Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ireland, Fred 1915
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Ionia Standard, 15 Oct 1915

Fred Ireland Suicides.

Well Known Belding Business Man Takes Life By Hanging.

Fred Ireland of Belding, manager of the T. Frank Ireland hardware store, there,
and nephew of Charles A. Ireland of this city, committed suicide this morning by
hanging.  The body was found in the barn at about 11:00 o’clock.  He had started
from the house at 7:00 to go to the store, but had never left the yard.  His act
is attributed to despondency resulting from nervous breakdown.  His health had
been failing for some years, and the strain of caring for his business has
apparently been too much for him.  He was about 35 years old, and leaves a widow
and three children.  He is also survived by his mother, a sister, Miss Imogene
Ireland, who is teaching music, and a brother, Walter Ireland, who was with him
in the store.  The brothers have had the management of the store since the death
of their father, about ten years ago.

The news of the tragedy fell like a pall on Belding, where Fred Ireland stood
high in general respect as a business man, and where he was a social favorite.

[Transcriber Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was buried
in River Ridge Cemetery.]


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