Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cortright, Ada 1902
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The Lake Odessa Wave, July 10, 1902


The saddest home coming that we have been obliged to chronicle in a long time 
was that of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cortright last Sunday morning, when they returned 
home from Grand Rapids, where Mrs. Cortright went on the Thursday before to 
undergo an operation at the U.B.A. hospital for cancer.  Mrs. Cortright came 
home a corpse while her grief stricken companion was hardly able to hold up 
under the terrible shock.

The case was sad because it takes from the town a bright young woman whom all 
knew; and because it deprives a husband and son of the nearest and dearest one 
on earth.  Outside of the family it came as a bolt of lightning from a clear 
sky.  Hardly anyone who knew Mrs. Cortright was aware of her ailments, and 
that she intended submitting herself to an operation in order to prolong her 
life which must soon end under existing conditions.  She appeared the same 
jovial, kind self to all who knew her, and if she suffered it was not evident 
to those who came in contact with her.

Tuesday noon, with her husband, she went to Grand Rapids to consult the 
physicians with regard to her condition.  Dr. Charles N. Snyder accompanied 
them.  On this day she was acquainted with her condition and that her only 
hope to lengthen her days was to submit to an operation, although she may live 
a year or two without it.  She insisted that she did not want to be eaten up 
by the cancer and was ready for the operation.  But she was prevailed upon to 
return home and make preparation.  

Thursday noon she again returned to Grand Rapids, Mr. Cortright and her mother 
accompanying her.  Friday morning at about ten o’clock the operation was 
performed by Dr. Wm. Fuller, one of the most successful surgeons of the city.  
Mrs. Cortright seemed to recover nicely from the operation, and seemed to be 
getting along as well as could be expected, those with her having every reason 
to believe that she was getting well.   Saturday evening at about 8:30 o’clock 
a change was noticed by the nurses in attendance, and within a very few 
minutes her life had ebbed away.  The husband and mother were with her about 
five minutes before the end came, having just stepped out for a short time.

The remains were brought home Sunday morning, the funeral was held at the home 
Tuesday forenoon, and the remains interred in Lakeside cemetery.  Rev. Wm. 
Skentelbury preached the sermon.  Those present from out of town were Mr. and 
Mrs. Wm. Wright and son and daughter, Will and Jennie, of near Vermontville, 
Mr. and Mrs. John Cortright, son and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. 
Cortright, of Kalamo; Mrs. Wm. Ball, of Charlotte, and Harry Ostrander, of 
Adrian.

Mrs. Cortright was born at Adrian, January 31, 1871.  A short time after her 
birth her parents moved on a farm in Kalamo, where she lived until nine years 
ago, when she was married to W. Cortright.  To this happy union was born a 
son, who remains to mourn the loss of a mother’s care and influence.  Shortly 
after the birth of the son, who is now nearly eight years old, the family 
moved to Lake Odessa, where they have lived ever since, acquiring a broad 
circle of friends.  All who had ever met Mrs. Cortright speak kindly of her.  
She possessed a character unassailable, a true womanly grace not commonly met.

Although she took a great chance to free herself of the terrible disease that 
had fastened itself upon her, she realized fully her danger, and bravely met 
it.  After the operation had been performed those in attendance had every 
reason to believe that it had been successful and that she would speedily 
recover; but through one of the baffling little mishaps that some times occur 
in surgery, her life was snuffed out before a step could be made toward her 
relief.  A clot of blood formed in the end of an artery cut off, and instead 
of dissolving and returning as is the rule, the clot floated back to the heart 
intact, and there lodged and stopped the work of that organ.


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