Holland City News, Thursday, June 15, 1911

The funeral of Samuel Mountford, whose body was shipped from the Grand Rapids Soldiers’ Home to his home in this city, was held Monday at 10 o’clock from the home on West 13^th Street. Mountford was taken to the Soldiers’ Home a few weeks ago and his death occurred there. He is 74 years old and is survived by a wife who lives in this city. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. P. E. Whitman, pastor of the M. E. Church, and were in charge of the local post of the G. A. R.

(Mr. Mountford served in the 5^th Wisconsin Light Artillery and is buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery.)