Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hornbeck, Matilda 1920
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Lyons Herald, 19 Feb 1920

Mrs. Matilda Hornbeck died last Saturday afternoon at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. H.F. Gardner, in Lyons after an illness of a little over a week from 
asthma of the heart.  She was tenderly cared for by her daughter and three 
sons, until the end came peacefully.

Matilda Nickerson, daughter of J.C. and Sarah Nickerson, was born in Nova 
Scotia May 25th, 1853, and died February 14th, 1920, aged 66 years, 9 months 
and 20 days.  When quite young the family moved to Canada, and when she was 
fourteen years of age came with her parents to Michigan, settling on a farm 
three miles east of Palo.  July 4th, 1879, she was united in marriage to 
Francis M. Hornbeck of Bloomer, Montcalm county, who departed this life in 
1894.  To them were born four children, all of whom survive: Charles A., of 
Prentice, Wis., Harry C., of Milwaukee, Wis., Daniel E., of Detroit and Mrs. H. 
F. Gardner of Lyons.  In 1888 Mr. and Mrs. Hornbeck united with the Baptist 
church at Palo, and in 1904 when she moved to Lyons transferred her member ship 
to the Baptist church here, where she has since lived and been an active member 
of the local church.  Besides the four children, she is survived by a brother, 
Thomas Nickerson, of Crystal, nine grandchildren an done great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the home of her daughter, 
conducted by Rev. H.A. Halverson.  Music was rendered by Mesdames W.A. Grant 
and A.E. Bradt, with Miss Ethelyn Ashley at the organ.  Interment in the Lyons 
cemetery.  Relatives from away who attended the funeral were: Chas. A. Hornbeck 
of Prentice, Wis., Harry C. Hornbeck and daughter, Mildred, of Milwaukee, Wis., 
Daniel E. Hornbeck of Detroit, Mrs. Seymour Curtis and Mrs. John Nicles of 
Grand Rapids.


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