Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Norton, Clair 1950
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The Belding Banner, Thursday, January 5, 1950


Clair Norton passed away at his home in Smyrna Sunday after an illness of 
several months.  He was born July 7, 1880, near Whites Bridge, south of Smyrna, 
the son of Albert and Jennie Norton, and lived in the neighborhood of Smyrna 
all his life.  He was married March 9, 1904 to Lean Smith of Orleans.

He was a farmer and before buying his home in the village of Smyrna, owned a 
farm in the Bartonville district.  Mr. Norton had a jovial, friendly 
disposition and everyone he knew was his friend.  He was a member of the Social 
club and Fairview Farmers club.  During the war he worked in the factories in 
this city.

Left to mourn their loss are his wife and one brother, Earl of Smyrna.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 at Fitzjohn Funeral Home with Rev. 
H. S. Ellis officiating.  Mrs. Eston Bates was the organist and Harry Treynor 
sang “Rock of Ages” and “The Old Rugged Cross.”  Burial was in River Ridge 
cemetery and pallbearers were Howard Reeves, Royal Davis, Howard Insley, Frank 
Mattison, Milton Barnes, and John Geiger.



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