Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Olmstead, Marcha Jennett January 26, 1930 ************************************************ 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, 2:53 pm The Ionia Sentinel, Monday, January 27, 1930 Headline: Mrs. Olmstead, Aged Orleans Resident, Dead. Had Resided in Ionia County for 74 Years After Birth in Sebewa Township Mrs. Marcha Jennett Olmstead, widow of William Olmstead, died at her home in Orleans township Sunday morning after a two weeks’ illness that resulted from injuries that she received when she slipped on the ice. Born in Sebewa township September 1, 1855, she had resided in the county the 74 years of her life and had lived in Orleans township for 40 years. Her marriage to William Olmstead took place December 10, 1874, his death occurring 20 years ago. Surviving are six children, A. I. Olmstead, of Ionia; Chub Olmstead, Grand Rapids; Carl and Clay Olmstead, Orleans; Mrs. Addie Patterson, Lansing, and Mrs. Eugene Rowley of Orleans, two grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a brother, and two sisters. The funeral services will be held from the home Wednesday at 1 o’clock and the interment will take place in the Orleans cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/o/olmstead3803nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb