Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crispin, Caroline D. (Moon) 1948
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2 Jan 1948

Mrs. Caroline D. Moon Crispin, 91, church worker and oldest member of the Ionia
First Baptist church, died at her home at 449 Rice street New Years evening,
January 1, at 10 o’clock after an extended illness.  She had been confined to
her home for a number of years due to ill health.  

She was born November 30, 1856, in Bridgewater, New York, where she spent her
early childhood.  She came to Ionia with her widowed mother when she was ten
years old.  Five of her mother’s brothers lived here at that time.,  She was
married to J.R. Crispin of Benzie county on October 7, 1875.  He preceded her in
death in 1918.  In 1880 she and her husband moved to Ionia into the house which
has been her home for 68 years.

She joined the First Baptist church of Ionia in her girlhood and continued as a
member throughout her life.  At the time of her death she was the oldest member
both in years and in duration of membership.

Mrs. Crispin is survived by a daughter, Ethel, of Ionia; three sons, Lynn of
Olympia, Wash., and Wilmarth and Edwin S. of Detroit; two grandsons, John W. and
Dwight M. Crispin of Detroit; and two great grandchildren, Mrs. William S. Adair
and John W. Crispin of Detroit.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Stone funeral home Monday at 2:30 p.m.
with Dr. J. Lee Lewis officiating.  Interment will be in the family lot at Oak
Hill cemetery.


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