Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hammon/Hammond, Sarah E. (Huston) 1917
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Lyons Herald, 18 Jan 1917 & 25 Jan 1917

The body of Mrs. Sarah E. Hammond was brought to Lyons Tuesday and funeral 
services held from the M.E. Church at 1:30, conducted by Rev. Geo. A. Brown.  
Interment was made in the family lot beside the husband in Lyons cemetery.  
Deceased came to Lyons soon after her marriage to Henry C. Hammond, and resided 
on the west side of the river for over fifty years in the house built by Mr. 
Hammond, and which burned down last spring.  Mr. Hammond passed away in 1911, 
and since 1912, Mrs. Hammond had made her home with her children and at the 
home of a niece, where she died last Saturday.  She is survived by two 
children, Walter of Battle Creek and Mrs. Thos. Steadman of Elsie.

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Sarah E. Huston was born at Salem, Washtenaw county, Michigan, September 21, 
1838.  On April 23, 1862, she was united in marriage to Henry C. Hammon, who 
passed away May 19, 1911.

Following her marriage they resided in a home, which they built on the west 
side of the river, until April 22, 1912, when she went to Battle Creek with her 
son, Walter T. Hammon, and later spent some time with a daughter, Mrs. Thos. 
Steadman, in Elsie.  The past two years she has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. 
S.J. Carroll of near Carson City, where she passed away January 13th, 1917, 
following a short illness.

Deceased had resided in Lyons for fifty-four years, and had a host of friends 
here who with the children mourn the loss of a very devoted and loving mother, 
and one who will long remain green in their memory.  The funeral was held from 
the Lyons M.E. church on January 16th, Rev. Geo. A Brown officiating.  
Interment in the Lyons cemetery.


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