Francis Dancer's obituary, Vermontville, Eaton County, Michigan
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SUBJECT: Francis DANCER
SUBMITTER: Jan Lubitz Sedore
EMAIL: am0773@a1access.net
DATE: May 30, 1999
SURNAMES: DANCER, FITCH, BARBER
THE VERMONTVILLE ECHO
June 14, 1905
(Typed as printed)

OBITUARY: FRANCIS DANCER

In the death of Francis Dancer, better known to everyone as Frank, another
well known resident of Vermontville has gone to answer the last call which
is now sounding so often for the veterans of the civil war.

Mr. Dancer was born at Undila, Livingston County, this state on August
13, 1842, where he lived until six years of age when he moved to Jackson
County with his parents, living at Waterloo. When nineteen years of age
he enlisted in the 1st Michigan Regiment, serving therein two years when
he was discharged for disability. He was married to Julia Fitch at Pittsburgh,
Ingham County, February 22, 1868. After marriage they lived for a time
in Jackson County when they moved to Nashville in 1874, where for a number
of years they run the Nashville House. Selling this they spent a year at
Hastings and four years at McBride. They sold out the hotel at this place
and purchased a farm near Lansing where they lived until October 1885,
when they came to Vermontville and took the Loomis hotel, which they conducted
for seven years. They then sold out and moved to Lansing where they resided
until about seven years ago when they moved back here where they have since
lived.

Up to within a few weeks, Mr. Dancer has been in pretty good health but
five weeks ago he was obliged to give up and go to bed and steadily grew
worse until his health, which occurred Thursday.

The funeral was held Saturday morning at the family residence, Rev. Haynes
officiating, the G. A. R. post of which he was a member attending in a
body and acting as pallbearers and escort to their dead comrades. Mr. Dancer
is survived by his wife and only daughter, Mrs. E. D. Barber.

Those present from away to attend the funeral were his sister, Mrs Leighton
of Fennville, Mrs. McIllwain of Hastings, and Nelson Drake of Charlotte.

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the many friends who, by their
kind words and deeds assisted in the last sickness and burial of our husband
and father.
Mrs. Francis Dancer and Mrs E. D. Barber.