Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lane, Edward James 1940 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net May 22, 2015, 11:43 am Lake Odessa Wave, January 15 & 18, 1940 Farmer Residing Near Lake Odessa Dies Lake Odessa - Edward James Lane, 81, died Saturday at his farm home, two miles north of Lake Odessa. Mr. Lane was born at Lowell, March 27, 1859. He was married to Miss Savena Lawyer of Lowell Dec. 5, 1878. Surviving are the widow, one son, Roy of Lake Odessa; four grandchildren and ten great-grand-children. Funeral services will be held at 2 Monday at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Leo Normington, north of Lake Odessa. Burial will be in Lakeside cemetery. ----- Edward J. Lane Dies at Normington Home Leaves Wife, one Son, Roy, and Grandchildren. Funeral Monday. Edward James Lane, living north of town, passed away Saturday at his home after a short illness at the age of 81 years. He has been a resident of Odessa township for a good many years. He was born at Lowell, March 27, 1857. He was married to Miss Savena Lawyer of Lowell on December 5, 1878. Surviving are the widow, one son Roy, living on the home farm, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. The funeral was held at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. Leo Normington nearby with the Rev. E.H. Humphrey officiating. Burial was at Lakeside. Mr. and Mrs. Lane came to Odessa township and cleared the farm now owned by their son Roy. The residence they established was located a short distance from South Cass, now known as Odessa Center, which was the trading center in Odessa township. They saw Bonanza, a trading center one and a half miles to the south, boom to a busy district, when it was thought the Pere Marquette railroad would come that way… [the rest of this copy of the obituary is unreadable] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lane30648nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb