Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Halstead, Mae (Pearson) (Darling) 1950
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Belding Banner-News, 4 May 1950

Mrs. Mae Halstead, Octogenarian, Dies

Mrs. Mae Halstead, 81, passed away Wednesday evening of last week at the home of
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Darling, 418 N. Bridge street. 
Although her health had not been good for some time, she was ill only a week.

As Mae Pearson, she was born at Blendon Landing in Ottawa county May 26, 1868. 
The family came to the city from a farm near Stanton nearly 50 years ago.  About
five years later her husband, Frank Darling, went to Alaska searching for gold
and staked out a claim.  It was here that he lost his life.

For 25 years the widow worked in the alterations department at Lincoln’s store
here.  In 1924 she was married to Frank Halstead and he died a year later. 
Since then Mrs. Halstead had made her home with her son on N. Bridge street.

Surviving besides the son J.P. Darling, is a niece, Miss Mary Pearson of Sidney,
a daughter-in-law by marriage, Mrs. Margaret Halstead of Portland and several
cousins.

Funeral services were held at Fitzjohn’s Funeral home, Saturday at 3:30, Rev.
H.S. Ellis officiating and burial was in the cemetery at Stanton.  Pallbearers
were Fred Font, Harold Clements, Ernest Allen, Louis Lincoln, Ernest Anderson
and Ural Kenny.


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