Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Conklin, Stanley "Sam" 1944
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Belding Banner-News, 4 May 1944

Former Western Resident Is Buried Here.

Funeral services for Stanley (Sam) Conklin, aged 87 years, who died at the Home
for the Aged, at Grand Rapids, Monday noon, were held at St. Joseph’s Catholic
church in this city Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock, with Rev. Fr. Ralph Kelly
officiating and following a prayer service at the Hall and Cichy funeral home at
7:45.  Burial was in St. Joseph’s cemetery here.

Mr. Conklin was born at Ann Arbor, on October 2, 1856, and as a young man, after
his marriage to Miss Elizabeth Kerns, at Ann Arbor, with his wife, he took up
his residence on a farm neat Trufant where he resided for some time.  Mrs.
Conklin preceded him in death 36 years ago.

For many years he was a resident of western states, living for a long time near
Hettinger, S. D., and also for a number of years at Thermopolis, Wy.  Nine years
ago he came to this city, where, for a time he made his home with his two
daughters and later on taking up his residence in what is now the Edmund Quillan
home on Fair street.  Three years ago, with his health failing, he went to the
Home for the Aged at Grand Rapids, where he had been given every care and
attention by the Catholic sisters who conduct that institution.  For the past
year he had been compelled to use a wheel chair.

Two years ago Mr. Conklin asked to be allowed to become a member of the Catholic
church and the consolations of his faith gave him strong courage and he looked
forward eagerly to the fulfillment of the promises of the Redeemer.

Surviving are two daughters; Mrs. Mae Thomas and Mrs. Ed. D. Engemann, Sr., both
of this city; also six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.


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