Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bliss, Emma M. A. (Bartlett) May 18, 1900 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 26, 2017, 8:59 pm Ionia Sentinel - Thursday, May 24, 1900 Death of Mrs. Emma M. A. Bliss Mrs. Emma M. A. Bliss, sister of Mrs. Cora Perham and Mrs. George Clark, and daughter of Mrs. E. M. Bartlett, died at 5 o'clock Friday morning at her home, 127 Lafayette street, after an illness of two months or more. Mrs. Bliss was a good woman and her death is mourned. She leaves a family of five children - Bert B. Bliss, of Lake Odessa; Mrs. Fannie Phillips and John D. Bliss of Odessa township; and Mrs. Jessie Emmons and Robert Bliss of this city. She was born in New York state in 1844, and was a worth member of the Ionia W. R. C. and the Ionia county Pioneer society. The funeral was held from the Church of Christ Sunday at 2 p.m. _______________________ The funeral service for Mrs. Emma M. A. Bliss was attended at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Church of Christ, Rev. G. K. Berry officiating. There was a liberal attendance of relatives and friends, both the W. R. C. and the G. A. R., also Ionia hive, L. O. T. M., being generously represented, while a profusion of choice flowers was an expression of sympathy and esteem. The music was rendered by Mrs. Eugene Smith, Miss Matie Brooks, and Horace Peck and Clarence Winchell, and the carriers were the three sons and one son-in-law, Bert B. Bliss, John D. Bliss, Robert L. Bliss, and William Emmons. Interment in Highland Park. ______________________ Card of Thanks We desire to express our heartfelt thanks for the sympathy loving kindness and help of our friends during the sickness and death of Emma M. A. Bliss. MOTHER, CHILDREN AND SISTERS. The Ionia Sentinel - Thursday, May 24, 1900 Additional Comments: Age: 55 Funeral: Sunday, 20 May 1900 Highland Park cemetery Sec. #4 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/bliss5641gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb