decided that the Oriental Hotel [Photo farther above] was no longer suited sizewise for a hospital and a search began for another hospital. "The search ended on February 9, 1900, just one day after the incorporation of the Hospital and Deaconess' Home as a non-profit organization... General Isaac D. Tolll donated an area known as Toll Park, on the corner of Lindell and Elm Streets, to the Trustees for a building site." Elm Street was renamed Lockwood Avenue, where the first Lockwood Hospital was opened in 1902 [Photo above]. ~ Quotations from: Intensive Caring The Story of Northern Michigan Hospital published in 2002. A copy can be located in the Michigan Room at the Petoskey District Library.
21 June 1976 ~ Petoskey News Review
Accompanying text below for photo above of Oriental Hotel and photos farther below of the Lockwood Hospital:
"Northern Michigan Hospitals has a proud history of service to this area that began in 1899 when Mr. and Mrs. William Lockwood donated the Oriental Hotel for use as a hospital for the residents of Petoskey. In 1900 when it was determined that the hotel was unsuitable for such a use, a plot of land known as Toll Park was donated for the construction of a brand new hospital facility. This new hospital, later called the Lockwood General Hospital opened in 1902 and began to provide health care services." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet |
5 July 1899 ~ The Petoskey Record
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Photo Below: William Lockwood
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey Newspapers (Undated)
William McClintock Lockwood (Photo Above and to the Right), the founder of Lockwood Hospital, passed away 1 November 1900. He was born in North Springfield VT on 26 July 1824. "About 1880 Mr. Lockwood began going to Petoskey in order to escape the ravages of hay fever. Being so thoroughly impressed with the place, he purchased property and became a permanent resident in 1890, since which time his interests have been with us altogether. He was of a philanthropic disposition and one of his life's aims was to help others. June 28, 1899, he deeded to a board of trustees the Oriental hotel property, worth $11,000 as the basis for a city hospital. The plans for this have been perfected, about $6,000 has been subscribed and erection will begin soon on the lot known as Toll Park and kindly donated for that purpose by Gen. I.D. Toll." ~ Historical Collections, Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society |
20 July 1900 ~ The Daily Resorter
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1902 Article Below:
Dr. John J. Reycraft was married only two months to Miss Metta Cornell when she passed away.
Dr. John J. Reycraft was married only two months to Miss Metta Cornell when she passed away.
16 May 1902 ~ The Independent Democrat
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16 May 1902 ~ The Independent Democrat
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23 March 1904 ~ The Petoskey Record
SECOND Petoskey Hospital
(Lockwood Hospital on Lockwood Avenue)
(Lockwood Hospital on Lockwood Avenue)
Little Traverse Historical Society Bob and Lila Ball Collection (Copyright 1907) Created by Alton Cook
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography in the William L. Clements Library University of Michigan Library Digital Collections (1907)
Lockwood Nurses
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography in the William L. Clements Library University of Michigan Library Digital Collections (Undated)
A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
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A new law required registration of births to the city clerk.
7 February 1906 ~ The Petoskey Record
On 5 January 2017 the Emmet County MI Clerk's office stated regarding the article above: "We have birth registrations dating back to 1869 for cities, townships, and villages within Emmet County."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The medical services of Dr. Reycraft were often needed as mentioned in the newspaper item below.
9 January 1907 ~ The Petoskey Record
25 September 1907 ~ The Petoskey Record
Back of the postcard/photo below including the Drs Reycraft and Clara Wingate with servant and driver Snow-ball ~ Submitted by Paul VanWagoner from the Collection of the Treloar Family with permission to post only on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
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Article Below: Miss Clara Wingate "without a doubt had more to do with the building up of Petoskey's two hospitals than any other woman in the city." Photo Below: Clara Wingate was included in the photo below with the Doctors Reycraft.
17 November 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Submitted by Paul VanWagoner
29 December 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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L>R: Dr. John Reycraft, a servant and driver named "Snow-ball," Dr. George Reycraft, and Clara Wingate ~ Submitted by Paul VanWagoner from the Collection of the Treloar Family with permission to post only on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
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It is not clear IF the photo above of the interior of the home is in the home/office of the Drs. Reycraft, OR IF it might be the interior of the Wingate Residence in the photo below beside the Petoskey Carnegie Library. IF it is the interior of the office, it could be in the Second Petoskey Hospital 1908 ~ 1911 two photos below. Also, note that Snowball (John Anderson) is pictured farther below as a "driver" in the 1910-1911 newspaper article of the nurses in a car. The Wingate residence was located at 447 East Mitchell Street, Petoskey, Michigan. After the deaths of the Drs. John and George Reycraft, Snowball was connected with the Hotel Perry. John "Snowball" Anderson was buried in the University of Michigan Medical School Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Wingate Residence and Petoskey Carnegie Library 9 April 1910 ~ ~ Submitted by Paul VanWagoner from the Collection of the Treloar Family with permission to post only on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
Photo Below: White horses stood in front of the Wingate residence as in the photo above. The location of the Petoskey Transfer Company and Standard Oil Company Office, managed by M.C. Windiate, becamse the Carnegie Library.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection (1903)
(Undated) HEADLIGHT, a periodical devoted to the interests of railroads and railroad centers
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(Undated) HEADLIGHT, a periodical devoted to the interests of railroads and railroad centers
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Article Below: The 1983 Petoskey News Review article below stated much of the history of the Medical community,
and explains how Petoskey ended up with more than one hospital.
The continued page 5 has not yet been scanned and put on-line, so is not posted here.
and explains how Petoskey ended up with more than one hospital.
The continued page 5 has not yet been scanned and put on-line, so is not posted here.
Petoskey Directories indicate the locations of the offices of the Drs. Reycraft
(Information submitted by Linda Harvey)
(Information submitted by Linda Harvey)
Petoskey City Directory 1903:
George E Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
John J Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1905:
George E Reycraft, physician and Mayor of Petoskey, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
John J. Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1911:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1913:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1915:
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 305 ½ Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1917
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1919
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
George E Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
John J Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1905:
George E Reycraft, physician and Mayor of Petoskey, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
John J. Reycraft, physician, 305 ½ Howard, Mich Tel 46, Swaverly Tel 8; boards at The Cushman
Petoskey City Directory 1911:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1913:
George E Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
John J Reycraft resides 305 ½ Howard
Petoskey City Directory 1915:
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides 305 ½ Howard
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 305 ½ Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1917
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
Petoskey City Directory 1919
George E. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) general manager Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
John J. Reycraft (Reycraft and Reycraft) vice president Petoskey hospital, resides Main cor Grand
Reycraft and Reycraft (George E and John J), Physicians & Surgeons, office hours 11-12 am, 2-4 and 7-8:30pm, 314-316 Howard, tel 46
The Division of Medical Services
"One hot summer day in 1909 an event took place at Lockwood Hospital splitting the practice of medicine in Petoskey into two camps, where it remained for almost 70 years." The problem arose when a GR&I Railroad worker was injured, and he was refused admittance to Lockwood Hospital because Dr. John Reycraft could not be located. Dr. Reycraft was the surgeon who took care of the railroad employees. An altercation ensued, and ended with the Drs. Reycraft brothers leaving Lockwood Hospital, and moving their patients to the house in the photo below on Arlington Avenue. ~ Quotation from: Intensive Caring The Story of Northern Michigan Hospital published in 2002. A copy can be located in the Michigan Room at the Petoskey District Library.
The Third Petoskey Hospital [Photo Below] was located on Arlington Avenue.
The booklet PETOSKEY 'QUEEN CITY OF THE NORTH'
published many years ago stated about The Petoskey Hospital:
"The Petoskey Hospital was established January 10, 1908, by Doctors John and Geo. Reycraft, two of the most prominent of the professional men of this city, and has been very successful ever since. It is located on Arlington Avenue between Petoskey and Bay View, and is fitted up with fifteen beds, with trained nurses and assistants in charge. There are at present five young ladies being trained for nurses at this institution
The operating room is fitted up with especial care and with reference to the nature of the work to be performed, and contains a full complement of the latest and best surgical instruments and accessions. The hospital surroundings are sanitary and cheerful, the climate wonderful, making three features tending toward speedy recovery. Dr. John Reycraft has been located in Petoskey for the past fifteen years and Dr. Geo. Reycraft for about thirteen years, both having built up enviable practices in that time. Every person who has been a patient in this hospital speaks very highly of the treatment accorded them."
The operating room is fitted up with especial care and with reference to the nature of the work to be performed, and contains a full complement of the latest and best surgical instruments and accessions. The hospital surroundings are sanitary and cheerful, the climate wonderful, making three features tending toward speedy recovery. Dr. John Reycraft has been located in Petoskey for the past fifteen years and Dr. Geo. Reycraft for about thirteen years, both having built up enviable practices in that time. Every person who has been a patient in this hospital speaks very highly of the treatment accorded them."
THIRD Petoskey Hospital
Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
(Also the home of Drs. George and John Reycraft)
1908 ~ 1911
Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
(Also the home of Drs. George and John Reycraft)
1908 ~ 1911
The THIRD Petoskey Hospital, located at 204 Arlington Avenue Petoskey MI... the home of Drs. George and John Reycraft
14 February 1922 ~ Petoskey Evening News
The THIRD Hospital ~ 9 November 2021
Photo Below: Dr. Hihart, Drs. John and George Reycraft (center and right) with early staff
Little Traverse Historical Society Photo Collection (1908)
L>R: Louis Hankey, Curtis Wylie, Dr. John Reycraft, Dr. George Reycraft
Unknown Source (Undated)
12 August 1908 ~ The Petoskey Record
1908 ~ Death Certificate for Walloon Lake resident Jacob Rehkopf who died in the Petoskey Hospital, signed by Dr. George Reycraft
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5 February 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Obituary Above: Edith Miller Henderson, born at the family home on Walloon Lake, was a graduate nurse from the Petoskey hospital. On 1 December 1915 Edith married Robert Henderson. On 5 February 1917, after having worked with Dr. John Reycraft for about seven years, Edith died of a tubular pregancy.
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Dr. George Reycraft died in 1925 and his brother Dr. John Reycraft died in 1931.
29 January 1931 ~ The Emmet County Graphic
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29 January 1931 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Mahla "Mother" Ramsby who visited the sick and cared for the needy passed away in 1931.
13 April 1931 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Miss Elizabeth Schneider, Petoskey's own Florence Nightingale, graduated from the second class of the Petoskey Hospital School of Nurses in 1915. Her nursing tales captured the days before the new hospital was built, days of lumber camps with their accident cases, and traveling by horse and buggy to the patients. 
12 May 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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12 May 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Elizabeth Schneider, was born 28 May 1883 in Horton Bay and died at 99 in March 1983. She was a registered nurse, graduating from the Petoskey Hospital School of Nursing. She was a superintendent of Petoskey Hospital, a forerunner of Little Traverse Hospital. Miss Schneider was also the director of the school of nursing at the Petoskey Hospital prior to her retirement. She was a life member of the Petoskey District Nurses Association which she organized in 1920; a member of the American Nurses Association, a member of the American National League of Nursing’s Education; the American Red Cross; and various other civic organizations. ~ Information from Miss Schneider’s obituary
Click HERE to access additional information about
Elizabeth Schneider and her sisters Edith Henderson and Maud Miller
as presented and posted on the Greenwood History Archive website.
Elizabeth Schneider and her sisters Edith Henderson and Maud Miller
as presented and posted on the Greenwood History Archive website.
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1896 Article Below: Dr. Reycraft often had to attend work related injuries like that suffered from the nearby tannery in Kegomic.
29 July 1896 ~ The Daily Resorter
1 July 1899 ~ The Daily Resorter
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Dr. George Reycraft ~ Submitted by Geoff Guillaume from the collection of his grandfather Harold Guillaume
1 March 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
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Dr. Reycraft's home on Arlington Avenue as shown in the photo toward the top of this webpage
was very close to the Petoskey Winter Sports Park where he was going to go ice skating as in the photo below.
Dr. Reycraft Ready To Go Ice Skating At The Petoskey Winter Sports Park
8 March 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
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19 April 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
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11 March 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
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20 July 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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Walloon Lake has FIRST Scarlet Fever Death
House in Quarantine 1912 
12 January 1912 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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15 August 1912 ~ The Petoskey Record
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FOURTH Hospital in Petoskey
1911 ~ 1921
1911 ~ 1921
The Fourth Hospital in Petoskey was the converted Hotel Del Ray (later Moyer)
at 410 (also noted as 428) Emmet Street
with its mansard roof, on the corner of Michigan Street and Emmet Street.
It was staffed by Drs. John and George Reycraft.
at 410 (also noted as 428) Emmet Street
with its mansard roof, on the corner of Michigan Street and Emmet Street.
It was staffed by Drs. John and George Reycraft.
Little Traverse Historical Society Bob and Lila Ball Collection (Undated)
Photo Below Labeled: "Petoskey Hospital & Nurses Home"
Notice nurses sitting on the porch...
Notice nurses sitting on the porch...
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography in the William L. Clements Library University of Michigan Library Digital Collections (27 July 1910)
24 August 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
1910 ~ First Class of the Petoskey Hospital Training School For Nurses
24 August 1949 ~ Northern Michigan Review
Little Traverse Historical Society Bob and Lila Ball Collection (Undated)
The FOURTH Petoskey Hospital located at 428 Emmet Street Petoskey MI
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The FOURTH Petoskey Hospital located at 428 Emmet Street Petoskey MI
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17 February 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
8 June 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
26 February 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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21 November 1962 ~ Petoskey News Review
Obituary Above: Alfred "Fred" McManus was the last surviving son of the late W.L. McManus who operated the McManus Sawmill and McManus Planing Mill, a pioneer lumber company in Petoskey. The city of Petoskey purchased McManus Bear River holdings and the firm's Hydro-electric power plant in the 1930's. Fred and his wife Beulah (Jones) operated the Moyer Hotel from the late 1930's. They purchased it from the late D.H. Reycraft and the building was erected about 1900 as the original Petoskey Hospital.
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Undated
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey Newspapers (10 July 1952)
Blaze at Moyer
1955
1955
25 November 1955 ~ Petoskey News Review photo/text accompanied article below...
25 November 1955 ~ Petoskey News Review article accompanied by photos/text above...
Another Fire at the Moyer
1963
1963
13 November 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review... article continues next column
13 November 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review article accompanied by photo/text at left...
10 February 2020 ~ OLD Del Rey Hotel (Fourth Hospital Building in Petoskey, Michigan)
8 November 2021
Two Photos Below: Almost a year later than above photo, and not much improvement made other than removal of the scaffolding; still boarded up building openings, missing upper siding/roofing... What a site for the neighbors to have viewed for years.
On 15 March 2017 the property was sold by Elias Amash for $67,000.00 to Jonathan Scheel's "Hotel Del Rey LLC". This unfinished state of the building was while Scheel was running for Michigan congressman... NOT a great example of caring for the neighborhood or those he hoped to represent, while he owned the property. Scheel sold the property 1 July 2022 to John P. Silva of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, for $125,000.00. How long will the city continue to allow such blight to exist?
On 15 March 2017 the property was sold by Elias Amash for $67,000.00 to Jonathan Scheel's "Hotel Del Rey LLC". This unfinished state of the building was while Scheel was running for Michigan congressman... NOT a great example of caring for the neighborhood or those he hoped to represent, while he owned the property. Scheel sold the property 1 July 2022 to John P. Silva of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, for $125,000.00. How long will the city continue to allow such blight to exist?
8 October 2022
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8 October 2022
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Below: The City of Petoskey City Council meeting for 23 January 2023 presented the following Project Summary/Property History regarding setting a hearing regarding the "Potential Establishment of an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act (OPRA) District for 424 Emmet Street."
Agenda Memo for Petoskey City Council meeting ~ 23 January 2023
29 August 1919 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Article Below: By 1919 the Fourth Hospital located on Emmet Street had "enjoyed a steadily increasing patronage until for many months patients have been housed in nearby residences. This condition made it necessary to enlarge the institution and it was decided to purchase the Hotel Perry."
21 August 1919 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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21 August 1919 ~ The Levering Local
The Perry Hotel was never converted to a hospital because interested citizens convinced the Reycrafts into maintaining the hotel in its operations for the tourist trade [The Stafford's Perry Hotel has a designated "Reycraft Room" on the main floor]. The Drs. Reycraft still recognized the need for a larger hospital facility than the Emmet Street Hospital so they did buy the Grand Hotel building in 1921. Petoskey's Grand Hotel, however, was sold previous to the Reycraft purchase, to an Ontario purchaser as noted in the 29 October 1919 Petoskey Evening News article below:
29 August 1919 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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When Dr. John Reycraft first came to Petoskey he had a satelite office in Mackinaw City under the name of Reycraft & Brown. Dr. George E. Brown practiced there as a surgeon for twenty years for the G.R. & I. Michigan Central and D., S.S. & A. railroads at Mackinaw. Dr. Brown passed away in the West in 1919.
10 February 1919 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Fifth Hospital in Petoskey
1921 ~ 1939
1921 ~ 1939
Later, in 1921, the Petoskey Hospital was located on the Bear River which fed out of Walloon Lake,
just before emptying into Little Traverse Bay beside Petoskey.
This hospital was again a converted hotel; originally built in 1902 with a capacity for 100 guests.
The original hotel, named the Haertal Inn, was owned by Harry Haertal.
In 1915 it was sold to George and Corbett W. Doherty who were meat dealers.
Then it became the Grand Hotel at 105 West Lake Street.
It was purchased by the Drs. George and John Reycraft for a hospital in 1921.
The Petoskey Hospital in the photo below shows on the front left with its building reflected in the river.
The 22 June 1948 Petoskey Evening News had an article titled: "History of Old Chief Petoskey Is Clarified By Local Woman" ( Ethel Rowan Fasquelle). She wrote: "And where did the Petoskey family live? Let someone ask any member of the old Knecht family, for the grandfather of the present generation of that family bought the old Petoskey home, located on the spot where the old Petoskey Hospital used to stand, and moved it across the street and lived in it many years ago to make room for a modern residence in the block west of of the water works building. It was a very good looking two story house as I recall it when the Petoskey family lived in it."
Submitted from the Collection of Ross Renwick
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography in the William L. Clements Library University of Michigan Library Digital Collections (Undated) created by Foley
Petoskey Hospital By Photographer Foley
Petoskey Hospital Front Entrance
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Petoskey Hospital Front Entrance
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Mineral Well In Front Right Looking Across Bear River At Petoskey Hospital
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June 1917 ~ Petoskey Hospital Viewed In Background With Men Marching Over The Mitchell Street Bridge
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Corner Of Petoskey Hospital Far Left With Extended View Of Surroundings
The travel guide Petoskey PE~TO~SE~GA - THE RISING SUN Page 6 describes the two hospitals in Walloon Lake's neighboring Petoskey:
"A blessed boon to those who chance to need surgical or medical attention are Petoskey's two celebrated hospitals. Lockwood Hospital, located at the very highest altitude in this city of elevations, removed from contact with industry and commerce, is at the same time within five minutes of the business section of the city. Under the supervision of eminent physicians and surgeons, this community institution has sent back, complete in health, innumerable seemingly incurable invalids.
The Petoskey Hospital, situated directly on the shore line of Little Traverse Bay, is a thoroughly modernized example of sanitation where medical and surgical science finds highest expression. The great popularity of the famous surgeons in charge brings from all directions vast numbers of people for treatment.
Add to the natural curative qualities of Petoskey's clarified air and mineral waters the protective qualities of these two thoroughly equipped and efficiently managed hospitals, and visiting invalids are certain of both climatic and scientific conditions in unusual combination."
"A blessed boon to those who chance to need surgical or medical attention are Petoskey's two celebrated hospitals. Lockwood Hospital, located at the very highest altitude in this city of elevations, removed from contact with industry and commerce, is at the same time within five minutes of the business section of the city. Under the supervision of eminent physicians and surgeons, this community institution has sent back, complete in health, innumerable seemingly incurable invalids.
The Petoskey Hospital, situated directly on the shore line of Little Traverse Bay, is a thoroughly modernized example of sanitation where medical and surgical science finds highest expression. The great popularity of the famous surgeons in charge brings from all directions vast numbers of people for treatment.
Add to the natural curative qualities of Petoskey's clarified air and mineral waters the protective qualities of these two thoroughly equipped and efficiently managed hospitals, and visiting invalids are certain of both climatic and scientific conditions in unusual combination."
11 July 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News #1
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11 July 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News #2
The 1910 Petoskey Evening News article above stated the Petoskey Hospital was organized in January 1907 and incorporated under the state law of Michigan as a public institution in June 1909, and goes on to list the officers. |
15 June 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
18 June 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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22 June 1910 ~ The Petoskey Record
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~ Death Claims Doctor George E. Reycraft ~
1925
1925
26 January 1925 ~ Petoskey Evening News article continued below...
26 January 1925 ~ Petoskey Evening News article continued from above...
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27 January 1925 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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~ Death Claims Doctor John Reycraft ~
1931
Dr. John Reycraft owned the Birch Point Resort on Walloon Lake. He owned his Reycraft Forest on the shores of Walloon Lake, being one of his choice undertakings. There he had 150 acres of virgin timber, with many more acres reforested. He often said he wanted this plot maintained forever, so that the coming generations might see how Michigan timber lands once appeared. He also was a member of the Walloon Lake Country Club.
29 January 1931 ~ Petoskey Evening News continued next column...
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10 March 1941 ~ Petoskey Evening News
18 December 1978 ~ Petoskey News Review
16 October 1943 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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16 February 1960 ~ Petoskey News Review
Article Left: Additional information about the accomplishments, and community contributions, of Dr. George Nihart may be accessed in acompilation of the Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, Michigan, by clicking HERE.
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Dr. H. Allan Rankin, MD, 85, passed away 4 October 2016 in North Carolina. His obituary tells that "In the mid-1960s, Dr. Rankin returned to school to pursue a fellowship in Nephrology at the Cleveland Clinic. After earning his fellowship, Dr. Rankin joined Burns Clinic Medical Center in Petoskey, Michigan, where he was part of a group of nephrologists who worked with the auto industry to create the FIRST mobile dialysis unit in the country, thus providing crucial access to kidney dialysis for patients in outlying areas."
Lockwood Hospital History
7 June 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat
Lockwood Hospital opened in 1902.
The ORIGINAL Lockwood Hospital
was located on Lockwood Avenue in downtown Petoskey MI.
Later on, after that building was razed, Lockwood~McDonald Hospital was built on Arlington Avenue Petoskey.
Lockwood ~ McDonald Hospital also was razed, and the John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Center
has been built in the same general vicinity.
Photo Below: On the back of the photo below it was written:
"Josiah 'Cy' Couch homesteaded 80 acres site of old Lockwood Hosp. Petoskey Mich"
was located on Lockwood Avenue in downtown Petoskey MI.
Later on, after that building was razed, Lockwood~McDonald Hospital was built on Arlington Avenue Petoskey.
Lockwood ~ McDonald Hospital also was razed, and the John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Center
has been built in the same general vicinity.
Photo Below: On the back of the photo below it was written:
"Josiah 'Cy' Couch homesteaded 80 acres site of old Lockwood Hosp. Petoskey Mich"
Submitted by Dean and Marna Wheaton ~ Josiah Couch age 70
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12 April 1937 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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29 November 1901 ~ The Independent Democrat
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Newspaper Clipping Showing Photo Of Original Size Of Lockwood Hospital
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Two Photos Below: Lockwood General Hospital before the addition... showing the planted fields surrounding it. In 2017 the hospital has been razed, and the land has been developed into houses, with the Lockwood Field Playground still remaining. The playground was called "The Tanks" at one time because that was where city water tanks were located... "Let's go play at 'The Tanks.'"
A women's organization, "Home Benevolent Society" included Mrs. Anne Kirkland, the widow of Petoskey's first doctor, Dr. Little. The hospital benefited from the women's group which raised funds and undertook various other endeavors. Even employees, and other community members worked together to help offset hospital expenses. "For instance, Bill Bathke, a janitor at the facility, kept a garden on the land near the city reservoir to supply vegetables to the Hospital. He also dug a root cellar behind the Hospital on Lockwood Avenue to preserve root vegetables for winter use. In addition, a cheap supply of milk was made available from a cow donated to the Hospital by then trustee Morgan Curtis. The cow was pastured on the spot that is now Lockwood playground." ~ Quotations from: Intensive Caring The Story of Northern Michigan Hospital published in 2002. A copy can be located in the Michigan Room at the Petoskey District Library.
Submitted by Paul VanWagoner from the Collection of the Treloar Family with permission to post only on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
Submitted by Paul VanWagoner from the Collection of the Treloar Family with permission to post only on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
David V. Tinder Collection of Michigan Photography in the William L. Clements Library University of Michigan Library Digital Collections (1928)
"In 1938 an addition to Lockwood General Hospital was completed including a nursery, dietary, dining and laundry facilities as well as increasing the capacity to 44 patients.
At the same time, a drive to build a new Petoskey Hospital was spearheaded by several summer residents. Built on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burns, the new hospital opened in 1939." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
At the same time, a drive to build a new Petoskey Hospital was spearheaded by several summer residents. Built on land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Dean Burns, the new hospital opened in 1939." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
Lockwood General Hospital With New Addition
3 November 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
1 March 1911 ~ The Petoskey Record
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15 December 1911 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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31 December 1913 ~ The Petoskey Independen Page 4
8 August 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News and Daily Resorter
1941 Article below reads:
"Lockwood General Hospital, the pioneer hospital of Petoskey was organized as a non profit corporation in 1901. It was made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lockwood. On June 29, 1899, they deeded the Oriental Hotel property to nine Petoskey citizens who were to act as a Board of Trustees. B.H. Cook was elected president. Leon Chichester, treasurer, and Chalmers Curtis, secretary.
In 1900 Isaac D. Toll offered Toll Park as the site for the hospital and on Feb. 9, 1900 deeded the property to the Hospital Board. On April 10, 1901, construction of the building commenced and was completed the following year July 15, 1902, the first patient was admitted. In October, 1901, Mrs. Annie Kirkland presented the suggestion of organizing a Ladies Auxiliary board. The following year the opening of the institution "Hospital Day" was inaugurated.
Various improvements have been made the past ten years in enlarging and modernizing the present building. On December 6, 1937, work was started on a modern fireproof addition which was completed in July, 1938, making additional capacity of 25 beds, or a total of 50 beds, operating room and delivery room.
Administration of the Hospital affairs is conducted in a self perpetuating board of which Watson Snyder is president, C.F. Garvin, vice president and W.B. Lawton, secretary and treasurer.
Other members include Water Schlechte, G.F. Bain, C.W. Christopher, G.W. McCune, George Danser, Dr. R.D. Engle, Mrs. G.W. Whitfield, Mrs. Sarah J. McDonald, Mrs. Thomas McKeachie.
Miss Helen Malpass is superintendent of nurses and Don Brown is business manager."
"Lockwood General Hospital, the pioneer hospital of Petoskey was organized as a non profit corporation in 1901. It was made possible through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lockwood. On June 29, 1899, they deeded the Oriental Hotel property to nine Petoskey citizens who were to act as a Board of Trustees. B.H. Cook was elected president. Leon Chichester, treasurer, and Chalmers Curtis, secretary.
In 1900 Isaac D. Toll offered Toll Park as the site for the hospital and on Feb. 9, 1900 deeded the property to the Hospital Board. On April 10, 1901, construction of the building commenced and was completed the following year July 15, 1902, the first patient was admitted. In October, 1901, Mrs. Annie Kirkland presented the suggestion of organizing a Ladies Auxiliary board. The following year the opening of the institution "Hospital Day" was inaugurated.
Various improvements have been made the past ten years in enlarging and modernizing the present building. On December 6, 1937, work was started on a modern fireproof addition which was completed in July, 1938, making additional capacity of 25 beds, or a total of 50 beds, operating room and delivery room.
Administration of the Hospital affairs is conducted in a self perpetuating board of which Watson Snyder is president, C.F. Garvin, vice president and W.B. Lawton, secretary and treasurer.
Other members include Water Schlechte, G.F. Bain, C.W. Christopher, G.W. McCune, George Danser, Dr. R.D. Engle, Mrs. G.W. Whitfield, Mrs. Sarah J. McDonald, Mrs. Thomas McKeachie.
Miss Helen Malpass is superintendent of nurses and Don Brown is business manager."
8 May 1941 ~ Petoskey Newspaper
Old postcard appears to be a similar view as used in the article above. Little Traverse Historical Society Bob and Lila Ball Collection (Undated) Created by Foley
Old postcard with a side view of the hospital... taken from Lockwood Avenue.
Aerial View of Lockwood Hospital With New Addition
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Aerial View of Lockwood Hospital With New Addition
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The above photo and article were published 12 May 1948 ~ Petoskey Evening News
1949
Lockwood Hospital Modernized
Lockwood Hospital Modernized
3 September 1949 ~ Petoskey Evening News
3 September 1949 ~ Petoskey Evening News
12 May 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Photo Below: This photo was taken as an interest article in the Petoskey News Review about the geese in the pond on the property of the Curtis Family. The Curtis home was on Lockwood Avenue right across from Lockwood Hospital which is in the background in the photo below.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1 May 1952)
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1 May 1952)
Two 1956 Photos Below: The perspective shows the back of the Lockwood Hospital with the baseball field in Petoskey's Lockwood Park which still exists in 2025. The view was looking out over the bay and some of the nieghborhood homes.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection (1956)
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection (1956)
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1962)
1962
Lockwood General Hospital has Purchased 13 Acres for New Lockwood McDonald Hospital Building...
Lockwood General Hospital has Purchased 13 Acres for New Lockwood McDonald Hospital Building...
4 April 1962 ~ Petoskey News Review
28 March 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
13 May 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
13 May 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
16 May 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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2 July 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Article Below: Lockwood MacDonald Hospital Ground Breaking Announced
9 July 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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12 July 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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7 August 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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8 August 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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6 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review
9 October 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
May 1965 ~ Lockwood Hospital
May 1965 ~ Lockwood Hospital
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May 1965 ~ Lockwood Hospital
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Photo Below and Article Right: It was reported that
the original Lockwood Hospital site (Lockwood Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan) became a single family residential development. 
25 December 1967 ~ Petoskey News Review accompanied the article at right...
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25 December 1967 ~ Petoskey News Review article was accompanied by the photo/text at left...
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Demolition of Lockwood Hospital
1967
1967
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (1967)
30 November 1967 ~ Petoskey News Review
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (December 1967)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (December 1967)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (December 1967)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (December 1967)
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The Beginnings of Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital
1963
1963
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1963)
13 July 1964 ~ Petoskey News Review
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (March 1964)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1964)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1966)
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review article accompanied photo below...
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review photo accompanied article above...
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review article right column continued below with left column and accompanied the photos below right...
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued from above right column and accompanied the photos at right and the one photo below...
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16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review photo accompanied article at left...
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review photo accompanied article at left...
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review photo accompanied article at left...
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16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review photo accompanied article...
16 August 1965 ~ Petoskey News Review photo accompanied photos and two articles above...
Expansion for Lockwood-MacDonald Office Suites/Offices
1970 and 1974
1970 and 1974
24 September 1970 ~ Petoskey News Review
6 December 1974 ~ Petoskey News Review
Building of the new John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion
2010
2010
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (2010)
Four 8 April 2012 Photos Below of the Lockwood McDonald Debris and the new Demmer Center: The NEW Lockwood McDonald Hospital (mentioned in the 1965 dedication articles and photos right above) built off Arlington Avenue lasted until 2012 when it was razed. The property in front of this Arlington Avenue location became an extension of McLaren Hospital as the John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center at 820 Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan. The Demmer Center opened its door on 11 July 2011.
8 April 2012 ~ Lockwood McDonald Hospital Debris (Hospice House-Hiland Cottage in the background)
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8 April 2012 ~ Lockwood McDonald Hospital Debris
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8 April 2012 ~ Lockwood McDonald Hospital Debris
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8 April 2012 ~ Lockwood McDonald Hospital Orange Fenced Debris Area beside the New Demmer Center
Below: John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center at 820 Arlington Avenue, Petoskey.
2021
2021
9 November 2021 ~ John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center at 820 Arlington Avenue, Petoskey, Michigan
~ Little Traverse Hospital History ~
Little Traverse Historical Society Bob and Lila Ball Collection (Undated)
LIttle Traverse Hospital at least 1939 after the roadway was constructed in fron of the hospital, and no addition yet...
1930s Little Traverse Hospital ~ Submitted by Geoff Guillaume from the collection of his grandfather Harold Guillaume
Back View of Little Traverse Hospital with one addition...
Postcard Below:
"Little Traverse Hospital provides modern medical care for residents and visitors in all of Northwest Michigan
as well as Petoskey, its home."
"Little Traverse Hospital provides modern medical care for residents and visitors in all of Northwest Michigan
as well as Petoskey, its home."
Little Traverse Hospital Advertising Postcard published by The Petoskey Cigar Co., Petoskey, Michigan (Undated)
A booklet titled "First Twenty Years of Little Traverse Hospital Petoskey, Michigan"
is very informative and includes interesting photos.
The above photo and article were published in 12 May 1948 ~ Petoskey Evening News
12 May 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
23 May 1938 ~ Petoskey Evening News article continued below left...
23 May 1938 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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24 May 1938
~ Petoskey Evening News
Additional information about Dr. Dean C. Burns may be found on the Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site's web page about "People."
On 29 April 1939, the Little Traverse Hospital, with 68 beds, opened its doors and patients were transferred from the Petoskey Hospital to the new $275,000.00 facility. The hospital has continued to be the largest year-round employer in Emmet County. Medical professionals moving to the area have positively impacted the community’s quality of life. ~ "Reflections"
a supplement to the Petoskey News Review |
Click HERE to access additional information about Dr. Burns collected by this same web master.
14 August 1941 ~ Northern Michigan Review
14 August 1941 ~ Northern Michigan Review (continued next column)
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14 August 1941 ~ Northern Michigan Review
4 September 1941 ~ Northern MIchigan Review
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16 October 1941 ~ Northern Michigan Review
Little Traverse Hall, the Nurses' Residence was completed in October 1939.
1939
29 August 1946 ~ Emmet County Graphic
11 May 1953 ~ Petoskey Evening News
20 August 1953 ~ Emmet County Graphic
11 May 1954 ~ Petoskey Evening News
2 August 1957 ~ Petoskey News Review photo/article continued below...
2 August 1957 ~ Petoskey News Review photo/article continued from above headline...
9 August 1957 ~ Petoskey News Review
10 September 1958 ~ Petoskey News Review
Little Traverse Historical Society Bob and Lila Ball Collection (Undated)
13 May 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
1 September 1961
Little Traverse Hospital Trustees and Medical Staff
Little Traverse Hospital Trustees and Medical Staff
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (September 1961)
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30 August 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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24 September 1963 ~ Petoskey News Review
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24 April 1964 ~ Petoskey News Review photo/text accompanied article below...
24 April 1964 ~ Petoskey News Review article accompanied photo/text above...
1967 Photo Below:
Little Traverse Hospital Construction
Little Traverse Hospital Construction
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (1967)
Booklet of Unknown Date
"Facilities expansions were completed on the Little Traverse Hospital in 1950, 1957, 1968, and 1972. (In 1939 the name was changed to reflect the regional nature of its services and patient population.)
As pressures to contain costs and fill or dispose of empty hospital beds grew in the 1970's, the two hospitals began to look seriously at the possibility of merger. After much discussion, studies and more discussion, the Boards of Trustees of the two hospitals voted to merge in June 1977. Thus, Northern Michigan Hospitals were born.
During the merger talks, plans for a $26 million expansion at the Little Traverse Division were finalized and later approved by the State. The dream shared by so many has now become a reality (Photos Below Left And Center). Yet with the completion of this our latest expansion, we mark only the beginning of a bright future of high quality health care for over 200,000 residents of Northern Michigan. Renovations continue at both divisions and are scheduled for completion in 1980. A new Mental Health Unit has been added at the Lockwood Division and Radiation Therapy services are slated to begin this September at the Little Traverse Division (Photo Below Right)." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
As pressures to contain costs and fill or dispose of empty hospital beds grew in the 1970's, the two hospitals began to look seriously at the possibility of merger. After much discussion, studies and more discussion, the Boards of Trustees of the two hospitals voted to merge in June 1977. Thus, Northern Michigan Hospitals were born.
During the merger talks, plans for a $26 million expansion at the Little Traverse Division were finalized and later approved by the State. The dream shared by so many has now become a reality (Photos Below Left And Center). Yet with the completion of this our latest expansion, we mark only the beginning of a bright future of high quality health care for over 200,000 residents of Northern Michigan. Renovations continue at both divisions and are scheduled for completion in 1980. A new Mental Health Unit has been added at the Lockwood Division and Radiation Therapy services are slated to begin this September at the Little Traverse Division (Photo Below Right)." ~ A HOUSE OF HEALING... BEGINNINGS ~ 1 AUGUST 1979 Pamphlet
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9 August 1979 ~ Petoskey News Review
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10 August 1979 ~ Petoskey News Review
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~ Medical Related News ~
10 August 1916 ~ Petoskey Evening News & Daily Resorter
According to the 1917 news article below:
Eventually, Dean Burns returned to Walloon Lake and to nearby Petoskey as a doctor
to open the Burns Clinic which was a miraculous medical facility for years...
where many Walloon Lake residents accessed their health care.
Article Below Left: Prior to leaving Petoskey Dean Burns worked at local Petoskey jobs.
31 March 1913 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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3 October 1917 ~ Petoskey Evening News Page 3
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Photo Below: The mural in the lobby of the Hospital from 1939 ~ 1981,
by Robert Bushnell Hyman was a gift from Mrs. Robert C. Wheeler and N.A. Owings of Chicago.
by Robert Bushnell Hyman was a gift from Mrs. Robert C. Wheeler and N.A. Owings of Chicago.
The handpainted wall mural in the entryway to the Burns Clinic is memorable.
16 March 1939 ~ Petoskey Evening News
28 June 1991 ~ Petoskey News Review article/photo continued below...
28 June 1991 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued from above...
Distinguished Doctors of Burns Clinic ~ FRONT ROW William S. Conway, MD; Dean C. Burns, MD; Benjamin B. Blum, MD; BACK ROW: A.J. Hegner, MD; Harris Lilga, MD and ??
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Distinguished Doctors of Burns Clinic ~ FRONT ROW William S. Conway, MD; Dean C. Burns, MD; Benjamin B. Blum, MD; BACK ROW: A.J. Hegner, MD; Mary Margaret McLeod, and Harris Lilga, MD
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Compare the painting in the photo above to the photograph above on the right. It appears that the painting was created from the photograph. The date of the painting is unknown, as well as the name of the artist is unknown. The two photographs above are very similar except the photo on the left has an unidentified man on the back right.
Photo of Painting hanging on the wall in the Burns Clinic Professional Building ~ 22 May 2008
Closeup of Bronze Label on Painting in Above Photo
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4 June 1942 ~ Emmet County Graphic
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Photo Below: SIXTY YEARS after the painting was dedicated doctors gathered
L>R: Dr. Hegner, Dr. Blum and Dr. Conway.
L>R: Dr. Hegner, Dr. Blum and Dr. Conway.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (June 1991)
Photo Below: Dr. and Mrs. Lilga with probably their oldest daughter Ingrid.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey Newspapers (December 1946)
Photo Below: Dr. Burns eventually had a cottage on Walloon Lake, and Dr. Lilga drowned in Walloon Lake.
31 January 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
31 January 1950 ~ Petoskey Evening News
This office, noted in above article, occupied by Dr. Alm (later by Dr. Reus) located at the corner of Lake and Park streets is the home of American Spoon Cafe in 2019.
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3 August 1950 ~ Emmet County Graphic
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1 August 1951 ~ Petoskey Evening News
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29 July 1954 ~ Otsego County Herald Times
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Photo Below: In 1954, Dr. Burns set the cornerstone for Burns Clinic.
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspaper (1954)
1978 ~ Dr. Burns Died
Dr. Dean Burns... 10 February 1978 ~ Petoskey News Review
10 February 1978 ~ Petoskey News Review
1993 ~ Dr. Conway Died
10 September 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued below...
10 September 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued from above...
10 September 1993 ~ Petoskey News Review
Photos Below: Posted on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site only by permission from
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
The photo illustrates the massive changes that have happened in the last years regarding the hospital facility.
For access to additional photos/information about the hospital expansion, click HERE.
remarkable photographer and videographer Charles Dawley of Up North Imaging.
The photo illustrates the massive changes that have happened in the last years regarding the hospital facility.
For access to additional photos/information about the hospital expansion, click HERE.
23 April 2020 ~ Charles Dawley (permission to post only on this Northern Mich~Mash Preserve web site).
~ The Hospital of the University of Michigan ~
1904
If Walloon Lake people were in need of more specialized medical care than the local area provided,
The Hospital of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor MI was already established by 1904
like in the photo and article below:
The Hospital of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor MI was already established by 1904
like in the photo and article below:
30 April 1904 ~ Charlevoix County Herald
30 April 1904 ~ Charlevoix County Herald
Probably Early 1900s ~ Submitted by Paul VanWagoner from the Collection of the Treloar Family with permission to post only on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
~ Early Ambulance and Funeral Home ~
(Walloon Lake Access)
Stone Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
(Walloon Lake Access)
Stone Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Photo Below : In Early Years, if Walloon Lake people were in need of ambulance service or a funeral home, Petoskey's Stone Funeral Home provided such access. Although ambulance service and the funeral home were both on Stone's 1930's advertisement below, the two services seem a bit diametrically opposed.
10 July 1952 ~ Petoskey's Centennial newspaper edition
18 June 1910 ~ Petoskey Evening News
The current owner of the Stone Funeral Home is Tim Londo who kept the longstanding community name provided by Nathan Stone who started the business in 1899. Tim Londo purchased the business from Roger Lintz.
3 February 1931 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Greenwood Photo Archive (Labeled as 1940, but is the same photo as in the 1931 advertisement above)
11 August 1949 ~ Northern Michigan Review article continued below (read ALL of this top section to then read below in correct order)...
11 August 1949 ~ Northern Michigan Review article continued from above...
23 May 1985 ~ Petoskey News Review
Stone Funeral Home, Inc. picture from the front of a memorial card (from about 1955) ~ Submitted by Dean Kleinschrodt
Photos Above (Click to Enlarge) :
The building of the Previous Stone Funeral Home
and
Ambulance Service
is shown in photos taken 19 September 2017.
The building of the Previous Stone Funeral Home
and
Ambulance Service
is shown in photos taken 19 September 2017.
In June 2017, Marilyn Stone Whitfield commented about the advertisement above, regarding her family's Petoskey business at 523 East Mitchell Street. She thought the advertisement was from the 1930s with the first clue being the 3 digit telephone number. Also, Marilyn's dad, Quinton J. Stone (son of Nathan Stone) was listed as the sec/treasurer. Quinton graduated in the mid 1920's from college so she thought that narrowed down the time frame.
In addition, Marilyn's brother Karl Stone has added much detail regarding the history of the funeral home building itself because in the advertisement picture above the building appears that it may have been a boarding house, or have had some other use at one time. Along with some of his Stone family's genealogy, Karl explained the progression of the entire building (never having been a boarding house) as shown in the advertisement above:
"This picture appears to predate the time my father, Quinton Joseph Stone, and family, moved into the renovated apartment above the funeral home ca. February 1939. The arch (?), like a huge hair pin, at the far left, rising above the back portion of the funeral home, was gone when we moved there. I have no idea what its function might have been. There was no separate building behind the funeral home, all of it being a single, connected structure. However, the front is a wooden, frame building, the back is of cement block and brick. The second story of the wooden building was the apartment. The two front windows above the funeral home porch lighted the original bedroom of my siblings and me. In the mid 1940s, two additional bedrooms and a porch were added on top of the brick building, with windows facing the street, for my brother and me, and one for my sister with a window facing the back porch, along with the door to the porch. The trees in the advertisement were located in the neighbor's yard behind the funeral home.
Nathan and second wife (Maud Rowena (Ball) Stone), were living in the apartment when Dad and Mom decided to move from their original house on Lindell Avenue in Petoskey, for considerable convenience. My Grandparents moved to their new (?) home on State Street. When the apartment was renovated, we moved in.
The basement was unfinished, but later, part became a "game room" for us three kids around 1947-8, along with a bathroom. In the late 1950s or early 1960s, the room became the new embalming room. A room at the rear of the basement became a laundry room, a bit of a trip for Mom to do the laundry! In between the two rooms was a storage and work room, with another small storage room and coal bin bordering the alley. I don't know the history of the building before 1939. but that could be found at the city property records.
The ground floor of the frame building housed the business entry room, business office, a second room used for extra seating space as needed and a piano, and one family room. To the rear was the embalming room which later became a small bedroom for Dad's convenience, while the former game room became the new embalming room, after the family moved to their home in Rosedale on Boulder Lane in 1950, along the shore of Little Traverse Bay. There was a small, windowed porch bordering the alley where flower baskets and flower stands were stored. Behind the frame building and next to the brick building was a small backyard with a large, multi-armed clothes line. We also raised rabbits in a two-storied hutch next to the brick building.
The brick building housed an auditorium-sized room for services, and also served as a sales room for families to choose a casket. A long row of folding padded chairs lined the west wall. I used to crawl through the bottom openings of the long row, pretending it was a tunnel to a mysterious treasure. Eventually it became too small to navigate! Behind the auditorium-chapel was an unheated room for storing caskets brought up from the garage basement underneath, moved on an elevator up to the room. Recently shipped caskets were stored in their shipping crates in the large basement garage temporarily.
Dad graduated from DePauw University in 1925, and assisted his father, Nathan Jarvis Stone, who founded the Stone Funeral Home in 1899. Dad became secretary of the business in 1930.
Shortly after WWII, renovations included a new business room, located in the center of the former porch, recessing the entrance to the apartment, while the entrance to the funeral home became more open by the removal of the windowed wall on the far right of the building. The former business office became another family room and a bathroom, much more accessible to the public than the original bathroom upstairs in the apartment. A third family room took up part of the former "second room" mentioned above. A lighted plant scape was added to the entry, filled with tropical plants.
I don't know when my Grandfather, Nathan Jarvis Stone, retired, nor when my Father became President (or perhaps bought the business). Dad and his brothers had shares in the funeral business, all of which eventually were sold to the Funeral Home. Donald Paul Ross, Dad's long time assistant, took over the business some time in the 1960s. At some later date, the business was sold to the present owners (?) and moved to the new location. A law firm bought the building at a later date, making further renovations."
~ Karl Stone (28 June 2017)
In addition, Marilyn's brother Karl Stone has added much detail regarding the history of the funeral home building itself because in the advertisement picture above the building appears that it may have been a boarding house, or have had some other use at one time. Along with some of his Stone family's genealogy, Karl explained the progression of the entire building (never having been a boarding house) as shown in the advertisement above:
"This picture appears to predate the time my father, Quinton Joseph Stone, and family, moved into the renovated apartment above the funeral home ca. February 1939. The arch (?), like a huge hair pin, at the far left, rising above the back portion of the funeral home, was gone when we moved there. I have no idea what its function might have been. There was no separate building behind the funeral home, all of it being a single, connected structure. However, the front is a wooden, frame building, the back is of cement block and brick. The second story of the wooden building was the apartment. The two front windows above the funeral home porch lighted the original bedroom of my siblings and me. In the mid 1940s, two additional bedrooms and a porch were added on top of the brick building, with windows facing the street, for my brother and me, and one for my sister with a window facing the back porch, along with the door to the porch. The trees in the advertisement were located in the neighbor's yard behind the funeral home.
Nathan and second wife (Maud Rowena (Ball) Stone), were living in the apartment when Dad and Mom decided to move from their original house on Lindell Avenue in Petoskey, for considerable convenience. My Grandparents moved to their new (?) home on State Street. When the apartment was renovated, we moved in.
The basement was unfinished, but later, part became a "game room" for us three kids around 1947-8, along with a bathroom. In the late 1950s or early 1960s, the room became the new embalming room. A room at the rear of the basement became a laundry room, a bit of a trip for Mom to do the laundry! In between the two rooms was a storage and work room, with another small storage room and coal bin bordering the alley. I don't know the history of the building before 1939. but that could be found at the city property records.
The ground floor of the frame building housed the business entry room, business office, a second room used for extra seating space as needed and a piano, and one family room. To the rear was the embalming room which later became a small bedroom for Dad's convenience, while the former game room became the new embalming room, after the family moved to their home in Rosedale on Boulder Lane in 1950, along the shore of Little Traverse Bay. There was a small, windowed porch bordering the alley where flower baskets and flower stands were stored. Behind the frame building and next to the brick building was a small backyard with a large, multi-armed clothes line. We also raised rabbits in a two-storied hutch next to the brick building.
The brick building housed an auditorium-sized room for services, and also served as a sales room for families to choose a casket. A long row of folding padded chairs lined the west wall. I used to crawl through the bottom openings of the long row, pretending it was a tunnel to a mysterious treasure. Eventually it became too small to navigate! Behind the auditorium-chapel was an unheated room for storing caskets brought up from the garage basement underneath, moved on an elevator up to the room. Recently shipped caskets were stored in their shipping crates in the large basement garage temporarily.
Dad graduated from DePauw University in 1925, and assisted his father, Nathan Jarvis Stone, who founded the Stone Funeral Home in 1899. Dad became secretary of the business in 1930.
Shortly after WWII, renovations included a new business room, located in the center of the former porch, recessing the entrance to the apartment, while the entrance to the funeral home became more open by the removal of the windowed wall on the far right of the building. The former business office became another family room and a bathroom, much more accessible to the public than the original bathroom upstairs in the apartment. A third family room took up part of the former "second room" mentioned above. A lighted plant scape was added to the entry, filled with tropical plants.
I don't know when my Grandfather, Nathan Jarvis Stone, retired, nor when my Father became President (or perhaps bought the business). Dad and his brothers had shares in the funeral business, all of which eventually were sold to the Funeral Home. Donald Paul Ross, Dad's long time assistant, took over the business some time in the 1960s. At some later date, the business was sold to the present owners (?) and moved to the new location. A law firm bought the building at a later date, making further renovations."
~ Karl Stone (28 June 2017)
NOTE: Emmet County's Property Search reveals that when last titled as Stone Funeral Home Inc., the property was sold to an investment Group on 12/15/1989. The property then went through several various property owners until the latest sale having been in 03/17/2016 to Sticks & Bricks LLC.
Click HERE to access In His Own Words ~ Petoskey's Karl Stone Recollects Wartime Life
as presented by Karl Stone and posted on the Greenwood History Archive website.
as presented by Karl Stone and posted on the Greenwood History Archive website.
12 September 1961 ~ Petoskey News Review
23 May 1985 ~ Petoskey News Review
8 November 1971 ~ Petoskey News Review
