Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hilborn, Amelia 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 18, 2013, 10:46 pm The Ionia County News, Thursday, July 8, 1948 Mrs. Amelia Hilborn died at the home of her son Ormison, Route 3, at six o’clock Thursday afternoon, July 1. She was 86 years old and had been ill for nearly two years. Amelia Henry was born August 24, 1861 in Whitby, Ont., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phineas Henry. December 12, 1889 she was married to William Hilborn at Drayton, Ont., and they came to Chesaning, Mich., where they remained until they came to Ionia in 1904. Mr. Hilborn died in 1910. The son Ormison, is the only survivor. Rev. J. Lee Lewis of the First Baptist church officiated at the funeral service held Saturday afternoon from the Myers Funeral Home. Pall bearers were R. Francis Whitesides, Edw. Krainbrink, Earl Mason, and Bernard Scheid. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Relatives from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hilborn and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Decker, of Elsie. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hilborn21734nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb