Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Holmes, Orpha (Gilchrist) December 23, 1933 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 7, 2020, 9:23 am Ionia Sentinel Standard-Sat. Dec. 23, 1933 Mrs. Orpha Holmes Mrs. Orpha Holmes, about 49 years of age, of Detroit, died Saturday following months of poor health caused by heart disease, and three weeks spent in bed because of the illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Ionia Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Highland Park cemetery. Mrs.Holmes was the widow of Louis Holmes, and the sister of Ralph Gilchrist and Emroy Gilchrist, both of Ionia. She leaves a son, Arnold Jones. of Pt. Arthur,, Tex., and a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Maxin, of Detroit. Additional Comments: Certif: b. 1879 Canada-Dau. of Alonzo Gilchrist & Anna (Herbert) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/holmes35241nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb