Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Durkee, Lottie Mary (Chapman) (Mrs. Lafayette H.) December 5, 1941
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Lake Odessa Wave - Times -December 11, 1941
            MRS. LOTTIE DURKEE PASSED AWAY DEC. 5
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      DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER MRS. ERNEST BEARD. 
          FUNERAL AT THE HOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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   Lottie Mary Chapman, daughter of Peter and Diana Chapman, was born October 6,
1859 in Leicester, 
Livingston county, New York, and departed this life December 5, 1941.
   She attended school at Mt. Morris near her home.  When a young girl she with her
parents came to Detroit 
living there one year.  They then moved to Chatham, Can., where she attended the
Ursuline academy until she 
had nearly completed a four year course.
   In about 1873 she came to Michigan and prepared to teach school and secured her
certificate.
  On July 3, 1875 she was united in marriage with Lafayette H. Durkee.  To this
union six children were born, 
the eldest dying in infancy: Clarence H., living near Barryton, Lois E. (Mrs. Arthur
Leigh) of Lansing, Raymond 
E. of Grand Rapids, Alive V. (Mrs. Ernest Beard) of Lake Odessa, and Mildred M.
(Mrs. Douglas Bouck of 
Grand Ledge, survive.
   At an early age she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and remained a
loyal member.  For years she 
taught classes in the Sunday school.  She was always zealous in the case of
temperance, having served as 
president of the local W.C.T.U. and of the county organization.  For her,
"Righteousness exalteth a nation, but 
sin is a reproach to any people" had real meaning.
   For the past two years she has been cared for in the homs of her children.  The
welfare of her family was 
always uppermost in her thoughts.  She was generous to a fault.  The entrance of her
son Raymond into the 
christian ministry was oe of the real joys of her life.
   The esteem of a host of friends bears testimony to the genuineness of her life. 
"She hath done what she 
could."  Always aiding others in sickness and health, having acquainted herself with
much practical 
knowledge for the help of others.  She leaves besides her children 21 grandchildren
and 21 great-
grandchildren.
"Build thee more stately mansions
O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll--
Leave thy low vaulted past;
Let each new temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea."
   The funeral was largely attended Sunday afternoon at the Beard home with the Rev.
C. E. Thies her pastor 
officiating.  The pall bearers were her grandsons.  Mrs. Thomas Johnson furnished
music.  Burial was at 
Lakeside.

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