Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Filkins, Betsy (Russell) 1941
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 23 Apr 1941

Century old Mrs. Betsy Filkins, Belding’s oldest resident, died Tuesday at the 
home of her grandson, Clifton Green.  She celebrated her one hundredth birthday 
anniversary January 16 on the homestead in Otisco township.

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Russell, who settled in Otisco 
township even before the land was opened to homesteaders.  She attended school 
at Cooks Corners, and when she grew older she taught the same school, and later 
taught at Orleans.  She was married to Marvin Filkins, who enlisted with the 
Union forces in the Civil war shortly after their marriage.  The couple later 
bought the homestead of her parents after her parents’ deaths, and she had 
lived there since that time.

She was a charter member of the Belding Women’s Relief corps, the OES, and the 
Congregational church.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Grace Ryerson of Chattanooga, Tenn.; six 
grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Funeral services will be held at the homestead at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 24.  
Rev. E. Evans of Belding will officiate, and interment will be at the Otisco 
cemetery.


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