Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lepard, Daniel 1920 ************************************************ 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: LaVonne Bennett lib@dogsbark.com April 29, 2010, 4:56 pm Lake Odessa Wave-Times LEPARD, DANIEL: LAKE ODESSA WAVE-TIMES, MI, Friday, April 16, 1920, front page: "DANIEL LEPARD GONE - EARLY MICH. PIONEER - Familiar Figure Succumbs to Appoplexy, Hale Old Age, Death Comes Quickly. Large Family of Relatives His Gift to This Vicinity. - This village was greatly shocked last Saturday noon when word was passed around that Daniel Lepard had passed away. While he had been gradually failing all winter he had been around and only on Thursday had made his usual trip to town. He was stricken Friday evening with apoplexy and the children hurriedly called home. All that loving hands could do was done but to no avail. Mr. Lepard was one of the early pioneers of this country. He came from Ohio in 1861, buying eighty acres of wild land in Odessa township. This he set about to clear, a part of which he still owned at the time of his death. He lived in a shanty near by until he had chopped and hewed timber enough for a house of his own that he completed by the following spring. He then began clearing the land for crops, but this was slow work as he had to take jobs of chopping for others by the day to earn enough for his daily needs. At the end of five years he had cleared 22 acres and by hard labor in time cleared it all and today it is one of the best farms in this part of the country. At that time the nearest market was Saranac where he used to drive with his ox team. The funeral was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Congregational church, the pastor, Rev. (Lash?), officiating. Mrs. Harley Owens and Mrs. A. J. Dann, accompanied by Mrs. Leon Gilson furnished the music. A grandson, Walter Wortley, Undertaker, conducted the funeral and six other grand sons were pallbearers. He was laid to rest in Lakeside cemetery. Those from away in attendance were: Ira Lepard, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hull and Mrs. Emma Meyers of Attica, O.; Wesley Lepard of Charlotte and Shirley Lepard of Grand Ledge. OBITUARY - Daniel Lepard was born May 27, 1830, in Seneca County, Ohio, and died at his home in Lake Odessa, April 10, 1920, aged 89 years, 10 months and 14 days. He was united in marriage to Margaret Parmeter, March 23, 1855, who departed this life July 20, 1886. To this union were born six sons and three daughters, all of whom are living except one son who died in infancy. In the year 1861, he with his family came to Michigan settling in Odessa township. In the spring of 1895 he was again united in marriage to Mary Ann Green, who died January 19, 1917. There are left to mourn eight children, 22 grand children and 20 great grand children, besides a host of other relatives and friends. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to those who sent flowers, for the words of comfort, to the singers and the minister for his words of comfort. The Children." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/lepard5247gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb