Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lepard, Della (Chamberlain) 1937 ************************************************ 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: Pat Blood pat.blood@gmail.com December 7, 2011, 8:22 pm Lake Odessa Wave – Thursday, 21 October 1937 Lepard, Della (Chamberlain) DOD: 10 October 1937 Della Chamberlain was born September 10, 1861, in Attica, Ohio. After the death of her mother she came to Hastings, Mich., to live at the age of two years. When she was six years old her father died and she went to live with her sister Mrs. John Parson, in Hastings. In 1888 she was married to Charles M. Lepard and they settled on the farm in Odessa Township which was their home until 1917 when they moved to Lake Odessa. Two children were born to this union, Burmiah, now Mrs. Leon Henney and Tressa Pauline who died in infancy. Her husband preceded her in death two years ago last February. For the past seven months she has lived with her daughter in Grand Rapids, her health gradually failing until she passed away October 10, 1937, at the age of 76 years. The funeral was held at her home in Lake Odessa, Wednesday, Oct 13 at 2 o’clock. Burial in Lakeside cemetery beside her husband and daughter. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lepard17294nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb