Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lambertson, Elsie A. (Clark) 1918
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Ionia Daily Sentinel – Friday, 10 May 1918
Lambertson, Elsie A. (Clark)
DOD:  30 April 1918

Elsie A. eldest daughter of A. V. and Josephine Clark was born Sept. 28, 1838, 
in Seneca County, Ohio, and died April 30, 1918 at the home of her daughter 
Mrs. Chas. Graff, in Orleans Township.

Married at an early age to Edward D. Lambertson of the same place, she stayed 
several years with her parents while her husband was in the west, and after 
his return they came to Ionia County in the fall of 1860, settling on the farm 
in Orleans which he still owns.  For several years she had greatly enjoyed 
their summers spent at the cottage at Long Lake where children and friends 
were welcome guests.

To this union were born eight children, three of whom, Theodore, eldest of the 
family,  Emma an infant and Laura, wife of M. M. Benedict have preceded her 
into the unknown.  Surviving her is her husband, her children, Mrs. A. L. 
Benedict of Flint; Chas C. Walter S., John C. and Mrs. Chas. Graff of Orleans, 
seventeen grandchildren and three great grandchildren, all of whom were in 
attendance with the exception of one grandson.

The funeral service was conducted at the home of her daughter by Rev. Birdsall 
of the M. E. church at Orleans, who took his text very appropriately from the 
ninth chapter of acts.  ‘Now there was a certain disciple called.  Dorcas, 
this woman was full of good works and alma deeds which she did”.  She was very 
fond of flowers which she always raised in abundance but in accordance with 
her oft-repeated wish she was laid away with only an autumn leaf in her hand 
and a wreath of laurel on her casket.  The bearers were her three sons, two 
sons-in-law  and one grandson.  The Orleans W.C.T.U. of which she was a 
member, attended in a body.

When deer and other wild game were common and Indians frequent visitors, she 
did her share as a pioneer, helping to carve a home from the virgin forests 
purchased of the government.  Living far from a doctor and professional 
nursing unknown, she went far and near on her errands of mercy, nursing with 
skill and maternal tenderness both the aged and the mother and tiny infant.  
She was the soul of hospitality, there always being room at the table even 
with her large family for friend or chance traveler.  She delighted in social 
life, Sunday school and W. C.T.U. work and was able to get out among her 
children and friends until within a few months of her death.  She was the 
author many fine poems with which she frequently entertained the Farmers club 
and W.C.T.U.

Burial in the family lot in Green’s cemetery.



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