Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Berry, Frances A. (Tower) 1908
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Belding News, 9 Jan 1908; Belding Banner, 16 Jan 1908

Another Pioneer Gone,  Mrs. Frances A. Berry Passed Away Last Monday After a 
Very Brief Illness.

Mrs. Frances A. Berry, widow of the late Edwin R. Berry a resident of Belding 
and vicinity for more than sixty years, died at her home in the Third ward last 
Monday after a brief illness, aged 65 years and seven months.

Deceased was born in Oakland county, Michigan and came to Oakfield township 
with her parents when two years old.  Later her parents moved to Cook’s Corners 
where they resided several years, after which they moved to Grattan Center.

On August 25, 1862, she was married to Edwin R. Berry.  To this union two 
children were born as follows:  Mrs. Fred Thompson of Otisco and Joe Berry of 
Houghton, Mich.  Besides the two children, Mrs. Berry leaves five brothers and 
four sisters, as follows: Benedict, Joseph and Lemuel Tower of this city; Dick 
Tower and Mrs. Cordelia Fisk of Otisco; David Tower of Clairmont, S.D.; Mrs. 
Permilia Pease of North Branch, Mich.; Mrs. Elizabeth Brooks, of Howard City, 
and Mrs. Elva Heth, of Lake City.

Deceased was a kind, generous and wholesould woman and will be greatly missed 
by a host of neighbors and friends.

Funeral services were held at her residence at 10 o’clock this forenoon, 
conducted by Rev. N.J. Meyrs, and which were attended by a large concourse of 
sorrowing relatives and friends.  Interment in the family lot in the Otisco 
cemetery.

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Frances A. Berry, widow of E.R. Berry, late of Co B, 25th Mich. Vol Infty, was 
born in Oakland county, Michigan, Nov. 21, 1842.  She came to Otisco with her 
parents at an early age and attended the Cook’s Corners school until she began 
her work as a teacher in the district schools of Otisco.

She was married to her late husband Aug. 25, 1862, and after his return from 
the army in 1865 they became residents of the farm west of Cook’s Corners, 
where the son-in-law, Fred Thompson, now resides.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Berry were charter members of Dan S. Root Post, G.A.R. and 
W.R.C. and were respectively their commander and president, and both were 
efficient members therein until they passed away.

Mrs. Berry was always a kind hearted, generous neighbor and friend and one who 
was ever ready with word and deed to give aid and cheer to those who were in 
need.  She leaves one daughter, Mrs. Fred Thompson, who lives on the old home 
farm, and one son, Joe T. Berry of Houghton, Mich., to mourn her loss, besides 
five brothers, four sisters and a host of friends and neighbors, who, with the 
Post and Corps, will greatly feel the loss of her presence.


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