Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Duxbury, Gertrude November 3, 1926 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 6, 2010, 9:13 pm The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Friday, November 5, 1926 (From a Sentinel-Standard Correspondent) (Saranac) Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Duxbury, Ionia county’s oldest resident, who died at her home in Saranac Wednesday afternoon, aged 98 years, were held Friday. Mrs. Gertrude Locher Duxbury was born in Baton, Germany, March 4, 1828. At the age of 15 years she came with her parents to America, and they settled in Norwalk, Ohio. She had two brothers, Joseph and Dr. Henry Locher, and one sister, Ann Locher, all of whom have preceded her to the great beyond. At the close of the Civil war, she was married to John Duxbury, and they came at once to Michigan, and bought a farm in Berlin township, on which they lived for about 40 years, until the tragic death of Mr. Duxbury. He was thrown from a load of produce when his team became frightened at a train and ran away. Mrs. Duxbury remained on the farm about a year, and then bought the home on Vosper street, where she has since lived. During the later years she has been faithfully cared for by Mrs. Jennie Brooks. Although confined to her bed for about a year with occasional weeks of serious illness, she was always cheerful and patient, and hopeful of the better life awaiting her. Her poor health prohibited her holding the usual “open house” to her neighbors and friends on her last birthday, March 4, 1926. She leaves one nephew, Charles Locher, of Saranac; many nieces, grand nieces, and great grand nieces and nephews. Rev. W. Halladay officiated, and burial was in the Saranac cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/duxbury3748nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb