Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Motzer, Frederick Sr. 1878
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The Ionia Sentinel, Friday, April 12, 1878


Fred’k Motzer, who has been a resident of this place for ten or twelve years, 
and an employee of the railroad shops for the past two years, died on Friday 
last of inflammation of the lungs, after a brief illness.  The funeral took 
place at the Baptist church, on Sunday forenoon, and was largely attended.  The 
sermon was preached in German by the Rev. George Cutler, a local minister of 
the German Evangelical church, and is highly spoken of by those of that 
nationality.  

Mr. Motzer was a member of the Arbeiter-Unterstutzungs Verein, recently 
organized here, and the members attended in a body, together with a large 
representation of the employees of the repair shops, the procession being led 
by the City Band.  Mr. Motzer leaves a wife and seven children, the youngest 
about five months old.  We understand that he leaves a home for them which is 
unencumbered, but not much beside.  Nearly a hundred dollars have been raised 
for the benefit of the family by contributions from the employees in the shops 
and the local officers of the railroad company.



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