Edwin Southworth

Edwin L. Southworth, age 82, passed away at Lapeer Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer. Ed was born at home on July 10, 1927 in Ellington Township, the son of the late Frank & Lillian (Darbee) Southworth, and was a lifelong area resident. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1945, serving for ten months in Japan and Korea. Following his service in the Army Air Force, Ed was united in marriage with the former Loretta Conner on June 15, 1947 in Bay City. He was employed for several years with Don Adams at the Shell Gas Station in Caro and with Art DuRussel in construction, as well as other various jobs around Caro before accepting employment at the Caro Regional Center in 1961. He retired from his position as an attendant nurse in 1987 after twenty-one years of service. Ed most enjoyed being with his family, hunting, fishing, being outdoors, making maple syrup, building birdhouses and watching the variety of birds around his home. Surviving is his wife, Loretta Southworth of Caro; five children and their spouses, James Southworth of Kalkaska, Jeanne Frakes, Tim Southworth, Faye & Tom Childs, all of Caro, Pat & Freda Southworth of Mt. Pleasant; ten grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; four sisters and two brothers, Paula Ott of Fairbanks, Alaska, Leone Wolfgang and Margaret Waasdorp, both of South Branch, Betty Phillips of Mio, Fred and Bert Southworth, both of Caro, and many nieces and nephews.