Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Middaugh, Helen E. (Sholtus) January 18, 1928
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Lake Odessa Wave-Times  January 26, 1928

WOODBURY RESIDENT MANY YEARS PASSES
Mrs.Helen Sholtus Middaugh Dies at the Age of 8o Years. Large Circle of Friends.

One of Sunfield-Woodbury elderly ladies, Mrs.Helen Sholtus Middaugh passed away 
at her home in Sunfield township last Wednesday, January 18th at the age of 
eighty years.

She had lived in her home near Woodbury practically all her life, and has spent 
a life of service to her family and others as well.

She leaves many to mourn their lost including children, grand-children and a 
large circle of friends, as testified by the loving tributes paid to her.
                                 OBITUARY
Helen E.Sholtus, daughter of Mr and Mrs H. Sholtus, was born in the state of New 
York, September 6th, 1847.

When three years of age she came with her parents to Michigan and settled in 
Sunfield township were she has lived ever since.

On April 29th, 1866, she was united in marriage to Martin Middaugh, a Civil War 
veteran of Sunfield township, who preceded her to the Great Beyond on October 
26, 1907.

They settled on the farm one half mile north and one mile east of Woodbury, 
where they lived for twenty-seven years.

To this union were born seven children, six sons and one daughter. A son, 
Charles, and the daughter dying in infancy.

In 1893 she moved with her husband to Woodbury, and settled in the home where 
she passed to the life beyond, January 18th, 1928, age 80 years, 4 months and 12 
days.

She leaves to mourn their loss five sons, Adelbert, Orley D, Edward A., Abraham 
and James R., also a sister, Mrs.Maggie Harris of Moline, Kansas, eight 
grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and many friends.

She was a faithful wife, a loving mother and a helpful neighbor, rendering 
service when ever and where ever service was needed. She will be greatly missed 
by her friends and  neighbors.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more 
death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain.

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their sympathy, help and kindness 
during the sickness and death of our beloved mother, to Rev.Hoffman for his 
comforting words, to the male choir for the singing and to the following named 
organizations and societies for the beautiful flowers.

The Baptist Ladies Aid Society of Laingsburg; The Evangelical Ladies Missionary 
Society; The Woodbury U.B.Ladies Missionary Associations; The Sons of Veterans 
of Sunfield; ThE Daughters of Veterans of Sunfield; The Rebekah Lodge of 
Mulliken and Smith Bros. Velte and Co.
                              Mr.Adelbert Middaugh
                              Mr.Orley Middaugh
                              Mr.Edward Middaugh and family
                              Mr.Abraham Middaugh and family
                              Mr and Mrs. James R. Middaugh 
                                     and family.

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