Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Luscombe, Horace 1896
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Belding Banner, 9 Apr 1896

Horace Luscombe was born November 25th, 1802, at old Taunton, Mass., and
departed this life March 31st, 1896, at the home of his youngest son, F.R.
Luscombe.

He grew up like the giant oak that spreads forth its strong branches and defies
the fierceness of the gale.  Strong and vigorous in constitution, magnificent in
physical strength, full of the vim and vigor of life, he followed the uneven
pathway among flowers and thorns through all its varied meanderings, noble,
manly and courageous, until he reached the shore of the dark river where, with a
countenance of tranquil submission he laid down his burden and passed calmly and
serenely to the farther shore.

When he was younger his father moved to Buckland, then to Ashfield, and
afterwards to Hawley in Franklin Co., Mass.  Here he was united in marriage to
Eliza Belding of Ashfield, the 29th day of May, 1830.  Eleven children were born
to them, of whom seven are now living – five sons and two daughters.

In April 1842 they set out on their tedious journey to Michigan.  All their
worldly possessions were loaded in one wagon, drawn only by a pair of oxen. 
After many discouragements and disasters they at last arrived in Otisco, with
their six small children.  They settled in the wilderness, built them a hut of
logs, and went to work.  Honesty and generosity, courage and endurance, embedded
deep in the sublime principles of the Golden rule, were the cornerstones of his
existence, and upon that foundation he built the temple of his life’s work.  For
ninety-three years he was spared to this world, and then he left not a
wilderness but a garden.

His wife passed peacefully away July 30th, 1883, and for thirteen years he
mourned her loss, and treaded the uncertain pathway of life alone.  But now his
voice is forever stilled in the tranquil slumber of everlasting rest, and yet he
lives.  His thoughts and words and deeds will never die.  To us he has
bequeathed the greatest legacy that man can bestow – the example of a noble
life.  But he lives again, for those who witnessed the peaceful sleep that fell
upon him and gently moved him to rest, will never doubt that death to him was
but the opening of the golden gates of everlasting joy.

The funeral services were conducted by Revs. Golden and McConnell at the old
homestead, Friday at 10 o’clock.  The text was from Psalm 48:14.  The music
furnished by the Otisco choir was very appropriate.  The casket was strewn with
beautiful floral tributes and many relatives and friends accompanied his remains
to their last resting place.


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