WWII Coast Guard

Clyde W. Oliver, 82, of Arizona, formerly of Benton Harbor, died May 7, 1995, in Arizona.

Memorial services were held May 11 at University Presbyterian Church, Tempe, Ariz. A visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Purse Funeral Home, Tecumseh, Mich., followed by a graveside service at Ridgeway Cemetery, Ridgeway, Mich. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or Fairplain Presbyterian Church, 210 W. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor, of which he was a charter member.

Mr. Oliver was born June 22, 1913, in Britton, Mich. He was a graduate of Britton High School and Eastern Michigan University. While attending law school at Wayne State University, he enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, serving in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. He retired from Whirlpool Corp. in 1978, after 23 years. He moved to Arizona from Benton Harbor in 1982.

Survivors include: his wife, the former Lillian Hunt, whom he married Dec. 28, 1943; and a daughter, Susan Oliver of Scottsdale, Ariz.

The Herald-Palladium
Saint Joseph, Michigan