Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Kirsheman, Christian March 16, 1612 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com May 19, 2017, 12:17 pm Daily Sentinel - Monday, March 18, 1912 DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT CHIRSTIAN KIRSHEMAN FOR MANY YEARS A RESIDENT OF IONIA, DIED SATURDAY. Came to America When a Boy of 16, Coming to Ionia at age of 21 - Had Been Confined to Home for 15 Months Last Past. Christian Kirsheman, aged 75, and a well known old resident of Ionia, died Saturday night at 8:10 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Milton Schroder, where he and his wife have made their home for the past four years. Mr. Kirsheman suffered an attack of pneumonia about three years ago since whish time he has been in failing health having been confined to the house during the last 15 months. He was born in Germany, March 11, 1837 and came to America with a younger brother at the age of 16 and located at Ann Arbor where he took up the trade of carriage painter and where on Oct. 30, 1851 he was married to Miss Eliza Ladore. They came to Ionia in 1867 and have resided here since. To this union were born 12 children, eight of whom with his wife survive him. They are George and Frank of Ionia, Eugene of Grand Rapids and Alva of Flint and Mrs. Milton Schroder, Mrs. James Hanigan of Ionia, Mrs. O. Blumrich and Mrs. Alphonse Kennedy of Grand Rapids; he also has several grandchildren and one great grandchild; and one brother, Jacob, of Muskegon. The funeral will be attended from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schroder, 342 Rich street, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment will be in Highland Park cemetery. Additional Comments: Age: 75 Funeral: Tuesday, 19 March 1912 Highland Park cemetery #5-54 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/k/kirshema6229gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb