Ionia-Barry County MI Archives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Hannah April 17, 1937
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The Lake Odessa Wave, Thursday, April 22, 1937
Mrs. Hannah Wright Carpenter of Lake Odessa, bur formerly a resident at 
Woodland most of her life, passed away at the lakeside home of her husband 
Claude B. Carpenter, Saturday after a short severe illness form pneumonia.  
She had been in poor health for the past year leaving her a favorable subject 
for the disease which took her life.

The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the Methodist church in Woodland 
where she had been a member most of her life.  The pastor, the Rev. F. J. 
Fitch, officiated and burial was made in the Woodland Memorial park.

The deceased for many years following the death of her first husband, R. Lee 
Wright, was a business woman well respected and patronized; in fact, she kept 
her business until her health failed.  She leaves many friends who have been 
greatly concerned by her failing health.  She was a most loving and loyal 
mother, wife and friend who will be greatly missed by her daughters and by the 
husband of recent years.

Those from a distance who were in attendance at the funeral were Miss Jennie 
Wright of Washington, C. D.; Mrs. Elva Sawyer of Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Lottie 
Davis and Elwood Batdorf of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kepner and Mrs. A. 
Upton of Carson City, Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver of Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. 
Richard Blough and family of Grand Ledge. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Williams and 
family of Dowling, Mr. D. W. Mead and daughter Mrs. Helen Finker, and Mrs. 
Mary Davidson of Kalamazoo, and Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Covert of Holland.

Hannah B. Williams, the daughter of Daniel and Rebecca Williams, was born in 
Drake county, Ohio, on August 13, 1867, and passed away at her home in Lake 
Odessa on April 17, 1937.  She came to Michigan in early childhood and settled 
in Woodland township where she spent her remaining years.  On September 13, 
1885 she was united in marriage to Robert Lee Wright.  To this union were born 
two daughters, Jennie V. and Jessie V.  For 34 years she was associated in 
business with her husband at Woodland until his death in 1925, and continued 
the business from that time until 1936 when ill health forced her to dispose 
of it.

On July 14, 1935 she was united in marriage to Claude B. Carpenter of Lake 
Odessa. Mich.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Woodland 
for many years, and was also a member of the Ladies Aid society, the Woman’s 
Foreign Missionary society and the Woman’s Study club.

Because of her genial manner she leaves a host of friends who mourn their 
loss.  Surviving are her husband, her daughters, Jennie V. Wright at 
Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Jessie V. Covert in Lake Odessa, Mich.; one 
granddaughter, Mrs. Elva Covert Sawyer in Chicago, Ill; five sisters, Mrs. 
Sarah Mohler, Mrs. Jennie Slocum, Mrs. Ella Flory, and Mrs. Maggie Munion, all 
in Woodland; and Mrs. Anna Weaver at Hastings, Mich.; one brother, Isaac 
Williams at Dowling, and seven stepchildren.  



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