Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Miltenberger, Mary July 14, 1927 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com April 25, 2019, 3:47 pm Sentinel-Std. - Thursday, July 14, 1927 BOSTON WOMAN HANGS SELF AT HOME OF SON Body of Mrs. Mary Miltenberger Found Suspended by Noose Made of Bed Sheets Threats of self-destruction made to members of her family within the past few days were carried to completion Thursday morning when Mrs. Mary Miltenberger, 66 years of age, was found dead in her room at the home of her son, William Miltenberger, on US-16, directly south of Saranac. Mrs. Miltenberger had been in poor health during the past six months or more, and it is thought this was the cause of her action today. Her body was found hanging from a noose which she had made from a bed sheet which had been torn in pieces, and was found by her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Gates, who had been assisting with the care of he mother during her illness. The body was found about 10 o'clock this morning and apparently the act of suicide had taken place but a few minutes before. Mrs. Miltenberger was born December 2, 1861, in Berlin township, and is survived by two sons, Dewey of Toledo and William, at whose home she died, and one daughter Mrs. Ruth Gates. One sister, Mrs. Emma Courter, resides in Ionia, and a brother, Perry Walter, lived in Keene township. One son, Lee, was killed about five years ago. Her husband, Abe Miltenberger, died about six years ago. Funeral services will be held from the residence Sunday at 2 o'clock, with Rev. W.L. Haliaday, of Saranac, officiating. Frank Gamsby, of Saranac, justice of the peace, visited the scene and decided that an inquest was not necessary. Additional Comments: Age: 66 Funeral: Sunday, 17 July 1927 Saranac cemetery #269 Mrs. Abe File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/miltenbe9335gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb