Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....LaLonge, James Luke 1928
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Ionia County News, 27 Dec 1928

James LaLonge, 78, of Orange, Dies at Home Wednesday

Aged Blacksmith of Smyrna for 34 Years Succumbs to Ten Days Illness.

James Luke LaLonge, 78, for the past 34 years a resident of Tremain’s corners, 
Orange township, died Wednesday evening at his home after an illness of about 
ten days duration.

Mr. LaLonge was one of the best known men of the township having been engaged 
in operation of a blacksmith shop there for almost all of the years of his 
residence at the corners.  He was of the sturdy, honest type which inspired 
Longfellow to write his immortal poem “The Village Blacksmith.”  He was 
possessed of the kindly characteristics of the famed smith and was looked up to 
by all who knew him.

Prior to his coming to Orange township, Mr. LaLonge had been a resident of 
Sebewa township for 16 years and had won the same reputation and earned the 
same friendships there that he enjoyed in and around Tremain’s corners.

He is survived by a son, Elvaus LaLonge and an aged sister, now residing in 
Canada.  There also are a number of other more distant relatives.

He was a member of the Ionia lodge of Oddfellows and the lodge members will 
officiate at the funeral in the capacity of pall bearers.  The services will be 
held Friday at 2:30 P.M. Eastern Standard time, from the home.  Burial will be 
beside his wife in Letts cemetery.


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