Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Norton, Sarah A. 1915
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, February 12, 1915

The funeral service for Mrs. John W. Norton, at the Church of Christ on Sunday 
afternoon, was attended by any mourning friends of the deceased and of the 
family, and the sorrow was very manifest, for Mrs. Norton was greatly beloved 
for her womanly virtues.  The women of the several aid societies of the church 
were present in large numbers.

Sarah A. Cole was born in St. Thomas, Canada, in the year 1854, and was 
therefore aged 61 years at time of her demise.  She was orphaned in her early 
childhood, and was united in marriage to Mr. Norton in 1878, in this city.  
The husband, and one daughter, Mrs. Edward Bloomer, survive, and of her own 
family, two brothers survive.  Joseph Cole and son John of Windsor, Can., were 
at the burial.  John Cole resides in far-away Montana.

The funeral discourse by the Rev. R. B. Chapman was most consoling, and his 
tribute to the deceased was well deserved.  The discourse was founded on John 
16:33: “Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”  Revs. Yeuell and E. E. 
Branch assisted in the service, and music was furnished by Mesdames Eugene 
Smith, Harry E. Spencer and G. M. Phelps.

The carriers were drawn from the active membership of the church: Frank C. 
Miller, A. J. White, F. S. Loree, Dwight Z. Brooks, Edw. S. Nowland, Ralph 
Smith.



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