Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Viola (Pollington) 1925
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Belding Banner-News, 5 Aug 1925

Fate Reunites Couple As Death Takes Young Wife
Drowning Took Husband and Illness Called Partner Short Time After

Fate makes some queer and pittiful plays occasionally as is evidenced in the visit
of the grim reaper within a short time of one another to Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Moore,
residents of the Howe addition.

Three weeks ago last Sunday morning Moore, his wife and two little children rose
with the morning sun and went about their day’s work and recreation with no thought
of what the morrow held in store for them.  During the day they enjoyed life as
might any young couple with their two bright children.

That Sunday evening a trip up to the arch bridge swimming hole was proposed and in
company with another couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mahar, they went to cool off the
heat of the day by a plunge in the waters.  Fate brought the first sorrow of the day
when it grabbed Moore and sucked him to the bottom never to rise again as a living
being, but whatever Moore’s last thoughts might have been, they must have been for
the safety and welfare of his wife and children, as to all indications he pushed her
towards the shore as he disappeared.

The funeral of the young husband and father over, the grief stricken young mother,
left alone in their neat little home in the Howe addition, had scarecely settled
down to her new situation in life, when last Tuesday she was herself stricken with
illness and rushed to Community hospital in this city, where doctors pronounced her
condition critical and with no hopes of recovery.  She passed away at four o’clock
Thursday afternoon, death being caused by a complication of diseases affecting the
kidneys.

Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mahar, 821 Harrison
avenue, Sunday afternoon at two o’clock, Rev. H.S. Ellis officiating and burial was
by the side of the still fresh grave where her husband had been laid to rest shortly
more than two weeks before.

The death of Mrs. Moore is a tragedy of great moment to the two children.  Moore,
the father, was a millwright drawing fairly good wages and well liked in the
position which he held with the Belding-Hall Company in their factory “A” plant.  He
had purchased a home and two acres of land in the Howe addition some time ago and
his monthly payments had been paid so promptly and with such precision that he would
have owned the place within a few years.  He must have had the home-owner instinct
in him, for the place had been beautified by him and repaired so that it is
excellent condition, with grounds around it as spick and span as any well kept place
in this city.

After his death, the widow had about decided to go on with the battle as best she
could, keep the home and bring up her children.  Death, however, stepped in once
more and with the taking of the mother the two children have been temporarily placed
with an uncle at Ionia and the probability is that an administrator will be
appointed to dispose of the property and settle up their affairs to the best
advantage.

Mrs. Moore, was born Viola Pollington, on February 27th, 1899, at Vassar, this
state.  Seven years ago she was married to Sherman Moore and to the union were born
two children, Kenneth, aged 5, and Virginia, aged 3 years, who with a sister, Mrs.
James Sarlow, of Ionia, and four brothers, James Pollington, of Rose City; William
Pollington, of Sault Ste. Marie; John Pollington, of Ionia, and Peter Pollington, of
Detroit, are left to survive.

[Transcriber's Note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that she was buried
in River Ridge Cemetery.]


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