Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dunsmore, Richard 1940
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 20 Nov 1940

R. Dunsmore, Ionia Dairy Owner, Dead

Richard Dunsmore, 65, a life-long resident of Ionia county and for many years a
dairy farm owner, died suddenly in Los Angeles, California, according to word
received by his family in Ionia Wednesday.  He died Monday.  Mr. Dunsmore and
his wife and daughter, Ruth, had left Ionia more than a year ago to live in
California where Ruth, a vocal student, was enrolled in a voice school.  He had
been ill with a heart ailment for a number of years but appeared to be in
reasonably good health before his sudden death.

Mr. Dunsmore was born in Ionia county July 12, 1874, the son of George and Emily
Dunsmore of Ionia.  He attended the Steele district school during his boyhood
and later entered the Ionia public schools where he attended high school.  In
1907 he was married to Rhoda Prescott, also of Ionia, in Ionia.

Since his marriage Mr. Dunsmore worked as a farmer and later became employed at
the Hayes-Ionia factory.  He later owned and operated his dairy farm a half mile
north of Ionia on M-14 which is now operated by Mrs. Ariel Dunsmore, his
daughter-in-law.  Less than two years ago Mr. Dunsmore’s son, George was
instantly killed in an auto collision at Berlin Center.

Funeral arrangements have not yet been made pending arrival of the body on
Saturday.  Mrs. Dunsmore and Ruth are enroute to Ionia from California.

Surviving besides the widow and daughter Ruth are a son Herbert Dunsmore of
Marshall, a daughter Mrs. Raymond Warden of Ronald township and two sisters,
Mrs. Love Hines of Tucson, Arizona, and Mrs. Ora Thompson, of Holt.

Mr. Dunsmore was a former Elks Lodge member and was a member of the Methodist
Church of Ionia.

[Transcriber’s note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Easton Cemetery.]


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