Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jeffers, Ira 1932
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Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, 14 Mar 1932

Ira Jeffers, 88, of Palo, a retired merchant and printer, and the last Civil 
war veteran living in that vicinity died at his home Sunday afternoon following 
complications due to the infirmities of old age and aggravated by an attack of 
influenza.  His aged widow is ill with the same malady.

Funeral services will be conducted at the house Wednesday afternoon at 2 
o’clock.  Burial will be in the Palo cemetery.

Mr. Jeffers was born in Port Rowan, N.Y.  He enlisted in company F., 137th 
infantry, of the New York volunteers August 20, 1862, served through the war 
and received his discharge June 9, 1865.  After the war he went to Nebraska, 
marrying while there, and remained for nine years.  He then came to Michigan 
and chose Palo as a place to continue with his trade, that of a printer, where 
he for years edited the Palo Post.  He also engaged in the hardware business, 
retiring from all business activities 14 years ago.  Fifty years he has claimed 
continuously Palo his home, although he resided three years in Florida.

He was a member of the Palo Masonic lodge and of the Palo Methodist Episcopal 
church. 

Besides his sick widow, he leaves two children, Mrs. Ada Minier and Alber 
Jeffers, both of Palo, and two grandchildren.

He was a member of the O.E.S.  It is the request of the family that flowers be 
omitted.


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