Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Merrifield, Sarah (McDowell) 1925 ************************************************ 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 January 29, 2011, 11:00 pm Lake Odessa Wave, 6 Feb 1925 Mrs. W. W. Merrifield died at the home of her son Robert in Sebewa township Wednesday. She came there about three weeks previously, having spent the early part of the winter with a daughter near Charlotte. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the house and burial was in the Mulliken cemetery. Mr. Merrifield, better known as “Dick” died in Portland two years ago last June and the widow continued to make this place her home until last fall. Since then she has resided with her children. Her maiden name was Sarah McDowell and she was born in Vermont July 1, 1852. Her marriage to Mr. Merrifield occurred in 1871. The couple resided in Danby and Sebewa, going to Portland about 20 years ago. Surviving children are Mrs. Edith Hoffman, Eagle; Mrs. Minnie Marvin, Charlotte; William, Robert and Ward Merrifield, Sebewa; Warren Merrifield, Los Angeles. Mrs. Helen Showerman, a sister-in-law, of this place attended the funeral. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/merrifie10771nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb