Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Badger, Della May 1938 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net September 30, 2011, 11:50 am Lake Odessa Wave Times, 15 Dec 1938 Miss Della May Badger, 75-year-old Lake Odessa operator of a millinery shop, was found lying dead across a bed in the rear of her shop late Tuesday evening. Coroner Harry Myers, of Ionia, said she had been dead for about two days. Miss Badger was discovered dead by Walter Wortley, Lake Odessa funeral director, whose store adjoins that of Miss Badger. Wortley told Coroner Myers and Deputy Sheriff Leo Geller that laundry of Miss Badger was delivered late Tuesday and left at his store after an attempt was made to gain entrance. Wortley said he called Deputy Sheriff William Gardner who aided in breaking open a window. Coroner Myers said death was attributed to a heart attack. Miss Badger, a long time resident of Lake Odessa, had suffered from heart trouble for a number of years. She is survived by two sisters one of whom is Mrs. Andy Dirr, of Lake Odessa. There will be no inquest. [Transcriber Note: There is a notation on the obituary card that she was buried in Lakeside Cemetery.] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/badger17063nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb