Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Downing, Emma J. 1937 ************************************************ 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 16, 2013, 10:39 am Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 20 Sep 1937 Mrs. Emma Downing, 80, wife of the late Samuel Downing, died at her home at 718 Hackett street, Sunday morning, after a brief illness. She was born December 27, 1857, at Ada, Michigan. Her marriage to Samuel M. Downing took place April 3, 1895. She had been a resident of Ionia for the past forty years, and was a member of the Presbyterian church and an active member of the Women’s Relief corps. Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Marietta Coe of Ionia, two step-daughters, Mrs. Ira Eldridge of Pasadena, California, and Mrs. Bertha Adams of Los Angeles, California. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Myers funeral home in Ionia. Interment will be at the Balcom cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/downing20898nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb