Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Ruth Elizabeth (Cannon) April 24, 1931
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Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standars - Friday, April 24, 1931

                   EASTON FAMILY IS REUNITED IN DEATH'S HOUR
               Mrs. Grace Baldwin, Whose Whereabouts Were Unknown, 
                Located in South Two Hours After Mother's Passing

The body of Mrs. Ruth Elizabeth Brown, of Easton township was taken from an 
abandoned cistern underneath her home about 7:30 Friday  morning by her 
husband, Irving H. Brown, who had instituted a search of the farm buildings and 
grounds when it became known his wife was missing.

the woman had been suffering from dementia induced by protracted illness. She 
was 69 years of age.

Quietly and while other members of the household were unaware of her intentions 
she had stolen away and ended her life by plunging into the cavern, located in 
an out-of-the way spot beneath the kitchen, in the bottom of which there was 
water about five feet in depth. The cistern had not been in use for several 
years.

Desirous of conveying information of her mother's death to Mrs. Grace Baldwin, 
whose whereabouts were unknown do to her husband's occupation calling them into 
various parts of the continent. Mrs. Brown, appealed to Sheriff William Franch 
to broadcast the fact over the state radio at East Lansing.

About the same time a telegram was received from Mrs. Baldwin from Springfield, 
Missouri, where she presumably had received letters telling her of her mother's 
mental condition. The telegram enquired as to the condition of Mr. Brown's 
health. She and her husband Warner W. Baldwin had but recently returned from 
spending the winter in Cuba.

Coroner B. J. Boynton and Sheriff Franch decided an inquest was unwarranted 
upon investigating circumstances leading up to Mrs. Brown's death.

With her husband, Mrs. Brown had lived on the farm since their marriage 45 
years ago. She was born in Canada, but had lived in Ionia county since three 
years of age. Her early life was spent on her parents' farm in Keene township 
north of Potter's corners, where she lived until wed to Mr. Brown. 

With her husband Mrs. Brown ter. Mrs. Brown leaves a granddaughter, Mrs. 
Merrell Billings; a grandson, Harold Terry, and a great-grandson Jack Billings 
all of this city.

Additional Comments:
Mrs. Irving H. Brown
Easton cemetery #226

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