Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Adgate, Grace L. (Townsend) (Benedict) 1943
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Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, 13 Aug 1943

Mrs. Grace L. Benedict Adgate, 63, of Ionia township, died suddenly Friday 
morning at 6:10 o’clock in the Ionia County Memorial hospital.  She had been 
admitted to the hospital at 3:40 a.m. suffering with a heart attack.  She had 
been in ill health for several months but death was unexpected.

Born September 6, 1879, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Townsend 
of Orange township.  She attended the LeValley school and went to Michigan 
Agricultural college in Lansing.  In 1902, she was married to Earl Benedict and 
the couple spent the first eleven years on a farm in Ronald township.  From 
there they moved to a farm in Lyons township and it was there that Mr. Benedict 
died in October 1929.

She was married to Lewis Adgate on December 1, 1936, and the couple had resided 
on a farm in Ionia township.  He preceded her in death February 21, 1943.  She 
was a member of Le Valley church, the Ladies Aid society and the Social Hour 
club.

She is survived by the following children, George Benedict of Lyons, Emery 
Benedict of Greenville, Mrs. Greta Weller of St. Johns, Albert Benedict of 
Lyons, Roscoe Benedict of Saline, and Miss Verla Benedict at home; three 
grandchildren; her step-children, William Adgate and Mildred Eeisen of 
Portland, Oregon; two sisters, Mrs. Roy Reeder of Fenwick and Mrs. Clayton 
Sible of Flint; two brothers, Clifford Townsend of Ionia and Lynn Townsend of 
Ionia.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon with prayer services at the 
residence at 3 o’clock and at the LeValley church at 3:30 o’clock (ewt).  Rev. 
H. Howard Fuller will officiate and burial will be in the family lot in Balcom 
cemetery.

The body will be taken from the Stone funeral home to the residence in Ionia 
township on Saturday and will repose in the LeValley church one hour before 
services.


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