Cass County MI Archives Obituaries.....Marrs, Nancy Marie September 8, 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Ellen Drolet MaryDrolet@comcast.net August 28, 2010, 10:26 pm Niles Daily Sun, Friday evening, September 8, 1916, page 1, col. 4, Niles Daily Sun, Friday evening, September 8, 1916, page 1, col. 4, Microfilm Niles District Library PIONEER SETTLER DIES OF OLD AGE Nancy Marie Marrs Passes Peacefully Away at Her Home Near Pokagon At 2 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Nancy Marie Marrs, a pioneer resident of Cass county, passed away at her home near Pokagon, aged 80 years, Death resulted from senility. Mrs. Marrs, who was loved and respected by a wide circle of friends, leaves six children to mourn her passing. They are Arthur, Frank, Perry and Clyde Marrs, and Mrs. Cora Morgan and Miss Matilda Marrs., all of whom, except Mrs. Morgan, who resides in Florida, live in this vicinity. The funeral services will take place in the Union or South Berrien Centre church at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, Rev. Frank Wright, of Pokagon, officiating. Additional Comments: Per State of Michigan Death Certificate, Nancy Maria Marrs, widow, died in Howard Twp., Cass Co., Michigan. She was born in Mich. Feb. 8, 1836, daughter of Martin Friley, born Kentucky, and Susan Farley, born Canada. Reporter Clyde Marrs. Cause of Death Old Age. Burial at Union Centre Church. HE Price, undertaker. Burial Records of Union Church located at M-140 and Pokagon Rd., Berrien Center, Nancy Marie Marrs, Lot C31. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/cass/obits/m/marrs8978nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb