Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ellis, Sophia B. (Sheridan) 1935
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Belding Banner-News, 3 Oct 1935

Loved Old Lady Was Buried Monday

Mrs. Sophia B. Ellis, aged 83 years, who died in a Detroit hospital Friday
afternoon, following an accident, was buried by the side of her husband the late
George W. Ellis, in Otisco cemetery, Monday afternoon.  Funeral services were
held at the home of Ellis Ranney, a nephew, in Greenville, with Rev. St. Clair
Parsons officiating and paying a beautiful eulogic tribute to the deceased.

Mrs. Ellis was born in Connecticut July 10, 1852 and was adopted by Mr. and Mrs.
Hiram H. Belding, spending her early childhood in Chicago.  In 1887 she was
married to George W. Ellis and for some years made her home in this city on what
is now the Ranney farm, later making her home in Philadelphia.  Much of the last
two score years of her life has been spent with her nieces, the Misses Hattie
and Carrie Ranney and with nephews, Ellis and Roy Ranney of Greenville.

Mr. Ellis died while a guest at Hotel Belding in this city in 1909 and he was
buried in Otisco cemetery, and the remains of Mrs. Ellis were placed by his side
Monday afternoon.

Mrs. Ellis is remembered by many of the older residents of this city as a
kindly, gentle woman of fine character and her passing, even at the ripe old age
which she attained, is being spoken of with regret by her friends who in
speaking of her recall many fine and generous deeds of charity which marked her
life.


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