Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hershiser, Martha (Mrs. Rev.) January 29, 1949
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Lake Odessa Wave - February 3, 1949
          MARTHA HERSHISER, 92, DIES IN LANSING
   Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Hershiser, 92, who died at the home of her son,
Russell, in Lansing 
Saturday were held at the Pickens Funeral home Monday at two o'clock.
   Mrs. Hershiser was born in Canada.  She received her formal education in Fayette
college, Fayette, Ohio 
where she met her husband in the early 1880's.  They were married in 1884.
   Rev. and Mrs. Hershiser came to Lake Odessa 53 years ago, after filling several
appointments in the United 
Brethren circuit in Central Michigan.  He took over the work of the Wesleyan
Methodists after coming here.  
Mrs. Hershiser was a big help to him, acting as accompanist, teaching Sunday School
classes, and being 
especially helpful in calling on the sick.
   She has spent most of her time with her son in Lansing for the past fifteen
years.
   Besides th son Russell, she is survived by a son, Cecil, a step-daughter, Mrs.
Etta Freeman of Bay City, 11 
grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Carrie Johnson
of Nashville.
   Rev. Gritzmacher of the South Street Church of God, her pastor, conducted the
services.  Attending from 
out-of-town were Mrs. Gritzmacher and theirteen friends of the deceased from
Lansing; Mr. and Mrs. Russell 
Hershiser and children' Rev. and Mrs. Richard Hill of Lansing, Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Morgan of Lansing, Paul 
Hershiser, and Mr. and Mrs.Russell Hershiser Jr., all of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
G. Hershiser and Miss 
Patricia Hershiser of Detroit, children of Mrs. and Mrs. Cecvil Hershiser attended.
   A recording of the service was made for the benefit of Bruce Hershiser who is in
Japan, and Mrs. Freeman, 
who was ill and unable to attend.

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