Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kelly, Elizabeth Rose 1904
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Ionia Weekly Standard, 9 Dec 1904

The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Kelly was attended from her late home, Prairie Creek 
suburb, on Sunday afternoon, a large number of sorrowing friends being 
present.  The officiating clergyman was the Rev. W.R. Currier.  A large number 
of the G.A.R. comrades of the bereaved husband were present, and the bearers 
were taken from the ranks of those, as follows: Chas. C. Eyster, Benj. R. 
Covert, J.L. Fowle, C.A. Preston, Thomas Griffith, W.L. Kidd, with Edgar O. 
Shattuck as officer of the day.  The postoffice force, in which Mr. Kelly is a 
rural carrier, was also present in a body, and accompanied the remains to the 
grave in beautiful Highland Park.

Elizabeth Rose was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on March 8, 1845, and 
departed this life at her home in Prairie Creek suburb, Ionia, Mich., on 
December 1st, 1904, thus being aged 59 years, 8 months and 23 days.  She was 
united in marriage to Samuel Kelly at Napoleon, Ohio, on Feb. 25, 1866.  Soon 
thereafter they moved to Grand Ledge, Mich., and came thence to Ionia.

No children were born to her, but she had a mother’s affection.  She took two 
children in their infancy, a nephew, Sanford, who was adopted, and a niece, now 
Mrs. Lester Edwards, whom she raised, and to whom she was a loving and most 
care-taking mother.  Both these children survive her.  In her home she was a 
devoted wife and mother, ever mindful of the interests of those about her.  
Some four years ago she embraced Christianity, and united with the Church of 
Christ in this city, of which she was a faithful member until death.

She leaves a husband, two children, five grandchildren, three sisters, two of 
whom were present at the funeral, Mrs. S.N. Simmons, of Montpelier, Ind. and 
Mrs. J. B. Pennington, of Eagle, Mich., and one brother, besides many other 
relatives and friends, to mourn their loss.


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