Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Holmes, Lodema (Smith) 1899
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Belding Banner, 28 Dec 1899

Lodema Smith Holmes was born in the township of Lusern, county of Warren, N.Y.,
December 23, 1829, and was called home December 22, 1899.  When a young child
she moved with her parents to Canada.  She was converted to God at the age of
sixteen and joined the Free Will Baptist church of which she remained a member
until her removal to Michigan, then she united with the Episcopal Methodist, of
which she was a member at the time of her death.  She was married to Fred W.
Holmes December 7, 1852.  They lived in Canada until the spring of 1867, when
they came to Orleans, Ionia county, and purchased the farm upon which they now
reside.  There was born to them four children, three sons and a daughter, all of
whom are now living.  Through her long illness she was the most patient of
sufferers, and often talked of the heavenly home to which she was going.  A home
is bereft of a loving wife and mother.


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