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Show MILFORDITE DIES IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL L. L. Army, for years associated with Milford railroad history, died Sunday night in the Veterans' Hospi-f Hospi-f tal in Chicago it was learned here yes- " Ci terday. For three years he had been ill and early in the summer had been taken to the Veterans' hospital at Excelsior, Michigan. When a week preceeding his death, his condition became more serious, he was removed to the hospi-tnl hospi-tnl in Chicago where it was hoped that better facilities would enable the physicians to save his life. There he died as the result of an operation that had been attempted three years previously prev-iously to remedy the stomach and intestinal in-testinal disorder that lead to his death. Mrs. Amy was with him when he died. Amy came to Milford with the opening op-ening of the Union Pacific line through here in 1903. lie lived and worked here until 1919 when he was transferred to Salt Lake and later to Compton, California where he and his family lived until he was taken east because of his illness. The, body will be brought back to Compton and services will be held there Thursday or Friday. At present, complete arrangements have not been made. He is survived by his wife, by a sis-v sis-v ter, and by his three children, Gilbert, Laural Dean, and Fuller of Compton. Amy was a native of Michigan, a veteran of the Spanish American War and a member of the Elks. |