Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....English, Myrtie M. 1909
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Lowell Ledger, 11 Mar 1909

Myrtie M. English -   Myrtie M., daughter of David H. and Sarah A. English was
born Nov. 26, 1871 and entered into rest, March 1, 1909.  Myrtie grew to
womanhood on the South Boston farm where her grandfather, Edson English, located
when he moved from Vermont 1840.  In childhood she attended the district school
at the North Bell and the Select School at the Grange Hall, later she was a
student at Clarksville seminary and the high schools of Lowell and Ionia.  When
a little girl, Myrtie united with the M. E. church at South Boston and when she
and her mother moved to Saranac after her father’s death she joined the M. E.
church of this village by letter.  When health permitted she was a regular
attendant at services and a willing worker to promote the interests of the
church.  While living in the country she was a member of the South Boston grange
and a regular attendant of its meetings.  She was also an interested member of
the Saranac Woman’s Relief Corps and had been chosen secretary and president of
the society.  During her illness of more than seven week’s duration she bore her
sufferings with Christian fortitude.  She was very patient and hopeful of
recovery to the last.  She leaves to mourn her untimely death, a widowed mother
and a large circle of relatives and friends.  Funeral services were held at
Saranac Methodist church Thursday morning, March 4, conducted by Rev. G. K.
Fairbanks.  Interment in South Boston cemetery.


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