10/1944 -Percy Seaman Peck
Mr. Peck, 66, who died Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Blodgett Memorial hospital where he had been a patient for nearly three weeks, was a life member of the Club.
Mr. Peck who was born in Grand Rapids in 1878, the son of John E. Peck and Hannah Carpenter Peck, founders of the Peck Brothers drug company, had been an active member of the Peninsular Club for 40 years.
The drug firm with which Mr. Peck was associated was founded by his parents and his uncle Thomas M. Peck in 1875 and was continued until 1914 when it was sold.
Mr. Peck was graduated from Grand Rapids high school, the Hill school of Pottstown, Pa., and the pharmacy school of the University of Michigan. He held degrees in law and pharmacy and passed the bar examination in 1900 and received his degree in pharmacy in 1903.
During the first world war he served on many committees in the Liberty Loan drives and was identified with the American Protective League. He was a member of various Masonic groups including the consistory and the commandery.
Surviving besides he widow are three daughters, Mrs. G. Mortimer Roberts,
Mrs. B. Bradford Apted, and Mrs. Howard V. Watson of Grand Rapids, and a sister, Mrs.
John Caulfield of Pasadena, Calif.
Transcriber: Barb Jones
Created: 7 July 2009
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