Berrien County MI Archives Obituaries.....Marsh, Thomas Alonzo  November 4, 1933
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Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 6, 1933, page 5, col. 2
Berrien County Record, Thursday, Nov. 9, 1833, page 1 col. 1, microfilm Niles
District Library

THOMAS MARSH, LOCAL PIONEER, BURIED YESTERDAY
Born in Bertrand Township in  1852; Died Saturday at Home near Madron Lake

	Last rites for Thomas Alonzo Marsh, native and pioneer of the Buchanan
district, were held on Tuesday afternoon, a service being held at 1:30 pm. from
his home, five miles northwest of Buchanan and a service from the Evangelical
church at 2:30 pm. Rev. W.F. Boettcher officiating.  Interment was made in the
oak Ridge cemetery.
		Obituary
	Thomas Alonzo Marsh was born in Bertrand township Berrien Co., Michigan, April
8, 1852.
	He was united in marriage to Margaret Fedore on Oct. 13, 1878.  To his union
were born 6 sons and 3 daughters.
	He was converted and united with the Evangelical church of Buchanan in 1897,
under the pastorate of Rev. F.C. Burger, and remained faithful to the end.
	Mr. Marsh spent his entire life in this community and state as a respected
citizen and neighbor.
	Three sons and one daughter precede him in death.
	Mr. Marsh lived to a good old age.  His health has been in his favor.  About
two years ago his health began to fail and for over a year he was confined to
his home
	The end came Saturday morning Nov. 4, at his home, where he has  resided for 36
yers.
	He leaves to mourn, his widow, three sons, Willard, of Bendon[sic], George and
Henry of Buchanan; two daughters, Mrs. Anna May Conrad and Mrs. Mabel Keller;
twenty grandchildren, ten greatgrandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Nettie Pitcher
of Buchanan; a nephew in Washington, D.C. and a host of friends.

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Niles Daily Star, Monday, November 6, 1933, page 5, col. 2, microfilm Niles
District Library

Hold Thomas Marsh Funeral on Tuesday

	BUCHANAN, NOv. 6--Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon for Thomas
Alonzo Marsh, 81 year-old pioneer of the Wagner district, who died Saturday in
the farm home where he had lived for the last 36 years.
	Prayer services will be held at the home at 1:30 o'clock, with the funeral
services at 2:30 o'clock in Buchanan Evangelical church, with the Rev. W.F.
Boettcher officiating.
	Mr. Marsh's entire life had been spent in the community.  He was born on the
Marsh homestead in Bertrand township on April 8, 1852, the son of Alonzo Marsh,
Bertrand township pioneer.  He was married on Oct. 13 1878, to Margaret Fedore
and they celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary last month.
	Surviving,  besides the widow, are three sons, the Rev. Willard Marsh, Benton,
Ind.; George, Buchanan; and Henry at home; two daughters, Mrs. William Keller
and Mrs. Manual Conrad, Buchanan; and a half-sister, Mrs. Nettie Lister Pitcher,
Buchanan. 
	Burial will be in Oak Ridge cemetery.



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