Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Austin, Bertha (Grover) April 7, 1951 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 28, 2017, 9:50 pm Daily Sentinel-Standard - Tuesday, April 24, 1951 Mrs. Lowell Austin ORLEANS- Mrs. Lowell Austin of Morenci, died Saturday, April 7. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon, April 11 with Interment in Packard cemetery, Seneca township. She was born Bertha Grover in Ionia county and spent her early life in Orleans and Easton townships. She was married to Lowell Austin of Seneca about 53 years ago. Most of their married life was spent there where he was a rural mail carrier for many years. Six years ago they moved to Morenci where they have resided since. She was a past chief of Seneca Pythian Sisters and active in the Seneca Community church until failing health forced her to retire from civic affairs. Surviving are the husband, two daughter, Mrs. Elmer Borah, Milan and Mrs. Russell Sweet of Carson City; as son, Glendon of Waldron; nine grandchildren; three brothers and two sisters. Additional Comments: Funeral: Wednesday, 11 April 1951 Packard cemetery, Seneca Twp. 1900 Census - Lenawee Austin, Lowell 30 Bertha 20, b. 1880 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/a/austin5673gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb