Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lent, Emma F. (Shaw) 1957 ************************************************ 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 September 1, 2014, 1:25 pm Belding Banner-News, 14 Feb 1957 Long Illness Takes Life of Mrs. Erma F. Lent Mrs. Erma F. Lent, 66, of Cooks Corners, died Sunday evening at Barnes Convalescent Home. She had been ill for several months and was taken to the convalescent home on Thursday when she became too ill to be cared for in her own home. Mrs. Lent was born in Mecosta county near Lakeview, June 16, 1890, the daughter of Gleason and Estella Shaw and they had lived at Cooks Corners for 16 years. She was married to John Lent, September 23, 1915 at Whitefish, Mont., where they lived for 20 years before coming back to this area. She was a member of the First Church of God and a very active worker until her health failed. She is survived by her husband and one aunt, Mrs. Isabella Sprague who is now a patient at the Barnes Home, also one cousin, Arthur Hoyt of Orleans. Funeral services were held at Fitzjohn Funeral Home Wednesday at 2:30 with Rev. Wilbur Kirby officiating and the burial was in Otisco cemetery. Pallbearers were Forest Switzer, Orval Thompson, Milan Reeves, Harold Harter, Arthur Hoyt and Clyde Moffit. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lent28217nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb