Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Berry, Emeline (Babcock) 1908 ************************************************ 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 November 5, 2011, 11:16 am Belding Banner, 10 Dec 1908 The Reaper Death Takes Another Pioneer – Mrs. Emeline Berry Has Passed Away. The grim reaper has again invaded the ranks of the Orleans pioneers and taken from earth the beloved wife of Leander Berry, one of the old and respected pioneer citizens of that township. Mrs. Berry passed away Thursday, Dec. 3d, at about 11 o’clock a.m., aged 71 years and 10 months, having lived there more than fifty years. For the past four years her health had not been good and two weeks before her death she was taken worse and gradually failed, she was conscious however up to almost the last moment. Emeline Babcock was born in Ulster county, N.Y., Feb.4th, 1837 and came to Michigan in the spring of 1857. In December 1857 she was married to Leander Berry at Orleans where they had resided since then excepting a few years in the early days when they were residents of Otisco, going from there to the farm in Orleans. Mrs. Berry was a loyal member of the Orleans M.E. church and ever ready to assist in all good work and especially administering to the sick and afflicted. The funeral was very largely attended by old neighbors and friends who came to pay their last respects to one whom all loved. Rev. G.W. Maxwell officiated and Fred Cornell and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Cook sang. The deceased leaves, besides her husband, three sons and three daughters: Warren Berry of Sand Point, Idaho, Mrs. Anna French of Greenville, Mrs. Olive Anderson, Cadillac, Justus Berry, Six Lakes, M. L. Berry, Belding and Mida Bolster of Orleans. The remains in charge of Undertaker Ben Friedly were laid to rest in the Orleans Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/berry17138nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb