Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Barnes, Lavina Belle 1942 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 7, 2012, 6:13 pm The Portland Observer, Thursday, January 1, 1942 Mrs. Joseph Barnes passed away Friday, December 26, at a Grand Rapids hospital where she had been taken a week before following a fall in which she sustained a broken hip and several other injuries. Her maiden name was Lavina Belle Griffin and she was born in Eaton Rapids, September 15, 1866. She was married to Mr. Barnes on April 22, 1905. The couple settled on a farm in Danby township where they resided until last July when they moved to Portland village, selling their farm to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Noren. Mrs. Barnes is survived by the husband; a brother, Almerion Griffin, of Mason and a sister, Mrs. Mina Reynolds, of Eaton Rapids. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Neller Funeral Home in Portland, in charge of Rev. N. B. Lawrason of the Portland Methodist church, with burial in Danby cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/barnes17663nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb