Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Fitzsimmons, Harriet Louise (Jones) January 30, 1922 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com January 2, 2017, 8:37 pm Daily Sentinel - Monday, Feb. 6, 1922 Harriet L., wife of Warren Fitzsimmons, was born March 7, 1836, a Ithaca, N.Y., and passed on January 30, 1922, at Hastings, Mich.; was brought to Ionia and placed in the family lot in Highland Park cemetery. She came to Michigan early in life with her husband, Jellah Gleason, and settled in Ionia. To this union three children were born; Charles F., of Tucson, Ariz.; Martha J., Hastings, Mich., and Sarah L., Belding, Mich. Mr. Gleason passed on early in life, leaving his widow with three little children, and after struggling along for a few years, she was married to Warren Fitzsimmons, an eastern gentleman, who came to Ionia and was interested in several of the flouring mills with Dexter, Welch, Blanchard, and Shenik. With the latter, he was miller for 21 connective years. Also for a time in the Valley City mills at Grand Rapids, Mich. He was interested in the Shenik mills at the time of his passing, October 30, 1891. To this union two children were born, Ida (Mrs. Archie McCoy) of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Walter C. of Mansfield, Ohio. Mrs. Fitzsimmons was a very bright and sunny disposition, a great church worker, and dearly loved by all her friends and associates. About 25 years ago she went to Hastings, Mich., where she was engaged in business with her son and daughter, Walter and Ida, and where she made her home until her passing. She leaves to mourn her loss, five children, 10 grandchildren, seven great- grandchildren, and a host of loving neighbors and friends. Additional Comments: Highland Park cemetery -Sect. #7 b. N.Y. , daughter of Peter Jones & Mary (Trim) 4 marriages: 1st. to Mr. Jellah Gleason 2nd. to Mr. Warren Fitzsimmons in 1864 3rd. to Mr. Alfred P. Trumbull in 1909 4th to Mr. Aaron A. Reesman on Jan. 22, 1913, in Barry county. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/fitzsimm33726nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb