Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bird, Harriett Jane 1970 ************************************************ 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 mransom311@gmail.com June 1, 2014, 3:19 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, January 12, 1970 A former Belding resident, Mrs. Harriett Jane Bird, 91, of 5688 Vining, Greenville, died Saturday at Altona following an extended illness. She was born in County Cork, Ireland, May 29, 1878 and was also a former resident of Bedford City, Va., and Lakeview. A member of Belding United Methodist church, she also belonged to Graylers, Blue Star Mothers, Farm Bureau, Otisco Farmers club, and Green Community aid. Her maiden name was Harriett Jane Jennings and her husband Samuel Bird died in 1947. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Lincoln of Greenville, and Mrs. Don Ecklund of East Tawas; five sons, Jess J. Bird of Knoxville, Tenn., Wilford and Richard S., both of Belding, George H. of Greenville and James B. of Fresno, Calif.; 25 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; brother, Bern Jennings of Essex, England. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Charles M. Courser funeral home in Belding. Rev. Ross Tracey will officiate and interment will be at Green cemetery. Family will be at the funeral home Monday from 7 until 9 and Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Bearers will be Jess, Wilford, George, Richard and William Bird, and Russell Lincoln. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bird25208nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb