Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Grant, Nellie 1903
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Lyons Herald, 10 Dec 1903

Died at her home in Lyons Sunday, December 6, 1903, Nellie, only daughter of 
Dr. W.R. Grant, aged 22 years.

This simple announcement will cause universal sadness in this community, where 
deceased was known only to be loved.  Her illness was of short duration, she 
having caught a severe cold six weeks ago while engaged at her work in Grand 
Rapids, which developed into a case of incipient tuberculosis, from which, 
through a course of treatment, she continued to improve until two days prior to 
her death when she suffered a grave and acute attack of peritonitis, resulting 
in her death at about 10 o’clock Sunday night.

Nellie Grant was born at Watson, Allegan county, July 19, 1881, her parents 
removing to Mancelona a year later, where they remained until June, 1890, when 
they moved to Lyons, where her mother passed away in 1893, since which Nellie 
has been the constant care of a loving father.  In 1898 she graduated from the 
Lyons High School and in 1902 from the business department of the Albion 
College.  She was a member of the Grace Episcopal church of Lyons, and ever 
active in every good work, bringing sunshine and gladness into every circle in 
which she moved.  In June, 1903, deceased took a position in Grand Rapids as 
stenographer, resigning on account of illness.

The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the home, Rev. Mr. 
Morgan of the Episcopal church officiating in the presence of a large number of 
relatives and friends, all of whom sincerely mourned the death of one who was 
dear and near to them.  The pall-bearers were Messrs. V.F. Upton, Walter 
Vanderbilt, Ralph McQuillin and W. Buchanan, the honorary ones being Daisy 
Sunderlin, of Ionia, Bessie Morse, Katherine Maginn and Maud Halsted, young 
lady friends of deceased.  The W.R.C., of which Mrs. W.R. Grant is a member, 
attended in a body, as did the young lady friends of Nellie.  The floral 
offerings were many and beautiful.

Those present from out of town were: John Grant, father, Rev. Mrs. Woodward, of 
Dutton, and Mrs. Frank Wynne, of Watson, sisters of Dr. Grant, Mrs. Dr. 
Albright and Hugh MacDougall, of Allegan, sister and brother of the mother of 
deceased, Miss Mildred Garrison, of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Mable Patterson, of Perry, 
Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Handy, of Lansing, Mrs. W.R. Marshall, of Saginaw, Gertrude 
Zank and Daisy Sunderlin, of Ionia, Bessie Morse, of Grand Rapids.

The eternal parting of loved ones is always sad, but inexpressibly so is the 
death of a young person whose feet have just commenced to travel life’s highway 
and to whom the future is bright with promise.  Nellie Grant, in her brief life 
of 22 years, had brought sunshine into the home and into the lives of her 
friends and her death causes universal sorrow.  She has gone to join her mother 
in a brighter and better home, leaving behind her the memory of a pure and 
noble life.  She leaves a father and brother, who have the sympathy of this 
community.


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