Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Crossman, Emma Jane (Welch) 1985 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 10, 2011, 12:00 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 19 Jun 1985 Emma Jane Crossman, 70, of 2748 Welch Road, Ionia, died Tuesday evening in Ionia County Memorial Hospital. Born Jan. 10, 1915, in Onaway, Mich., she was the daughter of Henry T. and Blanche Reynolds Welch. She graduated from Ionia High School with the Class of 1935 and attended Western Michigan University, from which she was graduated with a bachelor of arts in education. She taught in the Belding public schools. She also served as Ionia Township treasurer and as a board member of the Ionia County Chapter, American Red Cross. She was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church. She was married to D. Sheldon Crossman on Dec. 2, 1939, at the family residence in Ionia. They had made their home on the Welch family farm for the past 40 years. Surviving are her husband, a daughter, Mary Jo Crossman of Ionia; a brother, Douglas R. Welch of Ionia; cousins, nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place. No services will be held. A memorial has been established for the Ionia County Unit, American Cancer Society, in care of Hull Memorial Chapel, Muir, which made arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/crossman12924nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb