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John LilBey, Former Tiger Catcher/Died At Provincial House At Age 90John K. Lilley, Sr. DO, 1:M N. Mulberry Street, a former Detroit Tiger baseball player, died at S :45 p.m., Wednesday in Provincial House win?re he hadUs. He had been in failing-been a patient for six wee health for several years.M arsha 11 hi pH school cafeteriaat 6:30 :p.m. tonight will he tin-scene of a banquet honoringlocal athletes.Draft Director Lewis R. Her *I •shey has advised local boards toPallow drafted students to finish their school term before theyI|are required to report for induction.The policy was adopted to ease the impact of the draft on the jstudents and the nation's grad- !%aate schools.I.illey -played for the Tigersm r.)o3 as a catcher, when WildRill Donovan was pitching and the Tigers won their first pennant lie was an avid baseball fan and whs honored at Briggs stadium, hv Walter Briggs and Harry Heilman on (*ki Timers Da\ in 11)33. although at the time lie was too ill to attend.lie graduated from Lehigh university us a mechanical eng-*ineer and was affiliated with“Wait Until Dark,” a goose impling stage thriller, will be ) resented at the Kalamazoo ?ivic theatre starting Dee. 6.Some Marshallites plan to ourney to Albion this week-endtn AtifA II-v t /\4j the Tiiela Delta Chi fraternity, j He was employed by Oldsmo-bile in Lansing for 25 years as production manager and later worked with Will Durant in the same capacity, retiring in 1946.Born Feb. -19. 1878 in Lancaster, a son of Eiphram and Emma (Keenan) Lilley, he was married in Angelica, N. Y. to Elizabeth Coats of Angelica on Aug. 21. 1910 and they made their home in Flint where he was associated with Walter P. Chrysler and Durant at the Bitick Motor Co. until he wentto Lansing in 1918.He had many personal friends Turn to Page 8, Column 8
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Marshall Evening Chronicle
Marshall, Michigan, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1968
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