Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Adgate, John W. 1931
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Ionia County News, 17 Sep 1931

John W. Adgate, 65 Drops Dead While Working in Field

Former Supervisor, Stricken While Helping Harvest Corn Crop

Believed to have over-exerted himself while assisting workmen to harvest a corn 
crop, John W. Adgate, 65, retired farmer and former member of the county board 
of supervisors, dropped dead on his farm in Orange township late Monday 
afternoon.

His body was found lying face downward in the field a moment later by J. E. 
Alsip, tenant on the farm, who with his son, Richard, and Fred Grundy, a 
neighbor and the latter’s son, Lester, had been at work some distance away.  He 
evidently had died instantly.

Since his retirement from active farming about 16 years ago, Mr. Adgate with 
his family had resided in Ionia, having purchased the sandstone residence of 
the late Watt Snell, at 642 West Main street.

Born June 29, 1868, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Adgate, pioneer settlers in 
Ionia township, Mr. Adgate had spent his lifetime in the county.  He served one 
term as supervisor for Orange township.

Surviving with the widow, Mrs. Nellie E. Adgate, are two daughters, Mrs. Harvey 
Phillips, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Mrs. Edith Aldrich, at home; three sisters, 
Mrs. Fred Scheurer, of Orange township; Mrs. Frank Taft and Mrs. Arton 
Benedict, both residents of Ionia township; two brothers, Lewis and Frank 
Adgate, and one granddaughter, Miriam Phillips.

Funeral services will be held from the home at 2 o’clock this afternoon and 
will be followed by further services in the LeValley church at 2:30.  Burial 
will be in Balcom cemetery.


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