Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Burke, Mary 1931
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Lake Odessa Wave, 24 Dec 1931

The Hotel Burke was well filled Saturday at one p.m. when the service was held 
for the late Mary Burke who passed away Wednesday noon.  The body lay in the 
large reception room on the second floor amid a wealth of beautiful flowers.

The sermon was given by Rev. G. J. Start of the Congregational church, he 
taking for his text the twenty-third psalm.  Rev. Start gave a splendid 
personal tribute to the deceased and spoke of her generosity and love for the 
people whom she was ever able to lend a helping hand in their hour of need.  He 
also emphasized the necessity of being prepared for the inevitable which must 
come to all.

A quartette composed of George F. Kart, L. T. Gilson, M. G. Morgan and S. W. 
Dann accompanied by Morley Hough furnished the music.

The pall bearers were David Smith, Byron Goodsell, Dan Skellenger, Ed 
Shellhorn, George Kart and Louis Krieger.  The body was taken to Lansing for 
burial by Wortley & Baine undertakers.

The stores of main street were closed during the service out of deference to 
the deceased who had been a prominent business woman of the village for more 
than thirty years.

Mrs. Burke was 69 years of age.

Many friends were present from Detroit, Lansing, Ionia and nearer vicinities, 
aside from the local people.


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