Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Locke, Neva Elaine 1930
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The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, May 26, 1930

Neva Elaine, aged two and a half years, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Allen B. Locke, died early Sunday morning in St. Mary’s hospital, Grand 
Rapids, the second child of the family to pass away within a little more than 
two weeks.  Pneumonia complications following influenza was given as the cause 
of death.

The day following the funeral for Margery Ann Locke, aged five, for whom 
services were held May 8, Neva Elaine, who had been also critically sick, was 
taken to Grand Rapids, and the fight to save her life waged with all the 
weapons against disease that modern medical science wields.  Oxygen was 
administered during all of the time, and it was noted that the child clung to 
life with more than ordinary tenacity.  There ensued the long agonizing period 
of watching and waiting while apparent changes for the better in the child’s 
condition held out hope of ultimate recovery, to be succeeded by sudden 
changes for the worse which brought fear of impending death.

About midnight Saturday night a sudden and unusual rise in temperature was 
noted and within a short time the feeble spark of life, which at times had 
brightened encouragingly, flickered and went out.

Following as it did the untoward death of their first-born, Margery Ann, the 
fatal termination of the second child’s illness, saddened the community, and 
the sympathy of all went out Monday to Mr. and Mrs. Locke, who returned to 
their home here from their ceaseless vigil at the bedside in Grand Rapids.

Funeral services for Neva Elaine will be conducted from their residence, 404 
Rich street, Tuesday afternoon at 3o’clock, with Rev. W. F. Kendrick, of the 
First Methodist Episcopal church officiating.  Interment will be temporarily 
in the Highland Park mausoleum, where Margery Ann is also entombed.



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