Obituary of Emma I Fuller, Coats Grove, Barry County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Debra Eddy. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. _____________________________________________________________________ EMMA I. FULLER [The Hastings Banner, Wed., March 23, 1932, pg 5, col 5] OBITUARY Emma I. Fuller, daughter of John J. and Cordelia Fuller, was born December 16, 1852 on the old Fuller homestead at Coats Grove. She attended country school and also Hastings High School. On January 1, 1871 she was united in marriage with Austin C. Barnum, and to this union four children were born. One passed away in infancy. Those surviving are Mrs. Edna A. Wood of Hastings, Mrs. Mary W. Kiley of Detroit and J. H. Dwight Barnum of Coats Grove, also four grandsons and one great granddaughter, one brother, Lee S. Fuller of Hastings and one sister, Carrie A. Kennedy of Grand Rapids. She passed away March 16, 1932 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Wood of Hastings where she had made her home. She was a kind and loving mother and always busy doing for her family, and ready and willing to do for others. The funeral was held at the Coats Grove church Friday, March 18, 1932, conducted by Rev. Wing of Woodland. Burial in Fuller Cemetery. dz