Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lucas, Lavina (Foster) 1914
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Lowell Ledger, 13 Apr 1914

Mrs. Lavina Lucas, an aged pioneer of Keene Township, died at the home of her 
daughter, Mrs. Daniel Anderson April 15, 1914, after an illness of several 
months, aged 84 years and 12 days.  Funeral services were held at the home 
April 17, Rev. D.Q. Barry of Lowell officiating, interment at Pinkney cemetery, 
in Keene.
 Mrs. Lucas was born in ____fries, Canada, April 3, 1830, and came to Michigan 
with her parents, Henry and Julia Foster in 1839.  She was married to Wm. Lucas 
August 27, 1854, settling on his farm in Keene, where they lived until his 
death 18 years ago.

Four children were born to them, three of whom preceded their mother to the 
home beyond.  Besides her daughter, she leaves one sister, Mrs. Phebe Davison, 
two grandchildren and many friends and relatives to mourn their loss.

Mrs. Lucas possessed many of the sterling qualities of the early pioneer and 
could relate many of the interesting events of those early days.  She was a 
faithful wife and mother and also was a good, kind neighbor.


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