Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mead, Elsie (Nichols) 1929 ************************************************ 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: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 29, 2011, 12:13 pm Ionia County News, 10 Jan 1929 Mrs. Elsie Mead, of Orleans Dies; Funeral Is Friday Illness of Pneumonia After Influenza Proves Fatal To Popular Woman Death came Tuesday evening to Mrs. Elsie Mead, beloved resident of Orleans, after a short illness, pneumonia following influenza having developed the Sunday before Christmas. Hope for her recovery had been held out until the last few days when her condition indicated that her illness was critical. Mrs. Mead was born in Ionia county 65 years ago and had been a life-long resident of the county. Prior to her marriage she was Miss Elsie Nichols. She was preceded in death by her husband who died two years ago. She is survived by one son, Dr. W. Kendall Mead, of Detroit, who arrived Wednesday to take charge of the funeral arrangements. The services have been set for Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. from the home. Mrs. Mead was one of the most highly respected members of the community having a circle of friends about the vicinity of Orleans which included virtually every resident. Her high qualities were such as to win her the highest admiration from all who knew her. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mead13833nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb