Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Allured, Emeline M. 1905
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The Ionia Daily Standard, Monday, July 3, 1905
The funeral service for Mrs. Emeline M., beloved wife of George H. Allured, 
was very largely attended at her late home on East Washington street, on 
Sunday afternoon, the seating of friends necessarily extending to the lawn 
after the four rooms of the residence had been filled.  It was intended that 
the service should be simple, in keeping with the simple life ways of 
deceased, but it was nevertheless beautiful in the arrangement.

The prayer and discourse were by the Rev. E. E. Branch of the First Baptist 
church, of which Mrs. Allured was so long, so active, and so consistent a 
member—one of that substantial chain of pioneer Christian workers, 
particularly of this church society, who are now so nearly all gone to their 
well-earned and eternal reward.  The singing was by a trio composed of Misses 
Kate Benedict, Winnifred Hearsey and Pearl Freeman.

Besides the husband, the four children who were born to them survive, as 
follows: William H. Allured of Los Angeles, Calif.; Edith, wife of Alderman 
John C. Beattie of this city; Sylvester G. Allured of Shenandoah, Iowa; and 
Grace, wife of Frank B. Cressy of this city; all of whom, save William were 
with the mother in her last moments.  There are two sisters, Mrs. Henry 
Hubbell and Mrs. Elizabeth Higbee, both of Ionia, and one brother, who resides 
in California.

Deceased was the daughter of Stephen and Olive Nichols, and was born in New 
York state.  She was born in September, 1840, and was married to George H. 
Allured on November 26, 1862.  For the 37 years last past they have occupied 
the home on East Washington street where, with an unfaltering trust in the 
Creator whom she loved and served, and at peace with the world, she breathed 
her last.  Mrs. Allured was one of that class who are genuinely mourned and 
much missed when through with life here.  Whether in church work, the lodge, 
or in whatever relation of life’s duties, she was always counted upon, and 
never in vain.

For forty years the bereaved husband has been engaged as an undertaker and 
funeral director.  He has laid to rest 6,800 persons, more than six thousand 
of them before there was a break in his own immediate family.  But of all 
these, this is the one that tries the heart.  Had Mrs. Allured lived until 
Sept. 24 next, she would have been 65 years old, and singularly, the 
grandmother follows George Beattie, the first one to be claimed by death out 
of this large family, whose birthday was also on the 24th day of September, 
and who was laid away on his birthday last year.

The funeral details were in charge of Director T. J. Bandfield of Portland, 
long an intimate friend of Mr. Allured, both of whom are known by the 
undertakers of the state as among the fathers of the State association of 
Funeral Directors.  The carriers were a son, two sons-in-law, and a nephew: 
Sylvester G. Allured, John C. Beattie, Frank B. Cressy, and Don A. Hubbell.  A 
goodly number of the members of Queen Esther chapter, Order of the Eastern 
Star, accompanied the remains to the grave, and at the graveside essayed the 
beautiful ritual service of the order.


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