Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Doty, Lillie I. (Buttermore) 1958 ************************************************ 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 January 15, 2010, 2:08 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 30 Dec 1958 & 3 Jan 1959 Mrs. Lillie I. Doty, 82, died at her residence on route four, Ionia, Monday afternoon after an extended illness. Mrs. Doty was born in Mishawaka, Ind., November 27, 1876, one of 14 children, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Buttermore. She was married to Wilbur Doty at Ionia, March 29, 1894. Mrs. Doty made her home in and around Ionia county most of her life and had resided at her present residence the past 17 years. She is survived by her husband, Wilbur; two daughters, Mrs. Beulah Durkee and Mrs. Lulu Lapo of Ionia; a sister, Mrs. Ida Scott of Rockford; a brother, Alva Buttermore of Harrison; six grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 20 great- great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Phelps funeral chapel. The Rev. Heath T. Goodwin of First Methodist church of Ionia will officiate. Interment will be in the family lot in Balcom cemetery. ---- Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p. m. at Phelps funeral chapel for Mrs. Tillie I. Doty, 82, who died Monday at her home on route four, Ionia. The Rev. Heath T. Goodwin conducted the services and interment was in Balcom cemetery. Bearers were Lloyd Hampshire, Floyd Hampshire, Robert Densmore, Norman Perry, Russell Shattuck and Henry Visser. Attending from out of town were Mrs. Dan Burgess and Mrs. Leon Burgess of Greenville; Mrs. Roy Buttermore and Mary and Mrs. Louise Bunning of Bailey; Mr. and Mrs. James Keast and family of Hastings; Mrs. Louise Bigger and Mrs. Marion Doty of Orleans; Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Weller of Owosso; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Harroun and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Harron of Kalamazoo; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Buttermore of Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Miller of Sturgis; Mr. and Mrs. James Collins of Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bixby of Saranac; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Densmore and family of Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/doty2527nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb