Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Orser, Wilson 1931
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Belding Banner-News, 17 Dec 1931

Despondent Man Ends Life By Shooting

Former Basket Factory Engineer Ends Long Period Of Ill Health

Friends of Wilson Orser, long time and well known resident of this city, were
shocked to learn on Friday morning that he had taken his own life by shooting
during the night.  Mr. Orser had been in very poor health, caused by a nervous
disease, for the past five years or more and had been unable to work for the
greater period of that time.  Despondency over ill health weighed upon him so
heavily that at about 1 o’clock Friday morning Mr. Orser retired to a small room
in the rear of the family home at 315 Front street and placing a shotgun to his
head, ended his life.

While the report of the discharge of the gun was not heard by the members of the
family, they did hear a thud and a noise as if the house was shaking and Alfred
Jewell, a son-in-law, who with his wife, came to take up their residence at the
Orser home this fall, notified Chief of Police Allen J. Russell who found the
body shortly after the act had been committed.  Coroner Bruce G. Fales was
immediately notified and he went to the home and after looking into the facts in
the death decided that it was unnecessary to hold an inquest.

Mr. Orser was 75 years of age and was born in Port Huron.  He came to Belding in
1873 and in 1880 he was united in marriage, at Orleans, to Miss Nellie Connor. 
For many years Mr. Orser was in charge of the engine at the Ballou Basket Works,
later known as the present Belding Basket Company plant.  He was a good citizen
and was always well thought of and well liked by a legion of friends who valued
his acquaintance and friendship.

Surviving are the widow, two daughters, Mrs. Carrie Jewell, of this city and
Mrs. Hazel Newell, of Indianapolis, Indiana; three sons, Hal Orser, of Ionia,
and Howard and Leo Orser, of Grand Rapids; also three brothers, Will Orser, of
this city, David Orser, of Chicago, and Ed. Orser, of Camas, Washington, and a
sister, Mrs. Rhoda A. Patterson, of this city.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Fitzjohn
funeral home, under Odd Fellow auspices and with Rev. C.W. Biastock officiating.
 Burial was in Easton cemetery.


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