Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Edwin R. January 7, 1918 ************************************************ 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: Suanne Tasker stasker@nomadinter.net February 4, 2012, 2:49 pm Ionia Standard, Fri., January 11, 1918 Edwin R. Brown of Ionia township died at 12:30 Monday at the age of 85 years. The funeral was held at 1:00 o'clock fast time, Wednesday afternoon at the house, Rev. E.E. Branch officiating. The funeral for Edwin R. Brown of Ionia Township was held at the home on Wednesday Rev. E.E. Branch officiating. Mrs. R.A. Colwell and Mrs. John Hodgkins sang. Burial was in Oakhill cemetery. Here from outside the city were Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thomas of Grand Rapids. Deceased was one of the most highly respected residents of the townhip - a worthy pioneer. He had been honored by his township by election and re-election to the office of Justice of the Peace for many years in this township, where political upheavals occur with nearly every returning town meeting day. He was strictly honest and hnorable in all his dealings with men. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/b/brown17530nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb