Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dolson, Mae (McKee) February 4, 1913 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com March 12, 2017, 11:23 am Ionia Weekly Standard - Friday, Feb. 7, 1913 In spite of a years illness, the death of Mrs. Rodney Dolson at six o'clock Tuesday morning was a shock to friends, as she had been out the previous afternoon. Her illness has lasted for about a year, during most of which time she has been here at the home of her brother, A. L. McKee. Mrs. Dolson's maiden name was Mae McKee. She came here with her family from Saginaw when she was about nine years old. She attended the public schools for some years and was afterward a student at the Academy of SS. Peter and Paul where she studied music besides taking the regular course. She had a soprano voice of unusual fineness and strength and was in demand for musical entertainments. Her marriage occurred when she was sixteen. For about six months afterward Mr. and Mrs. Dolson lived in Grand Haven, moving to Grand Rapids later. Last April, on account of failing health, Mrs. Dolson was sent west, but she returned in a few months, and has been in Ionia since. She was only twenty at the time of her death. Besides her husband she leaves a son, Roy Wellington Dolson, three years old, her mother, Mrs. Chas. McKee, and two brothers, A. L. and Fred C. McKee. The funeral service for the late Mrs. Rodney Dolson will be attended at the residence of A. L. McKee, on South Dexter street, on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, instead of at the Episcopal church, as previously announced. Interment in Oak Hill. _________________________ Weekly Standard - Friday, Feb. 7, 1913 Mrs. Rodney Dolson died at six o'clock a.m. Tuesday after an illness of about a year. She was only twenty years old. The funeral announcement will be made later. __________________________ Weekly Standard - Friday, Feb. 14, 1913 The funeral for Mrs. R. W. Dolson was held at the home of her brother, S. Dexter St., Friday afternoon. The ritual service of the Episcopal church was read by Rev. Mendenhall. The singing was by Mrs. H. E. Spencer,, Mrs. Geo. Broad, Mrs. Dell Connell and Miss Hazel Essick. The bearers were Don Cutler, Orry Waterbury, Leo Rector and Geo. Webber. Those attending from outside the city were Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Towne of Grand Rapids, Mrs. Roy McNaughton of Fruitport, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Raymond of Saranac. Additional Comments: Age: 20 Funeral: Friday, February 7, 1913 Oak Hill cemetery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/dolson5897gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb