Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Luther, Etta M. February 9, 1953
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The Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, Monday, February 9, 1953
Mrs. Etta M. Luther, 89, died early Monday morning February 9 at the Clark 
Memorial Home in Grand Rapids where she had been a resident for 11 years.  She 
was the widow of the Rev. Alexander T. Luther.  She was born in Ronald 
township April 11, 1863, the daughter of Oscar and Mary Ackles Talcott.  She 
was a graduate of one of Ionia high school’s earliest classes.  She was 
married July 25, 1883 in Ionia.  The Rev. Luther was a Methodist minister and 
had charges in Lowell, North Lansing, St. Louis, Maple Rapids. Ovid, Holland, 
Lake Odessa, Grand Rapids and Paw Paw.  After his retirement they first moved 
to New Rochelle, Ill., and then returned to Ionia.  They built a home at 127 
West Lytle street which she owned at the time of her death.  They spent 
several winters in Florida and traveled extensively until his death in 1942.  
Mrs. Luther was a member of the First Methodist church of Grand Rapids at the 
time of her death.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Benjamin F. Carter of Lake Odessa and Mrs. 
Howard C. Lawrence of Grand Rapids; two sons, the Rev. Edward T. Luther of 
Portland, Oregon and Dr. Earl O. Luther of Rockford, Ill.; 18 grandchildren; 
and 32 great-grandchildren.  Another son, Olin C. Luther, was killed overseas 
in World War I.

Funeral services will be conducted at Clark Memorial Home chapel Wednesday at 
1:30 p.m.  Interment will be in Lakeside cemetery, Lake Odessa.



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