Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Morse, Nellie M. November 6, 1968 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 9, 2010, 2:39 pm The Ionia Sentinel, Friday, November 8, 1968 Lake Odessa – A lifelong resident of Lake Odessa area, Mrs. Nellie M. Morse, 91, widow of Dr. Frederick Lee Morse, died Wednesday afternoon at Fairlane Memorial Rest home in Detroit. She had been a patient there the past ten months. She was born December 6, 1876 in Sebewa township, daughter of George and Mahala Whaley High and a graduate of Portland high school. She taught school in Sebewa and Sunfield before marrying Dr. Morse June 21, 1900. In 1902 she moved to Lake Odessa and has been a resident there since. A member of United Methodist church she also belonged to the WSCS and Adult Fellowship of the church. She was a member of the Lake Odessa chapter OES and Lake Odessa Women’s club. Her husband preceded her in death in May 1923 and her son, a long time Lake Odessa dentist, died in July 1963. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Frances LeLonde of Detroit; three grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Pickens funeral Chapel at Lake Odessa with committal services at the funeral home. Rev. Marvin Zimmerman will officiate and burial will be at Lakeside cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/morse3798nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb