Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Griffiths, Jane 1921
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The Belding Banner-News, Wednesday, March 23, 1921

Mrs. Jane Griffiths was born in North Wales, England, in 1847 and died March 
16, 1921 at the home of her son, John Griffiths, 752 Morton Ave., where she 
has made her home for the past 12 years.  In 1882 she came to the United 
States with her husband and family consisting of four children, Elizabeth, 
John, Thomas and Marie, and Miss Ann being born in this country.  Her husband, 
Elias Griffiths, died in 1897.  Mrs. Griffiths kept a boarding house here for 
a number of years.  She is widely known as “mother Griffiths.”  

She leaves to mourn her death, five children: Mrs. James Shay, Portland, 
Mich.; John Griffiths, of this city; Thomas Griffiths, of Louisville, Ky.; 
Mrs. James Rogers, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Mrs. Walter Snyder, of Grand 
Rapids, Mich., and a host of friends.

Funeral was held last Saturday, March 19 from the home, H. E. Curch 
officiating.  Burial in the old cemetery on State road.


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