Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Loomis, Carrie 1943 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net July 12, 2010, 7:16 pm The Ionia County News, Thursday, August 5, 1943 Funeral service for Mrs. Carrie Sessions Loomis, 81, lifetime resident of Ionia, was held from the Stone Funeral Home, Tuesday afternoon with burial in Balcom cemetery. Mrs. Loomis, a descendent of Samuel Dexter, founder of Ionia, died in Blodgett hospital, Grand Rapids, Saturday, July 31, following an operation and a week of serious illness. She was born in Ionia, March 25, 1862, the daughter of Alonzo Sessions and Celia (Dexter) Sessions. In November 1894 she was united in marriage with Arthur Loomis of Ionia. She was a member of the Ionia Chapter D.A.R., the Ionia Womans Literary Club and the Berlin Ladies Aid Society. Surviving are a daughter and three sons, Miss Frances Loomis and Dexter Loomis, Detroit; James Loomis, Flint, and John Loomis, Berlin township. Mr. Loomis died in 1930. Bearers were John and James Loomis, Lee Yates and Joel Benedict. Stevens Thomson Mason Chapter, D.A.R., attended the service in a body. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/loomis6790nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb