Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lash, Orval R. Rev. December 9, 1921
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Lake Odessa Wave-Times December 16, 1921

        REV. LASH PRESIDING ELDER OF THE RADICAL U.B. CHURCH DIED
           Illness of a Few days Ends Fatally. Splendid Citizen. 
                      Loyal to Churches He Served.
Rev. O.R. Lash Presiding Elder of the Radical United Brethren church and his 
wife have made their home in Lake Odessa a number of years. During which time 
they have quietly made many friends. They are people who have held the respect 
and confidence of all who new them.

Saturday, Dec. 3rd, Mr Lash was down town but on going home went to his bed not 
feeling well. Soon that dreaded disease diphtheria attacked him and all medical 
skill could not stay it course and he died Friday morning, Dec. 9. The funeral 
was held in the yard of his home on Saturday, it being an open air funeral on 
account of the disease. He was laid to rest at Lake Side Cemetery. Rev. Early of 
Sunfield and Rev. Beardsley of this place had charge of the services.
                                  OBITUARY
Rev. Orval R. Lash was born in Clear Lake Township, Steuben County, Ind., March 
9, 1867, and died at Lake Odessa, Mich., Dec. 9, 1921, being 54 years and nine 
months old.

He was the eldest child of Samuel and Eliza Lash. In his early childhood he 
moved with his parents to Ohio, returning to Indiana at about eight years of 
age. He was born of Christian parentage and was early taught to reverence and 
trust God.

A few days before his eighteenth birthday he was brightly converted and soon 
felt his call to the Gospel Ministerially. In November 1885 he was granted 
quarterly conference license to preach and in September 1886 at a session of the 
North Ohio Conference of the United Brethren church, held at Stryker, Ohio, he 
was granted Annual Conference license, Bishop J. Dickson presiding at the 
Conference.

In September 1888 he was given the pastorate of a work in Michigan Conference 
and on the 13th day of the same month was united in marriage to Miss Isolo 
Tuttle of Hasting, who after thirteen years went home to Heaven. To this union 
four children were born Floyd M., who was killed by a switch engine in Wisconsin 
March 29, 1909, Gail, Carl M., and Lucile, who died at birth and was buried with 
her mother September 1, 1901

On Christmas day 1902 he was united in Marriage to Miss Lillian R. Burnham of 
Allegan, Mich. To them one son Carter B., was born to stay only four short years 
and went to be with Jesus, April 4, 1908.

During his minstry in the church, Rev. Lash served the following fields in 
Michigan conference: Eaton Mission, Dover Circuit, Castleton Circuit, Sunfield 
Circuit, Barry Circuit, Salem Circuit and Freeport Circuit, also was serving his 
tenth terms Presiding Elder when the terrible disease diphtheria, overtook him 
and he was called from labor to reward. His christian integrity has won many 
warm friends.

He leaves to mourn his devoted wife, one daughter, Mrs Gail Ryan, of Jackson, 
one son Carl M. of Grand Rapids, four sisters, one brother, four grandchildren 
and a host of loving friends.

His remains were laid to rest in Lake Side Cemetery to wait the resurrection 
morning.

                                   CARD OF THANKS
We wish to hereby express our sincere gratitude to all who so lovingly helped us 
bear our sorrow and bereavement in the sickness and death of our beloved husband 
and father. Your deeds of kindness and your prayers are as incense of Divine 
love to our souls.
                  Mrs Orval R. Lash
                  Mrs Gail Ryan and family,
                  Mr Carl M. Lash and family

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Lakeside Cem.#8-1036

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