Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dinsmore, Anna M. (Sandborn) 1916
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Portland Observer, 31 Aug 1916

Fatal Stroke Results From Intense Heat.

Mrs. Anna M. Dinsmore, Long a Portland Resident, Is Victim of Apoplexy.

Was Active in Church and Fraternal Work

Was Wife of John B. Dinsmore, an Early Day Merchant, and Had Lived Here Since 
the Age of 12.

Mrs. Anna M. Dinsmore, for a great many years an active participant in the 
religious and fraternal life of the village, died at her apartments above the 
Observer office, in the new Blanchard block, at 5:00 o’clock Wednesday 
afternoon, of apoplexy, following an illness of a little more than a week.  The 
woman lapsed into unconsciousness shortly after 8:00 o’clock Wednesday morning 
and realized nothing from that time until the end.  In the opinion of Dr. Allen 
the stroke which caused her death was brought about by the recent excessive 
heat spell.  Since last Saturday Mrs. Dinsmore had been almost totally blind.  
Little hopes of her recovery were held out from the start.

Mrs. Dinsmore’s maiden name was Anna M. Sandborn.  She was born in New York 
state October 9, 1842, and came to Portland with her parents at the age of 12 
years.  Portland had been her home continuously since.  In December, 1860, she 
married John B. Dinsmore, one of the early merchants of the village, who died 
March 19, 1898.  The couple had no children.

Mrs. Dinsmore was the last member of a family of three children.  A brother, 
Norman T. Sandborn, for many years village marshal and deputy sheriff here, 
died in August, 1913, and a sister, Mrs. Mehitable Ayrault, passed away last 
fall in New York state.

For many years Mrs. Dinsmore was an active worker in the Portland Universalist 
church, retaining her membership until the society disbanded.  Recently, 
however, she had affiliated with the Christian Scientists.  She was also active 
in different fraternal auxiliary societies, having been at the time of her 
death treasurer of the Portland Rebekah lodge and chaplain of both the Eastern 
Star and Women’s Relief Corps.  She was recently selected chaplain for the 
approaching convention of the Easter Star orders of the county, to be held at 
Lake Odessa September 14th, and was making plans to attend.  She took a keen 
interest in the work and was a general favorite in fraternal circles, both at 
home and outside.  Her successor will by no means be an easy one to select.

Funeral services for Mrs. Dinsmore will be held at the Congregational church 
Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock.  Audley F. Hewitt, first reader of the First 
Church of Scientists, Grand Rapids, will officiate.  Burial will take place 
beside the grave of the husband, in Portland cemetery.


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