Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....O'Bierne, John June 5, 1900 ************************************************ 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: Nan Wheaton wheaton1624@yahoo.com September 13, 2016, 9:38 pm Ionia Standard - Thursday, June 7, 1900 ORANGE AND BERLIN - Death of John O'Bierne, of Berlin, Orange, June 6 John O'Bierne, long a resident of Berlin township, eight miles southwest of Ionia, dropped dead while operating a land roller on his farm yesterday. His son had just left him. Turning around the boy saw his father lying helpless on the ground, having fallen from the machine. A singular incident in connection with this death is in the fact that it was at Mr. O'Bierne's house that Mr. Frank Breckon died last week. Deceased leaves a wife and six children and was 68 years of age. Heart disease, with which he had long been afflicted, was the cause of death. Funeral Thursday, June 7, at 10:30 a.m. from East Berlin church, interment in Balcom cemetery. Additional Comments: Funeral: Thursday, 7 June, 1900 Balcom cemetery File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/o/obierne33778nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb