Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Edwards, Lillian May (Kelley) 1942
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Ionia Daily Sentinel, 27 Jan 1942

Mrs. Lillian May Edwards, wife of Lester Edwards, died Monday at the home of 
her brother, James Kelley, in Napoleon, O., where she had been critically ill 
for several days following two strokes which began last Monday.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Edwards had been with Mr. Kelley since October at Napoleon.

Surviving are the husband, three sons, Frank of Traverse City, Clem of South 
Haven, and Leo of Ionia; four daughters, Mrs. Mabel Shoemaker of West Branch, 
Mrs. Theo Belle Shire of Lansing, Mrs. Sada Shuman of Detroit and Mrs. Alyce 
Fox of Lansing; one sister, Mrs. Florence Arnold of Detroit; one brother, James 
Kelley, of Napoleon, 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Two 
children, Grant and Earl, died in infancy.

Mrs. Edwards was the daughter of John and Mary Kelley, and after their deaths 
was reared by Samuel and Elizabeth Kelley.  She was married to Lester Edwards 
in Napoleon, O. in 1891.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards have lived in Ionia the past 40 years, and celebrated 
their golden wedding anniversary last October 15.  Since then they have been at 
her brother’s home in Napoleon.

The body will repose at the home, 643 Lafayette street, from 11:00 o’clock 
Wednesday morning until 11:00 Thursday morning, when it will be taken to the 
Myers funeral home.  Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. C. A. Brady at 
the Myers funeral home at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.  Burial will be at Highland Park 
cemetery.


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