Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cross, Mary E. M. May 11, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 13, 2010, 8:33 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, May 16, 1933 Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. M. Cross, who died Thursday morning at the age of 79, were conducted Sunday at the home by Dr. Paul L. Stewart. Those in charge of the music were nieces of Mr. Cross, Mrs. C. Ehlers, Mrs. W. McCauley and Mrs. M. Lovelace, all of Grand Rapids. The bearers were Clinton Sprague, Howard Sprague, Ivan Sprague, Charles Thomas, Robert Cobb, and Clinton Sible. Mrs. Cross, the daughter of John and Mary Stevens Robinson, was born in 1854 in … township, Kent county, attended the Shaffer school in that district and with her parents attended the Episcopal church in Grand Rapids for 48 years. In 1886 she was united in marriage to Arthur C. Cross, of Talmage, Kent county. In 1889 they moved to Lamont in Ottawa county where they were in charge of the Sisson and Lilly Stock farm for seven years, moving to Ionia county 31 years ago and living for nine years at Dildine Corners on a farm, moving then to the home in Berlin township where they have lived for 22 years. Mrs. Cross had been in failing health for years and during the last month of her life her suffering was severe. Relatives from out of town attending the services were Mrs. J. G. Woodbury and children, Muskegon; C. Heinzelman and family, Grand Rapids; Stuart and George Robinson, Paris township; Earl Robinson and family, Middleville, Mrs. S. Ashley and children, Hastings; Hiram Robins and family, Harvard; Mr. and Mrs. Wade and children, Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs. W. Velzy and children, Hazel Park; Mr. and Mrs. C. Veyzy, Fowlerville; Mr. and Mrs. W. Moore and children, Grand Rapids; F. T. White and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cross and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Cross, Mr. and Mrs. W. Castle, Mrs. James Lillie and families, of Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. F. Cross and C. Chapel and families, of Talmadge; Mr. and Mrs. A. Hawley and F. Garter and families, of Marne. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cross5514nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb