Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fea, William January 2, 1917
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Daily Sentinel - Tuesday & Wednesday, Jan. 2,& 3 ,1917
Wednesday, January 3, 1917


WILLIAM FEA A RESIDENT OF IONIA FOR MANY YEARS.

The death of Wm. Fea Tuesday afternoon marked the passing of one of Ionia's 
older inhabitants, deceased being 77 years old and a resident of Ionia for 50 
years or more. Funeral services will be held at the residence of his daughter, 
Mrs. Samuel Wilsie, Friday afternoon at two o'clock and at the Methodist church 
at 2:30, Rev. C.E. Hoag, assisted by Rev. R.B. Chapman, officiating. Interment 
in Highland Park.

Deceased was born in 1839 in Flint, Mich. Aside from a time when he resided in 
Jackson, he has made Ionia his home. He was a carpenter by trade and was also 
for many years in the employ of Roscoe Hearsey. Mrs. Fea died November 16, 
1892, since which time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Wilsie. The 
illness preceding his death had been of six weeks' duration, following a stroke 
of paralysis.

Besides Mrs. Wilsie, there are two other children, Charles Fea of Breckenridge, 
and Mrs. Glenn Wasnich of Belding. He leaves two sisters, Ms. Jas Chase of 
Ionia township, and Mrs. Sarah Raymond of Kansas, and three brothers, Robert of 
Morenci, Mich., Charles of Kansas, and George of South Carolina. Three sisters 
and a brother have preceded him to the Great Beyond. there are also three 
grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Wednesday, January 2, 1917

Wm. Fea died this afternoon at 2:30 at his home on Pleasant street. Funeral 
announcement later.

Today was moving day in the county offices. Only in two of them did ned faces 
appear. county Treasurer Gates was on hand to take up his new duties and will 
be on the job from now on. Ex-treasurer Sparks will be in the office for a 
time. Prosecuting Attorney Watt transferred the prosecutor's office from the 
court house to the Morse-Babcock block where his offices are being fitted up. 
The new prosecutor opened his term of office by taking charge of the 
examination of I. Schmidt, arrested New Year's for forgery.

Additional Comments:
Age: 77
Funeral: Friday, 5 January 1917
Highland Park cemetery #6-15


b. 14 January 1939, Flint, MI.
Son of Charles Fea & Mary Ann (Strouts)

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